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Jul. 12th, 2015
Cash and Karaoke
Jul. 12th, 2015 03:15 pmFriday was the fifteenth anniversary of when ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje and I officially became a couple, although there isn't much to tell about that. We were talking on the phone, and she asked if we should be a couple, and I basically said, "Yeah, okay." I was reluctant about getting into a relationship, but once I was in it I wanted it to last. And even though we didn't get married for some years after that, I never had the same apprehension about that. We finally tied the knot when Beth got a job with health insurance, although she doesn't have it anymore. There are definitely aspects of our relationship I wish I could go back and do again, but I think it worked out all right overall.
Yesterday was our friend Tavie's birthday.
I know quite a few people who were born on 11 July, and that's even if you don't count Tavie's twin sister. Anyway, we met her at a Peruvian restaurant called Mancora for dinner. Most of the people we know in New York are more adventurous when it comes to food choices. My go-to restaurant for birthdays and anniversaries is the Olive Garden. I think we might have actually been there before, but I can't remember for sure. The name is strangely close to the name of the mental hospital near where Beth grew up. I had the Parradilla de Carne, which was basically just a big pile of meat. And I think at least two people at the table were vegetarians, so I hope I didn't disturb anybody with that choice. After that, we went to Sing Sing, not the prison but a karaoke bar. For someone who can't carry a tune, I'm surprisingly okay with singing in public. Not that it was really public, since it was just six of us in a private room. Anyway, I did the Smiths' "Ask," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "Movin' Out," Simon and Garfunkel's "Leaves That Are Green," and XTC's "Towers of London." Beth and I sang "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart," "Say You'll Be There," Tori Amos' "Cornflake Girl," "California Dreamin'," and "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" together. I kind of wish they had had more XTC songs in the catalog; I've done "Senses Working Overtime" before, but that's actually kind of hard to keep up with. Interestingly, I had been thinking of "Towers of London" after going to the Transit Museum and reading stuff about the people who died constructing the subway.
Finally, we got ice cream and returned home. I don't have any plans for today, but I think I need to go grocery shopping soon. If nothing else, I'm out of crackers.
bethje and I officially became a couple, although there isn't much to tell about that. We were talking on the phone, and she asked if we should be a couple, and I basically said, "Yeah, okay." I was reluctant about getting into a relationship, but once I was in it I wanted it to last. And even though we didn't get married for some years after that, I never had the same apprehension about that. We finally tied the knot when Beth got a job with health insurance, although she doesn't have it anymore. There are definitely aspects of our relationship I wish I could go back and do again, but I think it worked out all right overall.Yesterday was our friend Tavie's birthday.
I know quite a few people who were born on 11 July, and that's even if you don't count Tavie's twin sister. Anyway, we met her at a Peruvian restaurant called Mancora for dinner. Most of the people we know in New York are more adventurous when it comes to food choices. My go-to restaurant for birthdays and anniversaries is the Olive Garden. I think we might have actually been there before, but I can't remember for sure. The name is strangely close to the name of the mental hospital near where Beth grew up. I had the Parradilla de Carne, which was basically just a big pile of meat. And I think at least two people at the table were vegetarians, so I hope I didn't disturb anybody with that choice. After that, we went to Sing Sing, not the prison but a karaoke bar. For someone who can't carry a tune, I'm surprisingly okay with singing in public. Not that it was really public, since it was just six of us in a private room. Anyway, I did the Smiths' "Ask," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "Movin' Out," Simon and Garfunkel's "Leaves That Are Green," and XTC's "Towers of London." Beth and I sang "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart," "Say You'll Be There," Tori Amos' "Cornflake Girl," "California Dreamin'," and "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" together. I kind of wish they had had more XTC songs in the catalog; I've done "Senses Working Overtime" before, but that's actually kind of hard to keep up with. Interestingly, I had been thinking of "Towers of London" after going to the Transit Museum and reading stuff about the people who died constructing the subway.
Finally, we got ice cream and returned home. I don't have any plans for today, but I think I need to go grocery shopping soon. If nothing else, I'm out of crackers.
