first, a delightful meal at my favorite little sushi place, warakubune. i did not eat that many plates, although my dear friend jonny likes to pretend that i had all of them. thanks, jonny.
then, i went back to my place, pre-celebrated, and threw on the birthday outfit - remember - shorts was the theme.
hilarious.... let's see what some other attendees wore... onward to the pilsner for a dive bar extravaganza!
a very very large crowd of people was suddenly wearing shorts in celebration of my birth -
there were a few onlookers who had the guts to ask "what's going on here?" or "are you all from l.a. or something?" or "where did you get those shorts?" ... it was hilarious
...and then, casually and with her beautiful smile, this italian bombshell walks through the doors
this is lindsey. lindsey signorelli. i met her in new jersey in college. we took classes, worked and enjoyed each other's company until she jetted off to italy and i thought i'd never see her again. she was in berkely visiting her boyfriend and saw my invitation on the internet.
it was the greatest surprise a birthday boy could ask for. i nearly dropped my drink and started crying (i actually did well up a bit...sap). i basically didn't say hello to the people that kept crawling into my party because i spent a good portion of the time catching up with her and selling california to her (she was thinking about leaving new jersey). it was glorious.
then 11 came.
the great migration!
mini groups of twos and threes went walking down market street to the next location... and i am not lying when i say a group of people shouted, "nice shorts!" ...perfection.
the party moved to trigger, the most pretentious of all of the castro nightclubs. a friend got me a private booth, and even more friends showed up to show me their legs. have a look -
the manager came up to check on my party and then complimented my outfit. i looked at him and started laughing. i hope he didn't take it the wrong way.
afterwards came the afterparty, of course, where a large collection of legs stayed up until the wee hours in the morning.
josh and francisco have no excuse for not wearing shorts... they will live that down for eternity
most of the photos from this evening are not really meant for mass publication, so this was the pg edition. maybe one day ill show some more.
it was perfect. thank you, friendships.
love and loyalty
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