After try-outs, I joined up with a friend whose girlfriend is an acrobat -- more precisely, she is fantastic silks and trapeze artist. Somehow she was supposed to be performing at the Plough and Stars -- a bar I go to occasionally, and which often has live bands, but in which I could not imagine a whole acrobatic troupe performing. Particularly in 97-degree swampy heat. But -- there was! Including a bar-dancing clown (terrifying to me to dance on a slippery bar... but was fantastic to watch!).
At the end of the acrobatics, I had a text from B.Nap (who had been at the auditions earlier) to come join up for karaoke at Highland Kitchen. I really like Highland Kitchen. It has a great feel, adult spelling bees on Tuesdays, and apparently the light fixtures look like sex toys, according to E. (I have never even attempted to verify this myself, nor do I ever remember to check when I'm there, and I'm pretty happy with that state of things!). However, it is located atop Winter Hill, and I am not typically located atop Winter Hill. That said, I was already so icky at this point of the night, and since I had biked from home to the Plough, I decided a quick nip up a silly hill for karaoke would be worth it. Which... I *think* it was. Right? Song of choice was "Walking on Sunshine" - which yes, have done many times, but seemed so very appropriate for the evening.
