Jen Naegel-Size Two and still complaining! Beotch!
Last year my neighbor Jen Naegel came up with this idea for a girl’s monthly get-together for 2009.
There are 11 women in this “club” and each women is assigned a month of the year. A date is set for dinner and drinks and prior to the dinner, the honoree of the month goes to Target and registers for as many items as she wants as long as it’s under $20. The rest of us go and buy something she registered for and TA DA! She is surprised with lots of new stuff just for her. Since we all participate, we all get to have new things to add to the junk we already have. Kidding…I love Target. And Junk!
(Some items are more then $20, and in that case, others can pool their money together to get the honoree a special big gift instead of a small one.)
Last night was the first month we were all able to get together as a complete club. In January, the ice storm that came through kept most of the Cougars at home.
Oh, I forgot to mention why I call it the Cougar of the Month Club. All the women are in their 40’s with the exception of me and Christine (Jen’s sister in law). They are all amazing and super nice people, but last night, I was in Cougar Den Hell!
Dinner at Karma with the Cougars (Birthday Brides)
We started off at Karma Bistro in Anderson Township next to Macy’s on Beechmont. EXCELLENT! I highly recommend it to all the Eastsiders who are looking for good Thai food and great service. I ordered the Mussels in Basil Sauce (I think that was the name of it, it was the only mussel dish on the menu). The dish was delicious. The mussels were just the right texture, not too chewy and full of flavor. I liked the broth but diners beware! Their spicy scale is only 1-3 and I usually order Thai food in a 1 or Indian in a 1….and I ordered a 2 not realizing it wasn’t on a scale of 1-10. It was okay as long as I took out all the jalapenos from the sauce. Kevin our waiter was attentive but non-intrusive. Although we were the only table during our stay, there were a few take out orders and I hope this place stays for the long haul and survives the economy. Its nice to have Thai food on the Eastside without going to Mt. Adams (The Teak) or into Hyde Park. Plus, Latitudes is next door if you’re going to make a “Date” out of it.
A few women ordered the sweet and sour chicken and from the empty plates I will assume it was delicious for them as well. Jen ordered the Drunken Noodles and after trying some, its what I’m going to order next time I go. It was my favorite! I had chicken satay for the appetizer and it was pretty standard as satay goes…so you can’t go wrong there. Jen loved the chicken spring roll and the dumplings and rangoons were devoured by all.
So after the restaurant we wandered over to The Lounge Bar on Beechmont next to KFC. A true hole in the wall with like 5 – 6 tables….seriously..it was small. Judy the bartender took great care of us though and humored our antics with a smile. What is it about middle aged women in bars? Why is it necessary to sing at the top of their lungs to every Tom Jones, Jimmy Buffet, and……I forget who else. All I know is that I didn’t recognize the songs and just watched my friends sing and dance themselves silly. And dance in the middle of this tiny bar they did. oh jeez!
Then some guy was mooching on Keri and making a total ass of himself. I should’ve taken a picture to demonstrate a drunk who has no sense of personal space. He was so in her face I’m sure she was cross-eyed trying to look at him straight! Then I walked up to “rescue her” and he looked at me and shouted, “Damn you’re fine!” “Damn you’re hot!”.
Seriously, do men really, really think that is a good pickup line? Come on!!
He continued to say how he could take us all on (in bed) and Keri replied that we would hurt him. He proceeded to ask me to hit him so he could prove how solid he was….how he was tight and couldn’t be broken.
I asked him if he was wearing a cup cause I was going to see how tough he really was. HA! Geez, what a loser!
The rest of the group was being entertained by Walt over in the corner. I think some of the girls knew him from the raquetball club and he was a total trip.
Here is a picture of Walt:
Yes, this is Walt
As Cougars, we were about 25 years too late to bag this one…but he entertained us for a good while.
I was ready to hit the road but it wasn’t until after 1am that I got the party moving, only to find out we were going to another bar!
Oh, before I leave this chapter, I did meet a really, really cool couple and I hope to see them again. Mike and Bridget live in Anderson and gave me the only normal conversation the whole night.
So we went to Latitudes and the Cougars took over the dance floor and I couldn’t convince them to leave until 2am. Being designated driver, I drove Sylvia to Mt. Lookout and Keri over to Julifs. Dumb ass Erin drove herself home with the excuse that its only 5 minutes away. True, but still…if she was stopped by a cop, I seriously doubt she would’ve passed a sobriety test. There is just no excuse for reckless abandon.
This morning I talked to Jen who was suffering from a serious hangover! Poor woman was ready to puke at every second. “Don’t let me drink that way again” she said. As if I have the ability to stop anyone!
I truly enjoyed meeting the other women that night. Thank you Jen for opening my circle of friends! The ones who passed on the bar hopping missed out. I’m sure they’re devastated that they missed seeing some 50-something’s ass cheeks.
My turn is in July and I can’t wait to start registering.
