That drunk guy at the ballpark.

17Apr09

I got to attend Game 2 at Citi Field on Wednesday and had a pretty fantastic time. The new stadium reminded me a bit of my hometown Giants’ AT&T Park, with plenty of room to walk around during the game while still being able to see the field. I took all of the 8th inning to walk the full field level, to scope out all the food offerings and see the different vantage points. It was quite beautiful.

As I took a photo from the walkway at center field, a totally drunk young guy started talking to me, asking me how I was doing, if I lived around here, where I was from originally. He then asked me if I knew about a place called West Garden in the city, and I said I didn’t. His friends were laughing. He asked if I liked to drink dirty martinis. I said I did. Then I told him I was going to keep walking. His eyes were so glazed over, it was kind of ridiculous.

So the next day while procrastinating at work I googled “West Garden New York”, assuming it was a bar or something. It’s not. It’s an Asian massage parlor. With some lovely and graphic Citisearch reviews. I was like, really??? I know they were just trying to have a laugh, but discovering what West Garden is made me feel very icky. I wish people wouldn’t joke in that way.

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