I reluctantly dragged my tired self about four blocks down the road to Real Art Ways last night. It’s been a rough week. It’s been a rough semester. The Creative Cocktail is a highly social event, and to be honest, I wanted to just stay in and watch Sex and the City episodes until I overdosed on couture. I’m grateful to have ventured out into the freezing cold.
Although this did not interest me much, loads of people came out to see Sam Brown, who draws Exploding Dog. I saw so many people blissed out over meeting him, and he was cordial with everyone. And P.S., if you are a fan and missed this, you really missed it. He was drawing pictures for people there.
In the theatre, I listened to a Hartford Symphony Orchestra Horn Quartet rehearsal session. They were practicing for a performance down in New Britain. I loved listening to the HSO perform at the Hartford Cares event this past summer, and made it a point to sit in on this session, during which they answered questions about the French Horn and the orchestra. On the way out I was given a $5 coupon for an upcoming event, which may motivate me to go see the Holiday POPS! Spectacular at the Bushnell in December.
This month’s Creative Cocktail signature martini was something involving apple cider. I didn’t order one, but I did commandeer a friend’s for the purpose of eating the cinnamon/sugar off of the rim. It made me want to bake a pie more than order my own drink.
When I thought I was leaving, I thought wrong. Someone had brought a few bikes that he was letting people ride around the parking lot. I don’t know what they would be called. Electric hybrids? All I know is that I pedaled twice and was zooming! I fell so immediately and deeply in love that I didn’t care that I was wearing heels and likely to crash trying to ride with wrong footwear. This is the best machine for the essentially lazy person who wants to reduce environmental pollution. Sadly, they cost a few thousand dollars. I do not see one of these in my future.
The Creative Cocktail is the third Thursday of the month at Real Art Ways. It does not require cocktail dresses, the eating of cocktail shrimp, use of cocktail napkins, or ingesting of actual cocktails.
