Washingtonians "Tim" and "Diana" (Seattle karaoke buddies coincidentally in Austin for separate business meetings) were waiting to sing at a dive bar, and figured out that Austin has a smoke-free ordinance! After chatting with the bartender, I learned it passed 52-48%, and took effect Sept 1.
And apparently the bartender's tips have gone down significantly since...
At any rate, at least I didn't smell like smoke afterwards. =)
And we learned the hard way that if you don't know the karaoke host, it kind of sucks.
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So, what did you sing? Something in honor of the Lone Star state? Dixie Chicks, perhaps?
Teman was going to sing "The Gambler" and I put in a slip for "Stand By Me" (you could only submit one song at a time), but we waited over an hour and a half, and didn't get to sing!!!!! We asked where we were in the lineup, and all they (there were 2 hosts) told us was "Soon."
Definitely will NOT take Claudio for granted!
Holy shit! Teman's in Austin too? What are the odds?
So, who's "Diana," then?
Um, duh. YOU'RE Diana. I thought that was a separate person.
I get it now.
Yeah, we both figured with our uncommon names, we should create karaoke alter egos with more ordinary names. Strangers in town and all that.
Austin's apparently a huge tech town.
OH. And I think I figured out that if I had taken OFF my cardigan and just had on my camisole, we would've gotten to sing almost immediately. It took me a while to figure out the dress code for women here. I think in the karaoke bar, we came across as preppy Northern prudes!
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