Surprise of surprises Brad called me as I was recharging my Pasamo before going home tonight. Brad was one of my Japanese classmates in Dallas and moved to Japan in the fall of 2006. I've met Brad 3 times in the 5 months or so I've been in Tokyo. That's 3 times more then I've met anyone else I know in Tokyo, and infinitely more then others. That gives you some idea how little help my old friends have been here. I've pretty much written them off as useless. It's back to making my own way as I've always had to do in the past.
I met Brad at Geronimo's in Roppongi and talked some about what we have been doing. He's only been working and I've just been trying to explore the city and make friends. Not a lot going on between us. We went to go eat at a fairly good Indian restaurant after that. I'll have to remember it. They had more types of curry then most restaurants have items on their menu. At least 40 different types of curry.
Afterwards I took the scenic route home and ran into Cool Train, a jazz bar I wanted to visit so I thought I'd stop in. Lets just say it's a far cry from Dallas. Only a piano player, although they have more on Thursday through Saturday it's $20 to get in, only $10 tonight. I miss Balcony Club and Pearl a lot. This is example of the type of people I met when I go out, roughly. The two young women who own the bar, a blind piano player, a dancer (couldn't figure out what type) and an artist. Four of which work at night, or go out and drink when they aren't working. Not sure what the artist does at night, but he wasn't too talkative. Everyone I seem to meet is on their night off from working, so it's impossible to meet up with them later, unless you go to another bar. In general you need to plan meetings with people weeks in advance here. Overall it seemed like a nice place, but a little pricey for the music. They invited me to some party on 3/23. Not sure if I'll go or not, it's 5000 yen, but what else do I have to do?
