I woke up around 10, but didn't really get going in time to play for the lunch crowd, so I did things around here until it was time to leave to play for the dinner crowd.
I left here at 4:30 and got to Whole Foods at 10 after 5. I played about an hour and 20 minutes, and it went fairly quickly. Lots of compliments, and I made $61.
Then I went in and got chicken wings and zucchini and a seltzer water. I went upstairs to eat, and had a fairly good view of the sports on the two TVs at the bar. On the left were the San Jose Sharks being beat by a Colorado team. On the right one was the Los Angeles Dodgers playing the NY Mets. The Dodgers had a lead and I knew the rabbi would probably be watching so I got a bit into watching the game.
I wanted to sit at the bar and thought I ought to buy a beer but they didn't have anything that sounded good. So I got a pint bottle of Guinness and left about a $2 tip for the bartender for helpfully jumping in and taking the cap off and giving me a glass. I was going to tip anyway.
The game went pretty well - for the Dodgers.The only place to sit at the bar was way down at one end, next to a Japanese guy who was watching the game. We talked a bit, about how the fans really cheer at baseball games in Japan, and other small talk like what we do for a living and where we're from.
I was kind of nice not paying attention to the world and just watching the game. I guess that's why a lot of people do this. The Japanese guy drank 3 beers that I saw, and he was probably 2-3 in before I sat down. At least he didn't fall off his bar stool.
At 8:30 the game was over and went back downstairs for some shopping, spending about half of my busking money. In the end I got groceries and wine and things, and am about $10 up from what I had when I left here.
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