My Date Night with Joe Brinson!

My friend, Joe, is in town, visiting for a couple of days! We went to Harvey's in the Castro for dinner. I had remembered that it was Wednesday, Trivia Night there, and Joe thought it sounded like fun.

Joe was one of my sister's roommates in Dayton, OH in 1988/1989. They had moved out to join the Miller's Blackhawks color guard. I came out the following year, but sadly, never marched with Joe.

We had a great time, starting with burgers and ending with Mocha Cheesecake. Sometime during our meal, I realized that this was our first "date" together. We've been friends for over twenty years, but this was the first time we've ever been out with just the two of us.

The three rounds of the trivia contest were all based on Les Miserables - a topic we both felt fairly comfortable with. On the first round we answered 8 out of 10 questions correctly. Our first team name was "1470 West" in honor of the gay bar in Dayton where we used to all go.

On the second round, we changed our name to "One Gay More" - a spin in the Les Miz song, "One Day More". :) We tied with two other teams with 9 out of 10 correct answers. Joe volunteered me as out team representative for the bonus round. The three contestants had to answer one final question correctly, and I got it! The question was: President Obama used the Les Miz song, "One Day More" during his campaign. What other former President had used the same song during his campaign? Answer: Bill Clinton. :)

Joe and I each won a Blu Ray/DVD copy of the Les Miz movie, plus a set of movie coasters. Nice!

We had to leave before the third trivia round, as it was getting late, plus we figured someone else should get the chance to win. ;)

Fun first evening with Joe!