Thank God they ignored me
As the night went on and on, more and more people got hauled onstage to embarass themselves. Here is Matt Blessing bellydancing with a chick sporting the Belly of all Bellies. She was too old to be pregnant but something was going on there.
As the Greek Evening finally concluded I kept hearing catcalls, whistles and shouts of "Opa" from behind me. When I looked behind me who was standing in the entrance wheedling his way in but our buddy, Jim. He had opted to skip the dinner and explore Athens on his own instead. After somehow getting invited into the home of an Athenian who lived in a home built into the rock face of the Acropolis, Jim had come back to the Plaka and was now getting into the festivities.
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