Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Thursday, November 01, 2001
@ Work
Wow -- another new month. I can't believe that this year is almost over.
I have to say that I had a pretty great day yesterday. It started out with me going over to Berkeley to pick up Sean and Suzette. From there we then headed back to the city and had lunch in the Castro. Following lunch we walked around a bit and then I took them back. It was nice to spend some time with them again.
Steven came over around 6 pm so that we could go down together to the restaurant. He looked really nice and it was great to see him again since it was almost a week that we hadn't seen each other. It feels weird now to go that long without seeing him. Anyway, I got dressed up in my suit and we had some wine before heading down to Zuni to meet Philip.
We met up with Philip at Zuni around 7 pm and were immediately seated. It was my first time there and I really liked the atmosphere. I ordered a bottle of Champaign and we toasted my birthday. It was really nice to be spending time with Steven and Philip again. We had dinner and then they gave me my birthday present which was the Godfather DVD set. I had really been wanting this, so I couldn't have asked for anything better from them. It was all wrapped up in a cute rainbow gift bag, what a trip.
After dinner we met up with Merced and Andy for a drink at Martooni's and then headed back to my place so that Philip and I could change. Sean decided to take Bart over and meet up with us to hang out. We walked down to the Church street station and met up with Justin and Sean when he eventually got there. I couldn't believe how many people were out in the neighborhood. I don't think I've ever seen that many people there before. Once again we went back up to my house so that we could drop some things off and Justin had my present for me. I opened it and it was ... the Godfather DVD set. I guess I made it too obvious to everyone that I really wanted it. It was really nice of him to get it for me because I know he was really trying to make my happy and surprise me. I sort of felt bad because I know it was expensive for him and I didn't expect it. Anyway it's the thought that counts.
So we finally headed up to the Castro. There were so many people everywhere. It was quite a sight to see. We had some beers and just walked around laughing at people and having a good time. By the time the night was over it was about 1:30 am and I was ready to get out of there. I had to drive Sean back to Berkeley because Bart stopped running at midnight. Which is totally stupid .. but that's a topic for another day's discussion.
So overall it was a really great birthday. Probably some of the most fun I've had on my birthday in a long time. I can't believe that it's officially been over a year now that I've been here. Time really flies by.
