In these uncertain times where
9-to-5 jobs are difficult to come by due to asshole companies'
discriminatory behavior and
folks pushing forward to eke out an income working for themselves, money is
tight and happy hour prices don't always put a smile on one's face once the
bill comes. Fortunately Zula, located at 901
Main Street in downtown Hartford manages to keep it classy and sassy while
providing a diverse crowd, good food, great music, and an outstanding happy hour from 4pm-7pm, so that folks don't side-eye
their bill while angrily digging their wallet out of their purse or back pockets. $3 wines and drafts, $5 cocktails, and $4 plates.
Why not? I was having a particularly good hair day this past Friday and
ventured inside where I chatted up a personable
and accommodating bartender named Jessica.
Jessica kept me company and divulged
interesting details about her life as a bartender before rapper, Keith Murray's sister found her way inside...
apparently seduced by the halo of awesomeness that was my hair that day. She
said she spied it through the plate glass window. My hair is touch and go whenever I wear un-bunned; some days it's just OK and other days it's particularly eye-catching.
Now I'm familiar with this obviously cool woman (whose name always eludes me, unfortunately)- as I've run into her
on numerous occasions downtown, where she resides. I had no idea
until this past Friday that she was related to the Def Squad member, however.
Keith's sister and I chatted about this and that... mostly regarding what her brother was currently up to and we pontificated a little about dating. Lately, I just choose not to do it. I'm really working on focusing getting to where I'd like to be professionally. Also, running into an unwanted nuisance I can't seem to escape a few days prior and
then receiving a rambling voice mail this evening from another one, who once
divulged an unfortunate story to me (on a FIRST quasi-DATE) about why his penis
was virtually non-existent, has prompted me (an atheist type) to want to spend
the remainder of my adult life in a convent for wayward dating souls. But I do
enjoy hearing about what other people are up to in their love/sex lives. Keith
Murray's sister spoke about a man she'd been dating for about a month, whose
company she seemed to enjoy. He bought her gifts and he took her out to dine at fine restaurants. I
happened to ask if they'd ever been to Zula. "This
is too open for him. He likes more restrained, sort of fancier places. He
probably wouldn't like this atmosphere." She suggested. We continued to make interesting conversation and
shortly after, she excused herself to the bathroom. Suddenly a man and a
young Black woman walked in. He pulled out Keith's sister's chair and I
alerted him, "Oh... someone's sitting there." He slid it back
up to the bar sans incident...
Keith's sister returned from the
bathroom and surprised, hugged the man with familiarity. He and the young
woman retreated to the opposite end of the bar. Considering our conversation
just moments ago, Keith's sister alerted me that the man she hugged was the
so-called charming fellow she'd been seeing, who bought her gifts, and who
quite possibly would not take her out to dine at Zula... and it was obvious
why.
It gave me no pleasure whatsoever to see her obvious discomfort and dismay, especially when she said, "He told me he's here with
someone else." I
suggested that she "be
cool" and finish
enjoying her drink. A friend I spied and then a cool Hartfordite I recognized from and communicated with on Twitter, as well as an inebriated Afro-latina woman who
mistakenly took and opened my purse to retrieve money to pay for her drinks
would later distract me. So I never saw Keith's sister leave... The cad and his
date were gone from the bar and slipped out into the cool, autumn night as well, and I wouldn't see how the awkward
situation panned out in the end. My hope is that Keith's sister didn't go home
too upset and put out. My hope is that I randomly run into her again. I'm not sure why this man felt compelled to try to put the wool over Keith Murray's sister's eyes and I won't speculate, as I've stopped trying to decipher the complicated adagio dance women and men, when courting one another. It's best to piss into the wind and just tread as steadily as one can in these matters.
I'd like
to think that if my hair hadn't been so awesome that day, Keith's sister would not
have felt inspired to join me and stay long enough to see her paramour's dark-sided
ways. And this is why I'll never bid my natural hair adieu.
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