Friday, Sept. 7th found The Blonde, Blonde's Brother, JP & me on a Manhattan bound train. Crak had decided to celebrate her birthday at the Anchor, a bar she reviewed back some time in February. And I tagged along.
The ride in was entertaining as BB & JP are funny to wtch & listen to. We met KDP in Penn while the Blonde inhaled two HUGE slices of pizza. Then it was off to figure out how to get to the subway platform for the C or the E train. It tooka bit of walking in circles, and one nauseating ride in the most unsanitary elevator, but we made it.
We just get out of the subway when Crak texts me that she is at a restaurant a few doors away from Anchor, as they are not yet open. ??? They said they'd be open at 9 and it was 9:15. So the five of us walked to it & sure enough, lights on but nobody's home. The guys decided to stop in at the Emerald Isle for a beer (because the 12-pack on the train & one 40 in Penn was clearly not enough). KDP, Blonde & I followed and sat on the softest stools one could imagine finding in a bar in Manhattan.
Crak arrived with the Scos, Fred, Fred's coworker/friend, and soon following were the Cali Girl & her friend Gay White Oprah, along with LL. We had a great time partying it up and running (literally next door) to see if Anchor opened.
When they did open at 10, Crak went in. Yup. We were the only ones in there. Can you say private party? But the place reaked of paint & was so empty that it was pointless. And we headed back to Emerald.
I will point out that BB is cute & I wonder why the Blonde has been hiding him from us all this time? He & I flirted a bit & when it was time to leave he said he wanted my number. I told him to get it from his sister. He yells to her "I'm getting her number" and she laughed and shrugged it off. He's a sociable guy who must get lots of numbers is all I can come up with.
KDP & I had to catch a 1:04 train otherwise she'd have to wait until 3am for the next one. And that was not an option. So we said our goodbyes & ran out of there.
We made it just in time for our train & both got home safely. I was wiped out & fell asleep so soon after hitting the pillow.
The next day I found a text from BB that said "Hey u." So I sent it back like 9 hours later. Oops. We then had a text dialogue for the next two days about nothing. Sweet.
Saturday night I was so not awake & yet I somehow drove to Crak's to give her presents. I was not about to wait a whole week to do so because it then doesn't have the same impact as it does the weekend of the birthday. Prettybird was there & the three of us sat and recapped life in general.
I had to leave too soon and its good that I did. I got home and was asleep moments later.
I hope Crak had a great birthday weekend & can't wait to do it again next year.
