Tuesday Night Gathering (part deux)

In the continuation of the newly formed “Tuesday Night Gatherings” – E, P & I got together again and added a consonant to the mix, H. We all met on the 32nd floor of the AT&T/Transamerica building at Windows, which will be closing in 7 days. Mainly there to gawk at the view, we had a quick drink and pondered our dinner options. E3rd? Nah. Royal Claytons? Possibly. Liberty Grill? Yes! Partly because we hadn’t been and partly because it was within walking distance.

As we made our way over to 10th and Flower from 12th and Olive we realized that we rarely, if ever, spend much time actually walking through South Park. Once at Liberty Grill we opted for the patio seating because it was a lovely, temperate summer evening and already I knew we had the propensity of being a bit rowdy. Due to a late lunch today at work I wasn’t all that hungry so E & I split a Fishwich....a good sized piece of grilled Mahi Mahi with lettuce, tomato, onion and special sauce on a bun. It was quite tasty and I definitely would have finished the entire ‘which had I had the chance. P had a pepper crusted turkey burger with grilled onions, tomato and lord knows what else. It was about as big as his head and he seemed to enjoy the entire thing. So did another table which accidentally got his first burger off the grill.

Afterwards we decided to have a nightcap poolside at the Figueroa Hotel. Apparently the Downtown News had their annual “Best Of” gathering earlier in the evening and I ran into Richard Montoya from Culture Clash as soon as I walked into the bar. Shortly after sitting down I spotted Commander Andy Smith. I’ve never met him in person but am an avid reader of the Downtown News (where he’s regularly featured) and immediately recognized him. Not one for subtlety I went right up and introduced myself, mistakenly asking if he was Captain Andy Smith in the greeting. He promptly and humorously corrected me, “Commander.” We talked briefly, he was amazingly friendly and outgoing and a real “people” person. That brief encounter was the absolute highlight of my evening. Other people get off meeting “movie stars” and I get off meeting “Downtown’s stars.” Yes, I am a geek.

Undoubtedly more Tuesday Night Gatherings will be happening in the near future, stay tuned.

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Comments

[celia]

awww, we were at the downtown best of party, we must have just missed each other!

[shannon]

i love that place. i was telling E&P about one of the more infamous times spent on the patio enjoying a nice summer evening with you, jim, craig and jason. good times....

[jim]

did you try any of the tyler florence items on the menu at liberty grill?

it has the same menu as all of the other applebee's, right?

[Richard Andreoli]

I'm so glad you hit it before it closed. Steve and I wanted to go but it's been too much work and our schedules too insane. Hope to see you soon on a neon tour or something...