A Night Out

Saturday night, my cousin dropped by for a visit. He's in the States for a month and a half, to be joined at the beginning of August by his husband. Caesar and I hadn't seen him in at least two years so we decided to treat him to some good food and a little gay Long Beach night life.

First stop: Kafe Neo for some delicious Greek-American food. We started the meal with a plate featuring six different flavors of hummus, including a roasted red pepper one that disappeared quickly. To follow that, we each ordered a pita sandwich: chicken for Caesar, Gyro for me and spicy calamari and feta for my cousin. It's always amazing to me how time flies when you're enjoying good food and good conversation; by the time we paid the check and headed out the door, it was already 9:30PM.

We walked from the Kafe over to Broadway for drinks at The Brit and Mineshaft, staying not too long in either bar. It seems as we get older -- okay, as I get older -- the bars aren't my thing anymore. Loud music, obnoxious pool players at the far left table, very little talk from patrons, eyes roaming hungrily about the room. Once my small glass of water was finished, I was ready to head back to the apartment.

Ugh, I'm getting old....