Fancy pants ping pong art show « The Awesome Man's Burden
Last month on first Friday, I went downtown to say hi to the sunshine and spice ladies and walk around for a bit. The whole downtown first Friday art walk evolved a long time ago into more of a craft walk. Recently, it has turned from a craft walk to a high-schoolers-smoking-cloves walk. Which is cool, just not really for me. The only gallery I was able to visit before my super AIDS anxiety kicked in was the Pravus. It was no coincidence. The owner, Mike, has been friends with my brother, the gasman, for years. I wanted to look cool by having him say “hi” to me in front of all those people (even if most of the people were tools). In midconversation with Mike he hands me a ping pong paddle and says “there you go. Have it back to me in time for first Friday in May.”
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