The Club I grew up in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn. In the 1980s, when I was in my early 20s, most of the young guys in the area had social clubs. We paid the landlord's rent to keep the place. It was a place for us to hang out, drink, and have parties. It was also somewhere to hang out, play cards, and watch TV on weekend afternoons or whenever we wa...
You clutch my arm as we walk across the cobblestone road to Shinae's. I was finally able to convince you to let me buy you a drink. Once we're inside I get us a table that sits just a few feet higher than the rest of the bar. With the music playing, one drink turns into two, and two to three, and before you know it you could pass for someone having fun. I l...
*Note to readers* This story goes in succession, and thus makes more sense if you read previous chapters first. Hope you are enjoying the story thus far.** "Excuse me! Are we taking pictures or making out tonight?" an irritated yet amused Jim asked. "Why can't we do both?" Anna asked sarcastically, giving him the expression that said there was no way he co...
I had been battling the flu for nearly a week and had a high fever, so I was in no mood, nor condition, to be going out, anywhere. It was a Thursday night and I was sitting in my recliner, in front of the TV, covered up with several blankets and shivering like a wet pup, from a high fever. My wife, Brandie, had been invited to go out by one of her girlfriend...
Tobias had been waiting at the bar for nearly two hours. Stood up again, he thought. He'd stopped looking for Beth, the brunette he was supposed to meet tonight, and paid more attention to his glass. When the bartender gave him that, "ready for another?" look Tobias just nodded and a fresh glass of draught appeared on the bar. He slid a bill across the bar t...
Michelle stepped out of the bathroom wearing just a towel. Her hair was dripping wet as she walked over to her suitcase and started arranging her clothes for the evening. Black stockings, garter, 12A lacy 3/4 cup strapless bra & matching thong. She laid her black silk cocktail dress on the bed and stared at the arrangement for a brief while. To my surprise,...
1. A Night Out on the Town It was in early January and we'd just been to a concert at the Davies Symphony Hall, where we sat through some modern compositions I hope I never have to listen to again in my whole life. Afterwards we drove over the hill to North Beach to console ourselves in a less pretentious atmosphere. Since moving to San Francisco and hav...
I wasn't surprised when Amy told me that Steve had proposed to her. They'd been an off and on couple since we were all in high school together. I was however a little surprised when I received an invitation to their wedding. Amy and I had dated for a short time when she and Steve were in one of their off cycles. When our brief relationship ended, she and I r...
It was a cool, windy night in this dusty town where nothing ever happens. He had been at work all day and he'd had a royal ass chewing from his boss. For what, he still couldn't figure out. Feeling lonely, he heads to the only bar in town hoping a cold beer will help him relax and drive away his memory of the confrontation with his boss. On his way, he abs...
You have just spent the past four years of your life studying you ass off, working hard, and paying way too much money for a degree. Graduation is finally over, the last speaker seemed to drone on forever, who cares about how we will always be apart of this school, blah blah... You meet up with your best friend Tara, and head to her place to change, grab a...