A few weeks ago I saw a sign in a small restaurant window advertising that a girl singer was going to appear at 8 p.m. on Saturday night. Having nothing better to do, I showed up at about 7 to make sure I got a good seat.
I order something to eat, had no idea what it was, turned out this was an Afganastan restaurant. I was served at about half past 7. I ate very slowly, and had a drink to wash it down. By 815, I was through with dinner. dessert and a few more drinks. By 9 I had had two coffees, another dessert and a few more drinks. At 930 the girl walks in with friends and they sit down and have supper. By now the waiter has asked me if I would mind moving to the bar so they could seat people who had reservations for the 8 pm show.
At promptly 10 the girl gets up, picks up a sax and really wails. Then she alternates between guitars and fiddles. She is really good. She plays for two hours straight. Of course during that 2 hours Huessin, bartender, and I had a few more drinks.
At midnight she comes and sits down. Huessin tells me she is just taking a break and in 30 minutes she will start again. By now I don't care / even though she sang California Dreaming for the American.
I go to my bed, which had been calling for hours.
Today as I drove by the restaurant I see another poster, so I stop and go in.Huessin greats me like an old friend. He speaks as much English as I do Spanish and Afkstan or whatever it is. By doing my usual pointing he agrees to reserve me a table for Friday night to hear her again. The poster this time says 8.30. I look at him and say ocho trienta. He says Si, then hesitates and says in broken English .. No No for your Senor Diaz, Diaz.
Insane world, but I am learning. Though the poster says 8.30 I am going to be there at 9'30, eat my dinner and enjoy the shows. Oh, I plan to go home after work and sleep for about 4 hours before going. This old dog is not that dumb twice. And yes "Joeline, this time I will take pictures.

By the way, if you are wondering about all the weird punctuation marks, I bought a keyboard today to hook to my laptop. Can't stand those little keys. Well, I got home and hooked it up. Guess what it is a Spanish Keyboard and trust me there is a difference. I have typed all of this time and still can not find the "'/?><>"|{} DARN COLON KEY to put between time numbers. I did discover that the SUPR key is the delete key.