A & Me

A is in town tonight...briefly.
Flying down from Montreal, then hopping on a bus
for New Hampshire & family.
I'm meeting her for dinner &
I'm already doing the prep--
Radius & Les Zygomates are both high-end
Leather District restaurants
but way beyond my alloted sums this week.
Looks like The Good Life...
funny, I might've scouted a location w/ her there
for Leah Callahan music vid back in the day?
Or potential fundraiser location?
I distinctly remember being shown the lounge
downstairs.
Lots of David Lynch velvet curtain & mood lights,
like a buried lamp burning bright in the coalbin.

A is one of my oldest friends...
well the "new-wave" of post-collegiate acquaintances.
The hard ones to make,
not brought together by alma mater or childhood.
Just life's hijinks & randomness.
I met A via a friend
but I couldn't tell you if it was at @ club or loft party
that I initially meeted & greeted.
A used to live in Boston in a fantastic space,
right above Boston Beerworks in the Fenway.
I attended many parties there--
the New Years w/ the time tunnel entrance
& the endless runs of summer which spilled out onto the balcony...
so you could sightline down all of Landsdowne Street.
All the 90's people.
Coming off my self-hatred Manray years,
A was my keyhole into the cosmopolitan--
wine-tasting & piano recitals & the upper cut.
I always felt the po' boy South Shorer then,
muddying the finely shined floorboards w/ by workboats &
excuses.

A handled PR on the 2nd "What I Did..." fundraiser.
The PR-end of things went well.
The rest...well not so much
(the fundraiser ultimately needed a fundraiser).
She & later Karen Ellis slicked up the Lost Jockey stickers
& business cards & print acumen.
I stayed in touch w/ A even after losing touch w/ our mutual friend
even after she moved to Montreal on her 30th B-Day.
I see her rarely,
trying my darndest to get up there for New Years Eve.

She knows the most attractive people.
She's my mambo stick for where I want to be in life...
a self-sufficient sleek work station.
Now she dabbles in indie film,
exec. producing a feature last year.
I wonder if that was my influence?
I always like to keep her updated on my projects...
she certainly networks.
I even showed her "AERO" rough cut last trip up +
left her copies of both "April Land" & "Dr. Spooky" scripts.
She has been a good friend & it's hard to believe
I've known her for nearly a decade.
Wowsers.