Dream a Little Dream

The crisp smell of spring was in the air and for once the sky was clear and not our normal gray with a smattering of drizzle which Seattle was infamous for. We turned north toward that bar and walked with the flow of people upward toward the corner bar that I had told Jack held the promise of women on the make.

We arrive and go inside. Jack opens the door and with a sweep of his hand says, "after you."

I nod and venture inwardly thinking of the number of times I have secretly wished for a man to do that for me. Kind of like the way some men half stand up from a table when a lady gets up to go to the restroom. Those little gestures are so wonderful to me.

Ok Gary get over it, he wasn't opening the door for his girl he was just first to reach for it and was being polite, Sheesh!!!

Inside there is a rather Spartan crowd tonight. We go to the bar and order drinks then turn to look for just the right spot to sit.

"Looks a little empty tonight Gary. You sure the ladies come here?" Jack asks me.

"Yeah normally they do I suppose it's because it's only Thursday. The weekends are usually better."

We sip our drinks and talk for a bit. I find out Jack came from New York and was looking to get out of the Rat race there when he landed the broker's position with our Insurance firm. We decide to move to the bar so Jack can watch the Mariners on the bar TV. Even with the light crowd it's hard to hear from across the room.

After an hour goes by it's apparent that the crowd isn't going to increase so Jack asks I would like to go over to his place where we can watch the game in relative peace and a whole lot more comfort then these bar stools will ever give anyone.

I laugh and say sure.

We get up to leave, Jack polishes off his whiskey sour and we head back to our building to access the garage where we parked earlier that morning.

As we get to the garage Jack offers to drive saying he has had some problems straightening out his guest parking with his condo association and it would be better if we just take his car and he would be glad to drop me back to pick mine up after the game.