a stroll down memory lane

tonight becky, kirsten, and i took a stroll down memory lane down to briarlea and cole road to the establishment formerly known as "awesome house". twas nostalgic as we walked there as we would most likely never make it again. we went to bring back the BBQ that becky and i inherited from the newly married mr. andres. oh what a blogworthy trip it was.

first of all when we reached the said establishment the lights were on, which came as a surprise since we had heard that no one else dared to spend a year of his/her life there since the departure of former AH tenants. we knocked on the door to come face to face with the mysterious landlord, poochkie (sp?); who was actually quite friendly.

it took a bit of time to get the BBQ down from the patio and onto the driveway, but we managed to do it and in a few minutes we were happily rolling the BBQ on the newly paved road back to bling bling. however we didn't make it very far. we got to the intersection of ironwood and cole (about two minutes walk from AH)where three boys waiting for the bus to go to the bar, hollered after us, inquiring after the price of the BBQ. they thought we were going to throw it out. so they came after us and offered a sweet $20 for the BBQ. after much debate between the three of them, a few f-bombs, a phone call to housemates who lived down the road, the BBQ exchanged hands for a nice green bill. it took a while and i with a bit of OEX bargaining savvy at one point pretended to walk away impatiently, but in the end it was worth it. plus one of them called us beautiful. ;)

then came the dilemma of what to do with a crisp, cool $20 bill. what can one buy with $20? first we were going to be pragmatic and buy a shoe rack for mass of shoes cluttering bling bling's hallway, but then we decided to celebrate and went to DQ's. a shoe rack might still be purchased though...

a few years from now we shall reminisce about the night we sold AH's BBQ.

what a night.