Date 88 - Halloween Voodoo

originally posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005

T should have been a VERY important man given the amount of scheduling and rescheduling it took for this date to come to fruition.

We met at ZTejas for dinner. When we rescheduled for the umpteenth time, I didn't realize it was going to be Halloween night. For a brief moment I considered wearing some sort of costume, but let's face it...
Internet dating is scary enough as it is.

As a minor concession to my urge for a costume I threw all caution to the wind and wore a pair of new tall leather boots. To hell with worrying about his height! I actually arrived a few minutes early and seated myself at a high top near the door and not far from the fireplace. I saw him immediately when he came in. Well groomed, conservatively dressed with the exception of an oxford shirt the exact color of Astroturf.

Clearly the majority of Austin was either doling out candy to the tots in their neighborhoods or they were downtown on 6th. It felt odd to be out on a date on Halloween. I really DO need to pay more attention to what I'm doing when I schedule these dates. We were immediately seated on the heated back patio and enjoyed the relative quiet of the restaurant.

My very rare Voodoo Tuna ensured that regardless of T's social graces or conversational abilities, this would be a very good date! To my delight, T warmed up easily and we proceeded to have an interesting and lively conversation about everything from owning and operating a business to globalization, public policy, hiking and skiing, bankruptcy law, lobbying, insurance, and Texas politics.

It was one of the best dinner conversations I've had in awhile. No physical spark but a nice night nonetheless.