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Last Two-Tone Tuesday
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
-- Fran Lebowitz
Tuesday, December 15, 1998
Tonight was the very last edition of Two-tone Tuesday. It's a shame! But I guess business wasn't what they'd hoped, and there were many problems with the physical plant.
Jack decided to bring A----, his older daughter, to this final evening. She'd wanted to go ever since I'd suggested it (and Jack revealed this to her) back in September. In fact, she'd been rather peeved when Jack had been sick last week and hadn't felt up to going out.
I still hadn't heard about dinner plans when I got home from work, but Jack called around six o'clock. There was some confusion when I asked where we should meet; I'd envisioned taking my own car, and Jack was planning on picking me up at my place. I agreed to this, even though it meant that I'd be leaving the club earlier than I normally would.
I'd looked up a few restaurants in the Greenwood neighborhood on Sidewalk, and we decided on Manna's Smoked Barbecue. They were inexpensive, and the food was good! I had a beef brisket sandwich, and Jack had barbecue pork. A---- doesn't like barbecue, so Jack gave her some money and she went across the street to Subway and bought dinner there.
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We arrived at the Up and Down Club in good time. We weren't precisely the first ones there, but it was close! So it was dark and cold inside. We waited around (and Jack played a game of pinball) while they got things set up and a few more folks appeared. Jack did the lesson with me, which pleased me. I was surprised that A---- wouldn't take the lesson! I think part of the reason was that she wanted to use the pay phone to call a boy she nows; Jack limits use of the phone, so whenever she leaves the house she is on a mission to find pay phones and call this guy. But the pay phone in the club wasn't working, and Jack wouldn't let her go outside and across the street, so A---- was in a snit for the next twenty minutes or so, sulking in the corner.
I was proud of Jack for trying something entirely new to him! He did just fine with the basic steps that were covered in the lesson. He said he was embarrassed, but he did actually dance with me once after A---- bugged him into it.
I went on to dance with several dance buddies (Earl, Joe Ross, Jake, Mike Wendt). Note the graffiti murals and neon lights in these pictures. Not visible because of the flash: the black lights that made my white tights glow.
A lot of people showed up because it was the last night. A--- actually did dance once, with my friend Joe Ross. All too soon, it was time to go. What a fun evening! It's nice when things turn out the way one hopes.
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