Hanging in the Hood
October 16, 2004
Well, in the spirit of my good friend Tony, it’s time to get transparent. So I went on a date last night with Katie.
It was awesome.
A few things before any details. Getting ready was quite entertaining, especially when I realized I own two brown belts, and you can’t wear a brown belt with grey pants and a black shirt and shoes. So, we finally got that taken care of, and then I realized I couldn’t tie the tie. It was a brand new tie, and it just was NOT cooperating. Josh also tried for about 10 minutes. But…eventually my buddy Hudson came to the rescue and we were back in business.
We started off by going to Target for a little shopping activity, which was a lot of fun. Then to dinner at Chianti’s, in Trenton (the hood), for some good Italian food. It was recommended to me by some friends here at Princeton, and I was pretty happy with it. After dinner, we went to the Mill Hill Saloon for drinks and live jazz (the music of Tim Conley). It was pouring down rain (uhh, yah, an umbrella would have been good) so we were completely drenched when we got there. This place was the sight-unseen, chancing-it-place of the evening, but it was pretty cool. And we heard some music, continued to enjoy good conversation and just chilled. We made it back to campus and then watched Saved! and finished off a nice bottle of Blue Nun wine (which is Katie’s favorite and I’m definitely getting an appreciation for it!). Good evening, good food, wine, beer, movie, but more importantly, great company. Who knows…sounds like there could be a second date in the future. We’ll see…
Photos: Katie in front of Chianti’s and proof that the date went well.
Tags: Dating, Princeton-Seminary, Seminary
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: 
October 16th, 2004 at 9:40 pm
keep me posted. ;)
October 17th, 2004 at 12:02 am
Dude, Blue Nun?
See if you can turn her on to a nice Semillon next time…
October 17th, 2004 at 12:08 am
Very cool!!!
October 17th, 2004 at 4:30 am
I am upset that it took you this long to get your first date in Seminary…but I guess you could argue it was worth the wait.
October 17th, 2004 at 9:45 am
Adam,
Congrats on bringing a new level of romantic-life transparency to blogging. Hope any future date(s) go well.
October 17th, 2004 at 1:01 pm
Adam,
Congratulations, you looked beautiful on your date. Black and grey are most definitely your colors.
I hereby offer my place in Brooklyn for you and your ladyfriend to explore beautiful NYC for a second date, “if needed”. ;)
Hopeful,
O.
October 17th, 2004 at 2:17 pm
here’s to second dates!
October 17th, 2004 at 4:12 pm
AMEN John! And Cory, you can take my word for it bro - it was definitely worth it!
October 18th, 2004 at 8:54 am
Well done Adam! Looking forward to seeing you both in RI.
October 20th, 2004 at 8:22 pm
glad to see you are having fun at princeton!
met your advisor last week, she was the keynote at a conference i spoke at in delaware ohio! hope she says yes to date two, and three!
October 20th, 2004 at 11:27 pm
My baby looked so good on his date. And that Katie what a little darling. I wish I could have been there to see my man.
Love,
Mom
October 21st, 2004 at 12:42 am
Thanks Andy (pseudonym=mom)…
October 21st, 2004 at 3:52 pm
Reading Lilly’s comment I thought for a moment you dated your advisor. On further review I assumed that maybe Lilly just didn’t separate the two ideas (meeting advisor/future date encouragement) enough.
At least that’s what I hope…
OTOH, it would be a great way to keep the grades up I guess…