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9th February, 2008. 11:59 pm. "Can I buy you a drink?"

This evening, somehow, I ended up sitting at the bar with the prettiest girl there.

Granted, there weren't very many women in the bar by that point... Heh-heh. The statement stands, though, and even when there had been more women earlier in the afternoon, she still stood out. After making myself a huge bacon, hash browns, and egg breakfast, I'd gone back to Banjo Jim's this afternoon (twice in one week!), specifically to see Margarita perform. What I hadn't realized was that it was an open-mic session and there were many singer/songwriter types there, each with the opportunity to perform two songs, and since Margarita didn't get there in time for her 3:00 slot, she wasn't able to go on 'til three hours later. Luckily, I decided to stick around.

I thought I recognized her when she walked in, but I wasn't sure, and having only seen an animated rendition of me, she didn't recognize me, either. She actually stood beside me at the bar while the guy before her was on, and I was tempted to say hi but would've felt dumb if it hadn't been Margarita. Then she went on and introduced herself before playing "Magic City" and "Higher Ground."

After her set was done and Margarita left the... well, it's not really a stage- left the performing area, I guess, I caught her attention and introduced myself, and she was happy to see me. She wanted to know why my icon's hair looks brown, when my real hair was obviously blond.  lol  She took issue with the icon's depiction of me. She sat down on the barstool next to mine and we caught the rest of the acts before open-mic was over, including a "singalong" version of the Band's "The Weight," which she'd never heard.

Funnily enough, I'd watched "Stargate Atlantis" last night, and as it ended with Dr. Rodney McKay, the pessimistic geek, struggling to comprehend Dr. Jennifer Keller trying to get him to go to the bar with her and buy her a drink, I thought to myself that she wouldn't have to ask me twice.  ;)  And tonight, I got the chance to buy Margarita one. We chatted, and exchanged gifts (she gave me a second copy of her CD, to give to a friend, and I gave her one of my buttons, which she promptly put on her jacket), and then she asked if we could have someone take our picture with my iPhone. Since I had my digital camera with me, too, I handed that over to one of the afternoon's other performers instead, and he gladly snapped two shots of us.

Margarita offered to show me the studio where she'd recorded her album, "Tragedy," and I gamely took her up on it, so we left Banjo Jim's and walked a few blocks. A few blocks more than we needed to, actually, since we were talking about our jobs and our music and the music industry in general, and not paying so much attention to where we were. We made it there eventually, and I met her producer, Mike, and stepped into the vocal booth and saw the Macs and recording gear there. Very cool... The three of us hopped on a crosstown bus and did some more talking about music recording and promoting before I hopped off to head for the PATH train to Hoboken. (I realize that the reason there's no 8:33 PM westbound train is probably because few people are riding during the dinner hour, but I always seem to need a train at that time...) I had a very nice time checking out all the music at Banjo Jim's, especially Margarita's, and it was great to meet her and enjoy her company for a while.  :-D



Current mood: chipper.
Current music: "Mama" by Margarita.

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