people watching

so another friday night and another trip to the buddha with the usual suspects, +1. but buddha wasn't the normal buddha tonight. they were throwing an after party for the chicago leg of the green festival. long story short, buddha was a refuge for environmentalists and hippies tonight, rather than the usual brand of soulful hip-hoppers. not that it was bad, in fact it was rather interesting and refreshing to see a different crowd... problem was, the music selection was experimental and difficult to relax to. it was cool though, because there were highly pixelated videos playing on two screens, two djs getting crazy with mac books and other miscellaneous audio equipment, and even 3 artists painting canvas on easels, on the dance floor. we even saw murph (with crew) in the vip room...

we left after 10 minutes.

and then we headed to sound bar, but it took us almost 25 minutes to park and after we did get our rock star spot, courtney was denied entry because he didn't have 'acceptable' shoes. damn bouregoise nightclubs! wouldbe clubbers, beware... even a nice pair of steve maddens may put your entry at risk! so after standing around dejected, thinking about what clubs would grant us cheap entry, we crossed the street to go to the hop house, above spy bar (which, incidentally was charging $20 cover). and don't be fooled, the hop house is just a little restaurant (previously leona's) that happened to have a smallish bar area.

the next two hours entailed some small talk (nothing too interesting), some food (boneless wings), and a few alcoholic beverages. but what we did most, was entertain oursevles with the cast of characters walking past the huge glass window. aymeei was truly obsessed with the white bentley parked across the street, and even wanted to stay later to see who got in it. the rest of us boys were truly obsessed with... well, we're guys so you can just imagine what sorts of 'things' we were staring at. i didn't realize, until now, that looking out that window would become the highlight of the evening.

wow. essentially, we drove all the way to chicago to people watch. wtf. good times.