The world turned upside down
Case 1
[b]City Center, Saturday, 14:30-16:00[/b]
Yes, every year or 2, I do cross the creek. Lunch at restaurant row, top floor, watching the passing parade. Years past, I would ALWAYS see at least 1 wg I "knew", and any number of familiar faces. Saturday, didn't even see 5 wg's, known or unknown. Plenty of eyecandy, but wg's ... notable by their absence.
Case 2
[b]Seaview, Sunday, 21:30-00:00[/b]
[b]WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?[/b] Stani's arriving [b]BEFORE[/b] the PRC's! Stani's [b]OUTNUMBERING[/b] PRC's. Same number of PRC's (a handful) as Philipinas? Stani's [b]UNDERCUTTING[/b] PRC's on price!!! The world's gone mad, I tell you.
[b]SPARSE[/b] crowd. OK, Rugby 7's finished, workday tomorrow. But damn... 9:30, only 1 wg in attendence, and she was a Stani. Bit older, but nice looking. Almost considered asking about menu and price, but passed. No sign of the PRC habitual contingent.
Past 10, more -Stanis entering, along with a FEW PRC familiar faces. But the Stanis had them outnumbered. By 11, things had evened out a bit, but the Stanis were still the most numerous (or noticable), 5,6 philipinas in their usual herds (like antelope, avoiding eye contact with the predators), and a similiar number of PRC.
Pickings were so slim, I was thinking it would be a run "elsewhere" to pick up some [i]company[/i], either York or 'Snake. But then I was seduced by an outfit - minidress with a nice set of Stani legs underneath. I knew the dress would come off, but it had me in its spell.
Done deal, 600, her quote; I just nodded my head, totally mesmerized. She stopped in the toilet to pull on a pair of tights, walking outside NOW no problem, but spell broken :(. Once home, had her remove the tights to restore said spell :)
While I was waiting, one of the resident PRC's passed - I asked about her late arrival. She just said she had slept late (up late night before, Rugby 7 partying? Rugby 7 goodbyes that morning? Laying low? Whatever.) However, Miss Dress returned at that moment, eyes GLARING. She assumed that PRC was trying to claim jump. Looked like "words" were about to break out. BOTH of us tried to assure her it was all innocent, I was just saying hi to a friend. But Miss Dress did not go off HIGH alert until we were outside.
Did have to smile inwardly: she was asking why I wanted to leave so EARLY (midnight), didn't I want to stay and drink, listen to music, dance, socialize with her friends? A PRC? It'd be "Let's go!" Nice change, but I did miss the massage.
[b]Summary[/b]
Don't know why, but if you were looking for an early pull at Seaview last night, you would have been disappointed. By 11, OK, some selection, but numbers still way down, especially PRC's, a number of familiar faces missing. I can't ever remember seeing it so sparse. Wonder what the other venues looked like?
Also, the time before Christmas, at least years past, is a bit of a buyer's market, a number of families going home for the holidays, or at least having family events to attend.