Day Three
Woke up yesterday, had a mammoth dose of coffee and finished off the hash browns, and cruised on over to a game shop at 85th and Greenwood. From there we cruised over to Fremont, just to take in the sights and have some food. We had an awesome lunch at Blue C Sushi, a Kaiten Sushi restaurant with a pricing system based on the Tokyo subway lines. We’re definitely planning on heading back there in the next couple of days.
Next, we cruised on back to Joey’s place, hung out for a while, and then headed out to look at a job site Reed had worked on a few blocks from Joey’s. It was a cool little house with super spacious rooms upstairs, in a pricey looking little neighborhood. Just down the street was a pretty unique house with windows up the entire front face, strangely angled sides, a spiral staircase, etc. More hanging out out at the house commenced, Joey worked on his new web project for a bit, and me and Reed played some games, read, etc.
At about 7:30, we cruised on down to Neumo’s for the Sam Prekop show. Doors were at 8, but the show didn’t start until 9:30, so we made our way up the hill to the Elysian Brewing Co., for some Mojitos, microbrews, and meals disguised as appetizers. It wasn’t the best Mojito I’d had (which was my first, at the Tradewinds), but it wasn’t too bad. It was more syrupy and sweet than light and minty.
Anyhow, back at Neumo’s, Pit er Pat opened the show with some quirky, sort of dancy, sort of spastic indie pop. The mix was a little weird for them, and you had to move around the room to get the full effect. Joel showed up after their set, and hung out with us for the rest of the evening (this brings my em411 real-life- meeting tally to 5).
Sam Prekop took the stage shortly and played a very crisp and mellow set of light, jazzy pop, back by Archer Prewitt on guitar and a tight rhythm section. The drummer was excellent, never overbearing and always with an inventive groove. He even played without sticks for one song.
So we rolled on back to the homestead around midnight, and started in on a slightly sloshed game of Fluxx, until Emily and Serene showed up, ready to raise hell. More drinking commenced, and lots of loud laughter, jokes, games, and fun followed until the wee small hours, when we all pretty much passed out.
Today starts with coffee and Greed. Breakfast follows soon, after the wait through 5 showers. Then….who knows?
More later….
