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September 21, 2007
More Fun Than I Thought
I cannot even begin to describe the adventures I had last night. But what the hell, let me give it a try.
Half of what made it a night to remember was that it was totally spontaneous—I mean, rarely (and by rarely I mean "never") do I go downtown to speak at a business networking event and end up sneaking out of a hotel room at 6:30 a.m. to grab a cab back home. The hotel room of a semi-famous person. Here's how it happened:
I met the guys in a serendipitous sort of way at a swank hotel bar. I was just finishing up an event for the Big Idea; they were just coming back from the house of a particular European ambassador who is keen on their professional sport. One thing led to another and I found myself at dinner, doing sake bombs at a table of ten guys and holding an emergency Big Idea meeting on my cell phone in the bathroom (we'll see if I managed to close the deal in a few weeks).
From there we went to another DC hot spot, where the bartender took our pictures in a very paparazzi kind of way and people came up to our group to gush about their enthusiasm and shake hands with their heroes. It was a scene straight out of Entourage, I tell you.
I consumed more alcohol in an 8 hour period than I have in the previous 6 months combined—including several varieties of shots that I wouldn't recommend to a hard-core alcoholic. I got celebrity gossip (he fucked HER?!) straight from the horse's mouth. I was invited to Camelot when some of the group split up (but declined), and ended up…well, I'll just skip over the next few hours and go straight to the beauty of catching a cab that drops you off right outside your doorstep. I've never had that luxury before and it made the perfect end to a strange and fabulous night.
