Brunch and Zoo, at least the animals covered up my smell

On Friday, I went to the Taste with a friend. She works as a consultant and had the day off, as consultants never actually do any work as far as I can tell.

After listening to some live music, drinking some beers, and of course sampling many Taste food (I really enjoyed the Cajun sausage balls), we went and got some drinks in River North. Talking over the beer, she asked if I would like to meet one of her co-workers, L. I said sure, though I did remind her that I am an asshole. I imagined drinks sometime in like two weeks or something. Turns out she meant brunch on Sunday.

So I get a text this morning with a time and place and I hop on the bus. After I get off, I fiddle with my bag and then start walking to the brunch spot. I stop to turn left at a stop light, and get into a girl's way, as she tries to turn right. I excuse myself, get out of her way and wait for the light. A moment later, she is back at the light. At this point, I get the suspicion that this is the friend. It was just one of those feelings that you get, and you would bet money on it. However, what do you do in that situation? Do you introduce yourself? I didn't know, so I just followed behind her towards the restaurant. My suspicion was somewhat confirmed when the girl entered. I followed her, but couldn't catch her name as she put herself on the list. I decided to go outside and wait for our mutual friend. A little later, she showed up. And I was right, that was her friend L. Thankfully, we had been there short enough that we didn't have to talk about the fact that we were both there. Also, we had to figure out how to lock up the bike that my friend rode (in 95+ degree heat). Always a good distraction.

Anyways, we ate brunch, they talked about work people a lot. I actually knew several of the people they were talking about. One was a good friend of LTR. So that threw me. I decided to say nothing about it, as it would just lead to awkward stuff. Also, I have no idea what that friend's opinion of me is, so if I decided to get a date or something with L, that could be bad. However, they were also discussing how L had gone to a wedding, and something went wrong, so instead of spending a week on the coast, she visited her sister in Nebraska or something. I can't imagine getting mad at a friend like that, so she may have a boyfriend significant enough to go to a coastal wedding. Which makes me wonder why my friend wanted to introduce us.

But then we went to the zoo. It was amusing. It was also very hot. We just looked at the bears and then went all our separate ways. I'll talk to my friend again before deciding if I want to ask for L's number or anything. She was cute, though kinda had the "little girl, big flat butt" thing going. Though, with the weather, I'm willing to cut some slack on people wearing not flattering pants if they are cooler. So we'll see, it all depends on if she has a nice ass.