Night On The Town

My next-door neighbor and I have been trying to arrange an evening out via postcard for several weeks, tonight was the night. There is a place called Celebrities Parkway Grill less than a 1/4 mile away. Neither one of us had been in there, but it was chosen so that we could walk over and home in case any alcohol was consumed.

This is really a glorified bar more than a “grill,” and on Saturday nights they have live music. Tonight’s band du jour was the Northwest Transit Band. We arrived at around 7:00pm, and they were just setting up. We ordered food; she had the Crispy Chicken Salad, and I had the Crispy Chicken Sandwich. I ordered a beer, and she had a vodka lemonade. The food was consumed, and about then the band started up. We ordered a second round and listened to covers of songs we mostly knew. The first thought was after drink number two, when the band took their first break, we would duck out. When the waitress came by and looked at us, we couldn’t exactly hear what she said, so we nodded. Next thing we knew, there was a third drink delivered to the table.

I said that I wasn’t much for dancing, but apparently 2.5 beers is just enough, and with her enthusiasm, the next thing I knew, we were on the dance floor with tens of other people, swishing around and making vague dance-like movements. We danced a couple more songs with a break between and finished off those drinks. About that time the band took its second break, and we settled up and walked home.

She seemed to have a good time, and I did as well; maybe we can make it a monthly-ish thing. I’m off to write another postcard…