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randy_byers ([personal profile] randy_byers) wrote2007-02-01 08:18 am
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Dinner at teh neighbors

[livejournal.com profile] holyoutlaw and [livejournal.com profile] juliebata invited Denys and me over for dinner, so we walked to the center of the universe yesterday evening, critiquing the neighborhood along the way. (The traffic calming devices on 36th have not calmed the traffic. The old Fremont News space has been taken over by Sonic Boom's vinyl section. The old Empty Space Theater space is still empty.) Luke and Julie's apartment was neat as a pin, showing no sign of the truckloads of stuff we helped to move in there whenever it was we did that. Luke's upcoming photography show was stowed mostly in the bedroom, wrapped in plain brown paper.

Dinner was a lovely green salad with cranberries and blue cheese, followed by tasty chicken tikki masala, and then, to really distend the carpet python, a delicious extra-chocolatey chocolate cake from Simply Desserts. I'm still digesting twelve hours later! Julie showed us strange musical videos with singing badgers and mushrooms, lions and tigers (and one dead zebra) in Kenya, and that anime girl twirling a leek that Luke linked to recently. We looked at Alaska-cruise travel brochures and scary pictures of Julie wearing polyester as a child. (There are no photos that I know of showing me in my powder blue leisure suit in 1977.) A wonderful dinner, and great audio-visual aids and yikkety-yak. Denys and I could barely roll up the hill afterwards.

Thanks, neighbors!
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[identity profile] akirlu.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
badgerbadgerbadgerbadger...

Surely you'd seen them before? They qualify as hoary old chestnuts of the web.

[identity profile] randy-byers.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
My name isn't Shirley, I'm not a whore, and, yes, Julie too was appalled by our ignorance about old chestnuts. Guess I download more new porn than old chestnuts.

[identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You're more than welcome. It was a treat to us to have you. Yeah!

I miss the Empty Space theatre. And still miss some of the old junk shops that were replaced by upscale clothing stores. I'm glad that a local store has moved into the Fremont News space, even though I really really miss Fremont News.

[identity profile] randy-byers.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
We also have a lot more restaurants to choose from, plus a great video store, a used bookstore, a used record/cd store, and an office building with a propeller beanie on it. It ain't all bad at all.
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[identity profile] akirlu.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
And of course Brouwers. Brouwers is pretty cool, even if I *still* miss the Trolleyman.

[identity profile] randy-byers.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but now the Trolleyman is a fricking chocolate factory, which is pretty cool in itself!
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[identity profile] akirlu.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, but do they give tours? Free samples?

[identity profile] randy-byers.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
According to their web page, tours are $5. It doesn't mention whether you get free samples. Luke and Julie have tried a couple of their chocolate bars, and they seemed to approve.

[identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Free samples after the tour, yes. And sometimes near the cash register.

[identity profile] surliminal.livejournal.com 2007-02-01 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That dinner sounds good!

So what we gonna do Thurs before Corlfu, m,man?!

[identity profile] randy-byers.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Beats the hell out of me. You're getting there on Wednesday, so I'm relying on you to scout out the prospects. I arrive 4:20pm, by the way. Don't know how long it'll take me to get to the hotel.

[identity profile] surliminal.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Wahey! text me! I be something arcane then +44 7946 644256.

[identity profile] randy-byers.livejournal.com 2007-02-02 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
I don't own a texting device, believe it or don't.