This is as close as I’ll come to a post-Oscar party with famous people present. Actually, I don’t think there are local famous people present. Probably most are here for the free pizza. Not me, I hit the pink stuff.
This party welcomes shy folk like me (so funny) who like to hide behind a computer. I am behind mine. I am high on WiFi at the High Noon Saloon.
It’s my first taste of the High Noon. I am a complete ignoramus as to Madison’s east side bar scene. Okay, to any bar scene. People ask me – what bar do you recommend for a night out here in town and I always list one or two that I visited easily five years ago. Next time I will mention the High Noon Saloon because of this party and the free (not tried by me) pizza.
Because my friend is on top of things, we are sitting at the front table. Hundreds crowded around us. We have laptops (free WiFi, remember?). We Look Important.
But really, I know that I am not important. Not more than the person next to me or the person further down. I am no better than the geese who are confused about their time, their place, their surroundings. They stomp along Lake Monona, wondering if there is ice or water beneath them.
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I am a daily reader who has never commented. Yet your recent posts compel me to. Your beautiful photos and gentle text lifts me away from my own world each day as I visit here, and turns my mind to other things; joys, travels, struggles, challenges, tastes, sights not my own.
ReplyDeleteIt is a wonderful glimpse from my own life into yours, and for that I am grateful. And I believe many of us would indeed notice and care if you missed a day.
Thank you.
Hey -- thanks for coming with me to the preview party, for sitting way up front without any complaints that we looked over eager and dorky, for buying me two Sierra Nevada Pale Ales, and, most importantly, for always being willing to join me on these (little) adventures.
ReplyDeleteYou will be hearing from me soon about which films we'll be going to see later this month.
So, do not plan any out of town travel from March 30 - April 2 -- please.
Anon: thank you, so very very much.
ReplyDeleteTonya: you always are eager to take me out of my space and place me in a more intersting one. I cannot tell you how cool it is to have a friend willing to go early, hold down a table and do all that is necessary so that I can hobble in and have a fine time.Thank you!
me: From my meager experiences, I've noticed that our bar scene has improved at a faster pace than our food scene. If it weren't for my sushi-love, I would forever be stumped as to where one can eat decently without blowing a lot of money.