Rain Man

IT WAS A NIGHT JUST LIKE TONIGHT…On a very rainy Saturday, me and Miss J decided to brave the rain and hit the town at an old place we used to frequent but hadn’t been back in a while.  Entering the virtually bare bar, we decided to park ourselves at the bar (per usual) and hope that things would pick up.  We told ourselves, as single ladies, that if guys also brave the dire weather conditions to be social, well it might a) better our odds and b) give us better odds. Now don’t get me wrong, we never go out with the intention of “picking up” or “hooking up” but I believe Miss J and I are at points in our lives collectively that we want something a little more substantial, not to mention to get beyond the 3^rd date!! 

Anyway, Big G took up talking to Miss J and SNP made his way over to me.  He was refreshing, witty and quite handsome.  I call him SNP.  We met. We clicked...and by the end of our evening of meeting, he asked to see me again.  We talked all night about funny tid bits, dogs, professions, movies...and he has the most warm, energetic smile you have never known you want to see.  At one point he went to the bathroom and came back to resume over conversation.  He moved and his face went to confusion.  There, seated on an oversized ottoman across from me, his belt buckle was completely unfastened.  I tried to play it off like I didn’t see it but he says, “Do you have some kind of super powers, Bradshaw?”  We couldn’t stop laughing; I mean how can you forget to buckle your pants?  Big G and Miss J were trying to talk to us but we couldn’t stop laughing about our little inside joke. 

We decided to go to a wine bar we frequent from time to time since this bar was “dead anyway’ and braved the rain once again.  Miss J put on her rain coat and walked with Big G, while SNP grabbed my umbrella and held it underneath us.  I tend to walk really fast and he says, “Damn girl, you walk fast!” so I slowed down but it was raining!  He very caringly wrapped his arm around my waist as we walked, like a gentleman.  We jetted across Sunset Blvd. and made our way inside bar #2 a little damp.  While Miss J and I would normally sit at the bar as a couple of singles, all 4 of us sat in the couch area, which is sexier anyway.  There me and S & P continued our conversation an again and I began to wonder if I would ever see him again, even though he was practically asking me out at bar#1.  After finishing our drinks, we walked back to bar #1, as when I put on my glasses, he was reminded that he left his at bar #1.  He came outside and was like, “That’s what you really look like?” and couldn’t believe I didn’t wear my glasses all the time, but I don’t need to as I only need to see far away like when I drive and he says, “Me too!!” then says, “let’s switch” like a scene out of Something’s Gotta Give, and says, “this is our romantic comedy moment, like in Something’s Gotta Give.”  WTF – it was like he was in my brain.  Our prescriptions weren’t a match like Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson J SNP walked me to my side of the car door (I was driving) and said, “I would like to see you again.” I agreed and he asked for my number.  Hmm?

Miss J and I drove home through the slick streets of Hollywood wondering if we just created the new kind of character, No Rain Delay, i.e. the guy who isn’t afraid to brave a little crappy weather to keep up his social rep and potentially meeting a girl who isn’t afraid to do the same.  Those odds have to be quite small.  We couldn’t help but ponder; did we just meet two really nice, available single men in the City of Angels?  Will they call? Will we see them again?  Time will tell but if anything, we had a solid night out full of good drinks, good company, and weather that makes you want to get cozy.  

FOLLOW UP: Miss J heard from her guy before I heard from SNP, but her guy didn’t initiate any plans.  SNP suggested getting together the next evening…which was perfect for me, right before heading out of town for a week away for the holidays.  I often say this about dating, if you meet someone and you would like to see them again, why wouldn’t you just keep that momentum going by getting a plan in the book as soon as possible?  If you prolong the next meet and greet, well, it could lose its pizzazz. 

Man Date- definite possibilities for sunny weather!!