SharivilleLife stories from Shari

Jerry’s birthday started out good and only got better.  We went to a place called Boopa’s Bagels for a cranberry orange bagel with apricot cream cheese for me then walked down the street to Starbucks so Jerry could get some coffee cake and some coffee for both of us. We sat there and enjoyed our breakfast. From there I walked next door to get my hair cut, had to look nice for Jerry’s pending birthday party that night.  While I was there, and since she did such a good job on my hair, I decided to have some waxing done.  Just to be sure to look extra wonderful.  Well that was possibly asking for to much.  The eyebrows went very well, when we got to the upper lip, you know the mustache touch, well something went very wrong. The girl got the wax on, but there it stayed….. ON.   Boy were we both surprise at that.  When she went to flick the tape off nothing came off.  Nothing was going to get that wax off my upper lip.  I really thought that girl was going to pee her pants when that wax stuck like glue.  And I’m sitting there thinking how attractive I  was going to look on our big night out.   We ended up literally peeling it off and I have whats called sensitive skin.  It seemed to me I could feel the top layer of the skin on my upper lip peeling away with the wax.  A cheap dermabrasion,  but only on one side of my lip.  So then I had a very red half  mustache.  Fortunately the day did get better.  We bought some Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies and went home, because everyone knows Thin Mints will solve lots of problems, esp if you eat enough of them.

Felecia and Tyler came over and Jerry opened his gifts.  He got a beautiful watch from Angie and Tommy and from Felecia and Tyler a burger dinner from Sonics.  That’s a great drive in burger place here with wonderful milkshakes.  It all made his day, but it just got better. From here we went to down town Fort Worth to a simply fab Mexican place called Mia Cocina, they have a speciality drink called the Mombo Taxi.  The ingredients are a secret, but we have all decided its the best drink ever.  One is usually enough.  We spent a couple of hours thoroughly enjoying the food and drinks and company.  Now the next stop we , Jerry and I, were not so sure of.  It’s called Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar.  I guess I pictured a bunch of old folks sitting around a piano listening to oldies passively played on a couple of piano’s, Oh Heck NO.   This was one of those places with a cover charge and a stamp on your wrist, to say YOU have arrived.  From there on it was jumpin non stop music.  Loud, fun, sing along music. There were two pianos, plus drums, an electric guitar and a violin.  There were  5 different band members and each one of them could sing like no one else.  There was never a pause in the music from 8 PM until we left at 1 :30AM.  The band members just kept switching off with no intermission.  We cannot remember a more entertaining night.  The music was of all era’s up to and even one or two Hip Hop songs.  The female singer played the violin as well as Charley Daniels, when she did, “‘ The Devil Came Down to Georgia.” The music and songs were very much audience participation sing alongs.  I was sure I wouldn’t have a voice by the time we left.  Songs like “Lucille”, “Twist and Shout”,”Run Around Sue”, and sooooo many many more.  All six of us laughed and laughed, ,  had a couple margarita’s, sang along with the songs.  The place was packed with standing room even filled up.  It certainly wasn’t a mild piano bar.  Remember ”Road House”, with Patric Swazey,  well this place had the actual ” Coolers” there to keep the peace, just in case.   The “Cooler’s were entertaining all by themselves, with their big heavy flashlights. 

 I should have known the kids wouldn’t pick a dud.  They recognized the fact that 77 yr old grandpa’s are still in the main stream.  Grandpa Jerry sure is.  He hung right in there with all the participation of any of us.  They did a birthday salute and Jerry was right up there on stage participating in the Hokey Pokey, with the rest of them, and then back up on the stage for the salute to Veteran’s when they sang Lee Greenwood’s  “Proud to be an American.”  He just happened to be wearing his Koren Vet hat.  He got lots of hugs from the ladies and handshakes from the guys for his military service.   This place was big enough to hold several hundred people and the joint was jammed.  I can’t remember when Jerry enjoyed himself so much, in fact he put off leaving a couple of times he was having so much fun. I think if we lived here Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar would be a place to go on more than one occasion.  I know we shall return.  It was one more wonderful experience we have enjoyed here in the Metroplex.  Jerry’s birthday was a wonderful success.  Remember take every birthday with a grain of salt, this works much better if accompanied by a margarita. According to Maxine.