Beer Garden

Last Sunday's swing lesson was really good. The instructor (who we had heard glowing things about) was a bit hung over when he arrived, but even so, clearly knew what he was doing. We learned a lot - almost too much. Its hard to keep track of all the things we are suppose to be doing. For the moment it feels like we are doing even worse than before... but maybe that's the "ignorance is bliss" bubble popping.

After the lesson we were invited to go to a beer garden. No problems there! We ended up meeting up with a bunch of other people from the Wednesday Swing group and heading to the Hankyu Department Store roof. It turns out a "beer garden" in Japan is an all you can eat, all you can drink extravaganza with a field of plastic picnic tables and chairs covering the rooftop. The regular price was just under $40, but we got a nice discount because the group leader is awesome.

We spent the evening eating and drinking too much while chatting extensively with the people we have mostly only danced with before. Everyone is super friendly.

Once the beer garden closed, a group of revelers decided to continue the party in the form of a game night (DDR, etc) at one guy's apartment. I had to work the next morning (and it was already 10pm with a 1 hour ride home) so I pled out. Russell went with them, though and had a good time. He crashed on the guy's couch for the night and then came home Monday morning when the trains started running again. He was pretty zombie-fied the next evening when our paths crossed again.