Lunch at Bossa Nova
It is Monday and I am busy, like any other work week day, but today I have a lunch date with a friend to talk about girl issues. My friend, Alex, had been talking to me about his ex-girlfriend who he had broken up with in May to focus on his career (been there, done that), but has since realized that he cannot focus without her and cannot truly be happy, even with wealth, if she is not in his life. He told me that since they had broken up in May, they have still talked or text on a regular basis, still telling each other how much they care about one another. So, we decide to meet up for lunch and discuss this in person, so he can get a girls point of view, instead of a million of the same guy points of view from his friends.
We decide on Bossa Nova on Sunset and Poinsettia in Hollywood. I am of course early, so I head to my personal mail box, grab my mail – YES, my James Morrison CD came today! I open it up and listen to it on the way to Bossa Nova (which was less than five minutes away). Parking was easy to find, although no one was parking on the side of the street I parked on, which made me question if I was over looking the sign, nope – street cleaning Tuesdays 11-3, I am safe. I went to feed the meter… One hour and twenty five minutes left, perfect! No need to waste my quarters, someone was nice enough to pay for me. As I walked up to the restaurant, just about to call Alex, phone in hand, he calls me to let me know that he should be there within a few minutes. I grabbed a table, checked my email and there he was.
Our water shows up and we look over the massive menus, way too much to choose from, so I go with the meal that I can get anywhere, dumb I know, but I wanted something light – Caesar Salad Wrap. Alex ordered a pulled pork sandwich, it looked delicious. Before we get into his girl problems we talk about work. He just got hired on with the company I work for, part time and he is super excited about the job, but he is not quite sure of all the details yet, so I filled him in on what I knew and what to possibly expect. Alex, will one day be a fine producer or director (right, that is what you want?) for an amazing production company. He currently loves Focus Features, and who doesn’t, they produce great films.
As our food arrives, we finally get into the relationship talk. He breaks down the details of when they broke up, who said what, why he wants her back and how he knows that he truly loves her and not that he just misses having someone. I point out of few things he hadn’t thought of. He had broken her heart, choosing his career over her (which again, been there and done that) and now his heart is breaking, but I call out that it is his own fault, not hers. She just recently had her birthday and right before her birthday she had stopped communication with him, which upset and bothered him. He even sent her flowers for her birthday along with a sweet card and normally when she would be uber excited, she just text “thanks for the flowers”. I told him that I think she is seeing someone else and that is why she has stopped communicating, OR she is trying to get over him and has stopped communications, but most likely she is with someone else. I also mentioned, since he has tried everything from calling, texting, emailing and writing that he should (if he truly cannot live without her) fly to Seattle and talk with her one on one, before it is too late.
He had mentioned that since they broke up he has not been able to focus like he had though, but the opposite, he cannot even think straight, he had even forgotten his ID and money at home. No worries, that’s what friends are for, right?! Plus, Alex and I are both from Seattle and we Washingtonians have to stick together.
