{"id":231,"date":"2005-03-27T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-27T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=231"},"modified":"2005-03-27T02:09:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-27T08:09:00","slug":"seattle-coffee-co-hyde-park-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/seattle-coffee-co-hyde-park-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Coffee Co, Hyde Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sunday, March 27, 2005<\/h2>\n<p><i>Service: * * *<br \/>     Food: N\/A<br \/>     Ambience: * * * *<br \/>     Babe Count: * * * * *<\/i>  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m waiting for a first date with M (not the same M I met in Cresta on Friday. This is the M who works with L, who I met on Tuesday). <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a table full of Paluhniak&#8217;s nearby (surname and names changed to protect the innocent). Adam, the dad, is a fine satirical poet. Jemima, the daughter, is approaching puberty, or is in puberty&#8217;s fearsome grip. She drew a pen portrait of me in my li&#8217;l Moleskine notebook last time I visited her mom. Neville is just a general long-haired spoiled brat of a kid, who MAY grow up to be a good guy, if all goes well. Their mom ISN&#8217;T at the table, cos they&#8217;re divorced, and it&#8217;s Adam&#8217;s turn with the kids.<\/p>\n<p>M breezes into the coffee shop, and she recognises me straight away. I recognise her too. I recognise her as a jolt of sexual energy and sheer delight.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I&#8217;ve stated up front that I&#8217;ve decided lately to stop having sex on the first date. So we&#8217;re safe. We&#8217;re protected. We&#8217;re NOT going to jump on each other within four seconds of meeting. It&#8217;s just not going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s small. She&#8217;s blonde. She&#8217;s got a raunchy, honey-coloured voice. She&#8217;s got scrumptious breasts. She&#8217;s curvy. She&#8217;s bright. She delves into the world. She&#8217;s stated up front that she&#8217;s &#8220;a BDSM virgin&#8221;, and she &#8220;intends to keep it that way&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve told her that BDSM isn&#8217;t the be-all and end-all to my world, and that I can sorta maybe kinda maybe-ish return to vanilla sex.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve also said that if she&#8217;s ever had sex NOT in the missionary position, then there&#8217;s a good chance she&#8217;s done some kinky stuff before. So I&#8217;ll work on the BDSM at some point. Cos, after all, I&#8217;m not into reallllly hardcore stuff. I mean, as delicious as her breasts seem to be beneath her blouse, I&#8217;m NOT fantasizing about skewering them on meat hooks and suspending her from the ceiling. Although I do know a guy who DOES fantasize about such things. And then carries them out!<\/p>\n<p>We talk about all sorts of things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So,&#8221; I say, &#8220;seeing as we can&#8217;t have sex on the first date,  how about the second?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She ponders for all of eight milliseconds. &#8220;Sounds good!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay,&#8221; I say, &#8220;let&#8217;s have our second date right now. If we go downstairs to JB Rivers, and take different routes from each other, that&#8217;s technically our second date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s go and walk around a bit first,&#8221; she says. &#8220;We need to  cool off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I want this girl.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. 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