Monday, July 17, 2006

Food, Friends, and Fun

This weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to meet my friend Mizike and his fiancee Sky Princess. I've known Mizike for about a year and a half now from playing World of Warcraft, but we've not had the opportunity to meet in person until this past weekend.

The restaurant was the nicest that Matt or I had ever attended. The lights were so low the waiter had to bring a flashlight for me to see how much pepper he was grinding onto my dish. They had a live Jazz band that was quite good. The guy on the keyboard was their singer and I had to look up there more than once because the voice coming out did not seem like it fit with this skinny, tall, white guy. There were a few couples that got up and danced while the rest of us watched on, talking about why we wouldn't be able to get our men up there to dance. The only drawback to the band was that we were sitting right in front of them, and they were loud enough that we had to shout to speak to one another. Our waiter, with his face reddened and neck straining, had to shout every time he came over. At one point he apologized it was so loud and said it was the band's first time playing there.

Poor Mizike is a soft spoken guy; a low talker for you Seinfeld watchers. We could see his lips moving, but more often than not we couldn't hear a word he was saying over the boisterous music (even though he was speaking his loudest). Sky Princess knew what he was trying to say so she would translate for him so we could hear. She and I were blessed with projectile "out door voices" that come in handy for situations such as this.

Sky Princess was good at making us feel at ease with her beautiful smile and easy going personality. I laughed and smiled so much from their stories and good conversation that by the end of the night my smiler was a bit sore. My favorite story involved a backwoods rundown gas station, a "present" that consisted of giant greasy fried frog legs, and an ending of shock and tears. Sky Princess was not amused until after she got over the initial shock and horror. It made for a great story though!

They were very generous with a very nice house warming gift as well as buying our dinner. It was very pleasant and enjoyable, and I'm just sad that their time here is coming to an end shortly as he's just found a new job in Wisconsin, and they'll be moving there on Friday.
Thank heavens for the internet and easy means of meeting new friends and staying in touch with old!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

now you know to ask for a table away from the live band. it would be worth it even if you had to wait a little while. sounds like a fun evening in spite of not being able to communicate too well.