Birthday Drinks with Bart & Jared

Last night was very nice. My brother Bart and his new boyfriend Jared met me at the Oak Bar Restaurant for a drink. It turned out that without a reservation we wouldn't be able to eat until 9:30 (the maitre d' was incredibly snotty about it--I may have to write a letter about that, just really rude) so we walked over to 21. Same story although they were much nicer. Both of these places also have lounges/bars but Snotty Maitre Fuck didn't suggest it and there's a tie and jacket dress code at 21. So, we walked over toward 7th Avenue and I saw Angelo and Maxie's. My one requirement was that I have a drink someplace I've never gone before and that place is mentioned in "Lullaby of Broadway" so we went there.

Jared is really nice. Bart obviously has a type--Italian, works with numbers--and this guy fit the mold. He asked a lot of questions about our family and just seemed very interested in everything. Nice guy. He and Bart had burgers--I wasn't that hungry so I had a couple of champagne cocktails and some shrimp cocktail. I wore one of my little black dresses with my hair up, and my Caressa black CFMs. I have to admit, my makeup was smokin'. And I wore my teal suede Janis Joplin coat. I may be a tomboy but I love to play dress-up.