Another Weekend, More New Stuff

I had another fun-filled weekend with my "offline guy". Friday he came with me to the opera. In the cab on the way home, he said that although he probably wouldn't go again since the opera really isn't his thing, he was happy that he was able to come with me to my first opera. Afterward, I changed and we went out to our favorite bar for a little while before meeting up with my friend, who is the PR manager of the opera, and hung out on my porch until the early morning hours.

After many hours of sleep on Saturday, when I was finally conscious again, "offline guy" and I watched a movie, went for a drive, and then spent the night in Bloomfield. I finally went to the Brillo Box, which was really cool. I loved the decor! After a couple drinks there, we headed over to his favorite Bloomfield bar and ran into some people we knew. "Offline guy" and I stayed there until it was time for the last bus back to Oakland. There was more hanging out on the porch - I added some amenities to the porch during the day Friday: an outdoor carpet, 2 glass and iron tables, and a big pot of geraniums. I now have an idyllic, urban paradise, which makes hanging out on the porch much more relaxing.

Sunday capped off the adventurous weekend with a trip to North Park. "Offline guy" and I went to the driving range and then to play miniature golf across the street. I actually did much better than I expected at the driving range. Most likely it was due to the driver that I had - it had this ugly pink paint on it so I must have made myself do well since I was already annoyed at the painted driver. However, my arm is very sore now. The miniature golf was even more fun than the driving range. The North Park course is really pretty and well landscaped. And they have a couple fountains, which always makes miniature golfing nicer. I'm a water person.

The second hole was the funniest part of the golf outing - it was a water hazard one so it had a ramp you had to hit the ball up. And you had to hit it hard enough to clear the water pit, but still land on the green on the other side. There's also a net on the other side, which caught my golf ball since it went over the water, on the green, and then bounced up. "Offline guy" went to take his turn and plop - into the water. He hit it into the water 2 more times until I suggested that he hit the ball a little harder. Then smack! The ball went up and over the water...and then hit the guardrail on the parking lot next door and started rolling through the parking lot. He ran up and got it while I sat down on the ground laughing. The look on his face was hysterical - he totally didn't expect the ball to launch into the parking lot. He tried one more time and made it over perfectly. And almost got a hole in one. Definitely the funniest moment of my weekend. It still makes me laugh.

AFter golf, we stopped at Monte Cello's to pick up a pizza for takeout and went back to my place. We watched a thing on the History Channel about the book/movie Angels and Demons and then "offline guy" went home. It was a great weekend and I had so much fun. I'm looking forward to this weekend and having more adventures with "offline guy". We're probably going to go miniature golfing again because it was just so much fun. Or bowling - that's the other thing we need to do, too. Is it Friday yet??