Friday at Safari Steakhouse
Safari Steakhouse 9430 Annapolis Road Lanham MD 20706

Tonight was an enjoyable evening. There was a light rain, not like 2 weeks ago.

Familiar Faces
The line up was: Mike Muse, Adia, Donnell, Godfather, BJ (on bass), Duane Face, Pooh, Packy, and Bojack. Donnell said, "During the happy hour set, that's when you get your drinks." There were apparently several birthday girls in attendance, and there was a birthday party group at a long table by me, with a three layer tiered round cake. I was feeling really tired during the break after the first set (lack of sleep on my part). However, things brightened when three ladies asked to sit with me at my booth. The girl who sat next to me asked my name and "if I had come to eat dinner here?" I said no, that I was here for the music. She was surprised - she and her friends didn't know that Familiar Faces was the band performing nor did they expect me to be a GoGo fan. They talked about ridiculous it was that as they walked in, a guy handed them a flyer (Passion Sundays - After Hours Band) and said the band on the flyer was much better than this band. DeeDee from The Positive Black Men Coalition came by and handed out flyers for the July 9th event and said hi to me. The girl next to me said, "You know Jordan, he's my buddy." DeeDee said "Yes, he know more about GoGo than a lot of people." (I'm not sure how true that is, but I'm working on it). For some reason, they kept looking outside through the blinds (possibly to see if the rain stopped, but it seemed strange to me). The girl sitting next to me was nice enough to ask before she smoked and pointed her cigarette away from me. Nephew came over and said to me, "I want to be like you when I grow up" (obviously because I had three girls sitting with me). The one girl called Nephew over and he handed her a business card, which she marveled at because it has a picture of five members of Familiar Faces on it.

The three girls left the table after the second set was over.

The third set as usual cranked the most. I believe I heard a guest male rapper, but I can't be sure as there were too many people in the crowd for me to see the stage. The three girls came back and sat at the booth next to me - two of them did the most dancing, the one who had sat next to me and one other, who fell down a few times (maybe drunk). The girl who had sat next to me grinded with me in my lap as I sat sideways in the booth. Late in the third set, I saw GoGo Mickey walk in. They were initially going to finish the set, but Michael Smith of Rare Essence prodded them into doing an extra song. Then they were done - Donnell said, "Fellas, if you haven't got her phone number by now, everything dead." Donnell said, "Keta was having a good time for the first time in a while, Jauhar, I guess she isn't mad at you anymore." Donnell then said, "Michelle, don't talk to her (I believe referring to DeeDee who sat right next to her) "You know you're the other woman. Michelle and I have been having a secret affair for years, that's my confession." The DJ, Supa Dan, kept playing a verse from some tune (I didn't recognize it) referring to Michelle in some way, Donnell said, "Don't bother, with Michelle, everything dead." He then went further, "She hasn't had a real date in years, unless you count this morning, but I just wanted Steak & Eggs". She went to hit him with her shoe. Then he said, "Being with Michelle is like Rayful Edmonds (Rayful Edmonds III was the biggest drug lord in DC in the 80s and is currently serving a life sentence in prison), a lifetime sentence. A man can't be with her for less than four years, she'll lock him in. He'll never see his kids. It will be like Finding Nemo, locked in a fish bowl." During this time, she went after him with one of her shoes, later a microphone stand and then later pushed him, causing him to stumble slightly into a toolbox. Packy laughed hysterically.

As I walked out, the same girl stood right by the exit, she said "You're cute too!" I don't know why I didn't get her name (I did the following week - Samantha?)