She goes to Fino's

5.3.2014

I went with a couple pals to an LA Kings-friendly bar last night to watch the Blackhawks basically quit playing 38 minutes into the hour-long game and ultimately get their asses handed to them and lose 6-2 to the Kings.  Most people left the bar happy.  I did not.

But that's not what this post is about; this post is about FREEDOM!  Check it:

As the bar patrons assembled and began talking and drinking and such, a pal I was meeting arrived.  We began to gab and catch up.  More people piled in.  My pal said, "Hey, that's the wife of a former, beloved, Hockey Hall of Fame Kings player."  The wife looked like a Pro athlete's wife:  Blonde, skinny, well-dressed, blingy, etc.

Several people were fawning over her and, Hell, she seemed nice enough.  After a while, she visited my friend and introduced me.  She said, "ugh, a Blackhawks fan.  Oh well," and I said, "there's no accounting for taste, is there?"  Whatever.  I'm not into celebrities and I don't think she counts as one, so, whatever.

Later in the game, before it went sideways for the Blackhawks, I visited the table of some pals.  One non-pal sitting among them - an older guy who looked like the former president of Western Images (but not as tall) - was present when the player's wife talked to me.  He said, "You should feel honored."

"Excuse me"  I said.

"Kitty let you stay," he said.

"Ex-cuse me"  I said.

"You should feel honored,  Kitty said you could stay and watch the game.  She didn't kick you out."

"Kitty?  Is that the player's wife's name?"

"Yes," he said.

"Does she own the bar?"  I said.

"No."

"Are we in Russia?  Are we in China?"

"What?" he said.

"Are we free?  Is this America?  Are we free to go to a fucking Kings bar and watch a hockey game if we want to without fearing some ex-player's wife with no authority could kick us out of an establishment she doesn't own?  Or are we in China, where she probably could?"  I said.

"What?" he said.

"I don't feel honored, dude.  This place is a dump."  I said.



Tonight - Sea Star Club  (by request - and newly re-opened)

Heads-up:  No Giants game tonight, but 280 South is closed at King, 6th and Mariposa Streets starting at 9pm.  There may be some lingering traffic in the area, so avoid those main arteries if you can.


bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!