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Coronas and katanas

I had a wonderful evening last night. After meeting Andy and the Buchs’ for drinks and dinner at Sol Fire, I “kept it moving” and headed on over to an old-school Riverwest institution - The Polish Falcon. The staff at my former place of employment, Benji’s, decided to throw a belated employees’ holiday party. Since the folks at Benji’s are kind enough to still consider me a part of the club, they sent me an invite. Who am I to refuse a night of free beer and pleasant company?

We had a blast. I actually bowled for the first time in years, and I drank for the first time in minutes. As midnight passed and focusing on the person directly in front of me became difficult, my old co-worker Matt spent a good hour filling me in on the early-17th to late-19th century history of Japanese combat. It was awesome. Matt’s knowledge of the period is astounding, and he was more than happy to fill my brain with everything ranging from civil war to the way of the samurai. I don’t really remember any of it.