A late Friday night
I didn’t get into bed until 4 o’clock on Friday, having returned home ten minutes prior. I went to dinner and a birthday party with some new friends (good work, Okcupid!) and we played games until 12:30. Then several people left and the rest of us stayed, just hanging out, for several more hours. I was ready to leave hours earlier but my ride was not, so I stayed and enjoyed myself and hoped that the rest of my household decided not to wait up for me and had gone to sleep at a reasonable hour.
Dinner was at Green, a new vegan restaurant that made me feel preppy and mainstream and somewhat lame. Two employees had a distinctly Suicide Girls-esque appearance, with dyed black hair and vintage thrift store dresses and tattoos; more than one customer sported dreadlocks. One young woman was wearing a black corset top over a tank top to go along with her whitish foundation and black eye make-up and lipstick. We made eye contact and she glared me at for second before I sheepishly looked away. I imagined that a man with very long brown hair and Birkenstocks, reading the newspaper while he waited for his food, was part of a traveling Renaissance fair group during the fall season.
I was disappointed in the Thai Peanut rice dish that I ordered - too spicy and too much sauce, not enough rice and tofu. I will definitely go again to try out several other menu options that appealed to me. And everything is vegan!