I can’t believe I’m spitting out the details of last night at 8 o’clock this morning . I’m sitting watching Joel Osteen preach the Lord’s Prayer but I can’t here a thing , and praise the lord for that Joel cause you are full of shit , but I’m hung over enough to not even care .
When you’re woken up by a splitting headache ,self inflicted ,you know there’s no where to go . At least I’ve got company , there’ll be a lot of sore heads this morning . Last night was the major fundraiser for the local schools . Fundraising for schools is a major driver of social activities here and throughout the US. It’s fortunately something our Australian counterparts don’t have to rely on , although we still do it but not on the need and scale that it’s pushed here . At $350 ,2 tickets got us in to our 1st ‘Hearts of Hermosa ‘, the big gig in the fundraising calendar . The night had pricked my interest as a spectacle . I had visions of mums showing off their finest , boobs out ( fake or real ) , Botox by the tonnage , with pouting and posing brought to the fore , their husbands gathering in groups stiffly nodding and talking about not much or even worse ( yawn) , the Stockmarket or bond yields or some other boring shit . I’m also aware that when I get a little loose I start to swear like a construction worker and I’ll have to try and curb it a little .
There’s an element of the unknown when you’re dressing for the big night . Is a pair of pants , brown dress shoes and a short sleeve collared surf inspired shirt good enough to pass the dress code ? Do I need a sports jacket or dress shirt ? I’ll find out soon enough . We headed to John and Jeanie’s for pre drinks ., or as its known here ‘ pre game ‘
That’s them above . Yep ,they’re a cool looking couple and they are cool people . Ben and Megan also East coasters and refreshingly straight to the point joined us .
A giant marquee on a parking lot doesn’t sound impressive but it truly was , and I wasn’t surprised . 
A margarita bar , gin bar , boutique beer , copious wine and even my old favourite hard kombucha. No I have never tried hard kombucha, it makes me laugh that something so healthy gets alcohol added to it and then sold , yep it’ll happen here . Of course once you start to loosen up all the fear and negativity disappears, and I wasn’t stuck on the edge of some conversation on bond yields or property taxes ( it’s happened before ) .Waitresses on roller skates was funny enough but when they put on a dance performance for the crowd I was thinking how crazy this looked . I was waiting for Larry Flint to appear or Hugh Hefner to come in and bow at the end of the performance . You know me , I had to get a photo or 9 just for art sake. All up it was an an impressive night with good food , pumping music and parents letting their hair and their guard down , and fuck I was swearing like a trooper and didn’t even care .
. Even at the end of all this we were privileged to be shuttled home in golf carts as part of the nights offer . Finally you are probably wondering about the Keto diet …… blew that fucker to bits last night .
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