My wife was working late tonight, so I took advantage of my freedom — I grabbed the laptop and headed up to Madrona Eatery and Ale House — enjoyed a yummy swiss cheeseburger with mushrooms (yes, very, very healthy) and some IPAs, and reveled in my nerdiness. What’s amazing, and so inviting, about my little Madrona neighborhood is:
a) high-quality hi-speed internet at the Ale House
b) the character who just stumbled, ranting, out of the pub… 🙂 (no, it wasn’t me)
c) I ran into three different friends during the 2+ hours… Chris from Unitus, Michael, who lives in my neighborhood, and a new friend who was geeking on his laptop at the bar, on Second Life.
I asked him about his Second Life experience, and he told me he’s actually writing a book about Second Life. That immediately spurred a conversation about my recent blog posting, and then I encouraged him to get the Seattle Second Life meetup started… I think we have our organizer.
It is great to be able to strike up conversations with locals — I love small towns in big towns.