houlihan's, again

i hate meeting at houlihan's so much, but it's the only place that's open late and serves liquor. but last night i met up with danielle so that i could give her some souvenirs from the eu. i told some stories and drank some brew. shortly thereafter, her bff ali showed up with boyfriend matt. ali tried the old "i don't have my id" trick, but it didn't work out too well. some small talk followed.

then cj showed up with kelly, and pretty much everyone worked at chili's at some point, so everyone knew each other. ali and matt left, but cagney showed up, another ex-chili's server. conversation moved from europe to chili's to music to hippie weddings (kelly's siter) to veganism (of which cagney practices) to cj's new place in chicago (and new gigs) to paradise pie and back to music, where the night ended... approximately 1:00am.

and while houli's can sometimes become redundant, it was an excellent convo night, and i wish you were there.

Comments

dk said…
that's cool that you got to see the old chili's crew again. i miss those guys. tell danielle, cagney, matt, ali, and cj i say "hi!"
7/12/2007 3:24 PM
brian james said…
you're crazy david! you only know cj!
7/12/2007 4:03 PM
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