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glo-ri-ous : (adjective) delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable

Lighting out with Birthday Girl's new iPhone boyfriend
(my hair in the rearview mirror is the only shot of me tonight; enjoy)

We discovered Happy Hour is all day Thursdays
at 3 Doors Down

The ubiquitous drink shot

Our gracious waiter with Sam* & Jen



Bagdad Theater, Hawthorne district
It's full of sophisticated ghosts, I'm positive

Lisa, Lovely Volunteer #1
before she was sent to check IDs at the door
(her former bartending days at play there)



Holly, Lovely Volunteer #2
with whom I competed to give out the most programs
at the same door


*Ode to a So-Called Peripheral Friend

I carelessly overlooked her

in my post about best friends.

But The Good Sam,

our Glinda, our life of any party

cannot be forgotten -

which is, overall, a fine thing.

She is brutally honest

yet heartbreakingly tender;

She allows my inner 21-year old

free reign around band members,

PTA conventions, and karaoke clubs.

We are wildly smart & smartly wild

together.

Sam is definitely one of the best

I saved for last.

[Happy, big baby?]

And,

Happy birthday to my first grown-up best friend, Jen.

Love you & your rockin' FM boots, bff