Blaming it all, on the night at Broadway 11/10/11

     What a night I've had!  Took myself out on a date to Broadway at the Beach (an outdoor shopping center for those of you non-Myrtle beachers).  After doing a bit of restaurant shopping, I decided on supper at Amichi's Brick Oven & Italian Bistro.  Excellent choice, as it turns out.  Had a glass of smooth house Sangiovese and an interesting vegetarian Stromboli with spinach, mozzarella, tomatoes, onion, and eggplant (now I remember why I refused to eat eggplant as a child -- yuck! -- but I picked it out).  The waiter was oh so cute and very polite.  I dined outside in the warm evening air on a wrought iron table and watched the shoppers go by.
     The free Thursday night concert featured N'tranze, a group of mixed race and age that pulled off old Motown tunes with perfection -- Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Four Tops.  The only female, Seabrook, even did an Etta James song, "At Last."  The only thing that would've made it better was if my SGD were there to dance with me!  Lucky for me a spunky older gal named Mary said "come out and dance," and I did (although not to At Last, at least).  She only had one working eye, the other was milky white with no iris or pupil, but it didn't matter because she kept her eyes closed most of the time we were dancing.  We grooved to everything, mostly out on the bricks (which served as the dance floor) by ourselves.  One time we were dancing to Stevie's "Superstitious" and the mist was driving down at us sideways and we just kept dancing.  What a rush!  Her companion of two years, Lee, quite the gentleman, had thrown his back out, so he watched our girly things while we danced.  I didn't know when we first made acquaintance, but I'm guessing now that they are homeless because they were rolling their own cigarettes and drinking mouthwash from plastic cups they found in the trash can.  They said mouthwash is cheaper and didn't think much of my paying $4 for a beer.  To tell the truth, I didn't either, but it sounded good at the time.  We had an excellent time hanging out and vowed to be there for the free concert next Thursday night, so I may have another rowdy story for next week.
     Just goes to show, if are willing to try new things, you never know what kind of adventures you'll find!