I Suck At Coop's

yesterday, karen and i met a bunch of our friends for dinner. to no one's surprise, the restaurant that was selected for dinner was coop's in quincy. too bad i suck at coop's. i was not surprised by the selection of coop's, because the plan originated from my predictable friend (hot amy) who seemingly only likes coop's or blue-22 as places to eat.

i'm not exactly sure what it is about coop's that hot amy enjoys so much. perhaps it is the owner (who i refer to as mr. coop). don't get me wrong. i have nothing against coop's. the food is quite good. i had chicken broccoli and ziti (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound). coop's also had this delicious pumpkin dessert too that was made by the bartender... the dessert was very good. and apparently... as hot amy would like to have you believe, the drinks are very strong there.

anyway, hot amy contacted my friend (jen) who organized the rest of the plans for dinner, which involved inviting karen and myself.

it was good to hang out with my friends. it almost seemed like old times, reminding me of my ireland trip as everyone who was at coop's last night (jen, bill, hot amy, and andrea) were also in ireland with me and karen last november. it's amazing how time flies because i can't believe it has almost been a year since i went to ireland with all of them. ireland was a great time... and lately, that familiarity of seeing all of my friends felt nice again.

up until yesterday, i had not really hung out with andrea in some time... or hot amy for that matter. both have been a little preoccupied with other things and other people. so, it was nice to be able to see them and hang out at the same time.

for me, the absolute highlight of the night came courtesy of andrea. we had been discussing politics, which is always a bad idea when it comes to topics of conversation... because you never know how emotionally charged people can be when it comes to politics. in particular, we were talking about the upcoming questions to vote on. one of the questions this year happens to deal with the marijuana.

like the instigator that i am, i asked andrea if she ever smoked marijuana before (which is totally unrelated to the voting question, i know). i was certainly not ready for her answer. her answer... "i don't know." the answer struck me as funny, because for anyone who has been around marijuana... there is a pungent smell when it is smoked. so, i would normally imagine someone would know whether they have smoked it or not... unless of course, you are a politician. (for anyone curious, i have never smoked marijuana. my body is a temple... as evident from my round belly and the large amounts of food i consume...) needless to say, whether she has or not, i will probably joke around with andrea about that for some time.

the other funny highlight of the night was our discussion about cup sizes for women's undergarments. yes, it was a thrilling night... food, marijuana, and bra sizes.... what could be better? making the discussion interesting was the fact that mr. coop (the owner of coop's) walked in during our discussion of double d's. mr. coop must have thought we were crazy.

as it turns out, the largest bra size is a size j according to my friend (pam) who we had contacted via the cell phone. it was like one of those game show moments where you could "phone a friend" for the answer. pam is quite knowledgeable about women's intimate apparel because she is currently working in an intimate apparel store. so no... pam was not contacted because she had the largest biggest bra size of everyone we knew. that may be the case, but that was not why she was contacted. pam is not a size j.

interestingly enough, pam has become karen and hot amy's phone-a-friend for many things... a result of parochial schools... and no cable television. sad.

all in all, it was a fun time at coop's...

oh yes... jen recently had her hair cut, too... and it looked very good.