Using the Trendy Bar Phone in my Jammies

A few years ago I would have rather died than use a phone outside Liquor Lyle's in Uptown in my jammies and a sweatshirt with no makeup and my glasses on. Surrounded by smokers (damn you, smoking ban!) and those awaiting the privilege to enter said establishment. But now, older and wiser, I did not care. I smiled at passerby and dialed Jeppa's cell phone number again and again, hanging up just before I was thrown into voicemail. Fiffy cents for a local call? Damn!!!

Our roomie was drunk and wandering the streets of Uptown. Stan had already left to meet him at 26th and Nicollet when Jeppa called back to say that he was NOT at 26th and Nicollet. As a matter of fact, he was at least 12 streets away. So I grabbed Noah and drove to meet Stan.

Jeppa was instructed to stay put, but wouldn't listen to me. He told me he saw the sign for Lyndale straight ahead of him and that he had just passed Aldrich. So I knew he was heading in the right direction. Little did I know that he just assumed the street in front of him was Lyndale. It was really Hennepin. He was heading away from where he was supposed to meet us.

And he was on the phone. So I left a message and went back to the car to continue looking for him. I don't know how many times Stan and I, along with Noah, drove down Nicollet and Franklin looking for Jeppa. Finally, I decided to go home with Noah and let Stan continue the search alone. I dropped him off at his car and we were off down Nicollet. As soon as we were at Franklin, we saw Jeppa. He had walked 1.7 miles out of his way. While he was rip roaring drunk. I would have loved to see him run in that state. It must have been at least as funny as his white-boy-Phil-Hartman-dance.

So we were successful sober cab drivers in that we finally found our man. And we stayed up for awhile with him after we got Noah to bed. Commiserating about his evening and the fact that it's been at least 4 years since the 3 of us have been out drinking together. And the fact that we need to tag him with GPS, along with Noah. Maybe we can find a 2 for 1 deal?