Hanging out at Sequoia's

Last night was the culmination of a long week of hanging out every day after work. Sometimes I think I’m getting to old for all this working all day and hanging all night agenda. But, after all it’s summertime so it’s definitely worth it.

I had a rendezvous at Sequoia’s (South Street Seaport) with James (not his real name, of course) who works for a major investment firm in lower Manhattan. I met him last summer at a political fundraiser and we had been trying to meet up for drinks for the longest time. He showed up about 45 min. late (but at least he called to say he would be running late). In the meantime, I chatted with the bartender, who was very friendly and made pretty good drinks! He came along with his friend, who turned out to be a hot 24 year old guy). They were perfect gentleman; they bought drinks and appetizers for me all evening so that was very nice. They started talking about how they have been friends for about 5 years, I think, and that they work out together so I started to wonder whether or not they were dating each other. So, once we had thrown back a few more drinks, I decided to be bold. I said I needed to ask them a question but I hoped that neither of them would be offended. So, I asked them if they were seeing each other. Now, I have to say, the fact that they weren’t black might have helped because they handled it in stride and said no. In fact, it turns out that James is simultaneously dating 2 women who don’t know about each other and even though he is in 30’s, he has no intention of settling down anytime soon. Well, at some point, we went upstairs, because there was a dj playing latin, hip hop and reggae music and hung out for a little while. I ran into a few guys that I knew from hanging out at TGI Fridays and then I headed back to Brooklyn because I got tired seeing a bunch of young, semi intoxicated, half naked women running around trying o get the attention of some loser type guys.