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i admit that john and i are losers.
we went out to the Kootsie Ball last night. the history of this Ball as i know it is that it was started 25ish years ago as an excuse for some college buddies to get together. they were doing it every other year, but the last one they had was three years ago. we went to that one and it was a blast. swing bands, latin bands, burlesque acts, etc. and it's creative black tie so great people watching. they had it then at the marriott, which was great because there were a ton of rooms open with different performers so we had a lot of choices, and they were all really good choices. also, there was plenty of room to dance and plenty of places to sit when worn out and wanting to sit with a drink.
this year's was held at the not fully completed renovated statler towers. there were only two rooms open with bands and neither were huge rooms. all the tables were taken because there weren't really that many. the bands weren't bad. we did plenty of swing and latin dancing (i prefer the latin because it's easy to look good at it and is great for the waistline), but we ran out of room on the dance floors frequently and then had nowhere to sit to chill. also, as good as the bands were, we got bored with them after two hours. even the people watching wasn't as good this time, although the dude with the blue leather tux was back.
so i mentioned to john that i didn't think i'd want to stay much past midnight and he immediately suggested we could take off before if i wanted. when john says something as decisive as that, he's been itching to go. so we took off a little after 11. if we had brought a cell phone, we probably would have tracked sheila down since she was downtown, but we didn't. so we booked home and got there just before midnight, sharing a new year's kiss with beezley.
so we're losers.
we went out to the Kootsie Ball last night. the history of this Ball as i know it is that it was started 25ish years ago as an excuse for some college buddies to get together. they were doing it every other year, but the last one they had was three years ago. we went to that one and it was a blast. swing bands, latin bands, burlesque acts, etc. and it's creative black tie so great people watching. they had it then at the marriott, which was great because there were a ton of rooms open with different performers so we had a lot of choices, and they were all really good choices. also, there was plenty of room to dance and plenty of places to sit when worn out and wanting to sit with a drink.
this year's was held at the not fully completed renovated statler towers. there were only two rooms open with bands and neither were huge rooms. all the tables were taken because there weren't really that many. the bands weren't bad. we did plenty of swing and latin dancing (i prefer the latin because it's easy to look good at it and is great for the waistline), but we ran out of room on the dance floors frequently and then had nowhere to sit to chill. also, as good as the bands were, we got bored with them after two hours. even the people watching wasn't as good this time, although the dude with the blue leather tux was back.
so i mentioned to john that i didn't think i'd want to stay much past midnight and he immediately suggested we could take off before if i wanted. when john says something as decisive as that, he's been itching to go. so we took off a little after 11. if we had brought a cell phone, we probably would have tracked sheila down since she was downtown, but we didn't. so we booked home and got there just before midnight, sharing a new year's kiss with beezley.
so we're losers.
