My friend Dan from Columbus, Ohio, visited Indianapolis over this past weekend.
This wasn’t just any kind of friendly visit, but a bit of a date — a multi-day date, if you will.
Dan arrived in Indianapolis in time for the tree lighting in downtown, but we were just a couple of minutes shy of actually seeing it in person. Being that we were right there, I took him to see where I work, especially the deck on the roof of our building, which has a great view of Monument Circle and the skyline. It’s choice.
One of my favorite things about having company is taking them out to my favorite restaurants. We got pizza at Bazbeaux’s, Indian food at Shalimar, burgers at the Red Eye Cafe, and Asian cuisine at Thai Spice. Mmm!

Pictures above is Dan sitting across from me at Thai Spice.
We did manage to participate in a bit of nerdery. On Saturday, we met up with Andy and Laura for lunch. Afterwards, we traveled up to Fry’s to buy some parts for a computer that Dan needed help putting together. Fry’s is such an interesting place. I’m quite fond of the Wall-O-Motherboards; it’s just like the one in California I saw back in 2002.
Anyway, I like Dan and I think he’s a nice and attractive guy. We hit it off well, so I’m going to visit him in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully, he’ll be able to show me around Columbus a bit since I haven’t seen much of it. And, of course, I am looking forward to getting to know Dan a bit more.