Hell on Heels
02-10-2015, 03:39 AM
Hell-o Everyone,
This is an expansion on a recent meeting with my newest friend Jean, and her weekend trip "Two nights in Monterey".
The two of us recently had been chatting here on the forum, and Jean planned a weekend getaway to Monterey, Ca. (basically my backyard). This was on Superbowl Sunday, luckily the Packers were not playing, and we were able to meet.
Jean was already in Monterey when I contacted her. I drove to meet her, called her when I got into town, and told her where we could meet at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I found a parking spot, and walked about 2-3 blocks to meet her. As I approached our meeting spot I was looking for her, not quite sure what she was wearing, or what she looked like in person.
We were to meet outside of the members entrance, so that limited the people that could possibly be her. Seeing a woman standing alone outside the entrance, looking like Jean, I approached her and said 'Excuse me Miss, are you lost?" Jean looked at me with a big smile, laughed and said hi. We gave each other a hug and headed into the Aquarium.
I have a membership there and also have 2 guest passes. Well on a previous visit the guest passes wouldn't work, no idea why, but I wanted to clear up the matter. So checking in at the desk I brought up the problem with the young lady working there. She couldn't have been more pleasant, I explained the problem (told her who I was) and no reaction at all, she ordered new cards for me and basically said enjoy your visit.
In we went...
We walked in and came to the first big exhibit, stopped and chatted, all the while people are moving about all around us. I noticed one guy standing near us, he had 2 small children with him, I'm sure he heard the two of us talking, when he turned and looked at us, and saw 2 women his first reaction was confusion, and when he figured it out, I saw a look of disgust, and he just moved on with his kids. This was the most offensive reaction I have ever had, just a strange look, no words.
We moved on throughout the aquarium, this exhibit, and that, the gift shop, stopping and chatting throughout our visit. Nothing but smiles from the people that payed us any attention at all.
We exited the Aquarium and hit the sidewalk. Walking down Cannery Row, past all the tourists shops, not to mention the tourists. There were a few "Yeah, I clocked you looks" but they were given with, and returned with nothing but smiles.
We eventually came to a spot that I've wanted to try, The Fish Hopper,
I had heard it was a spot that Clint Eastwood was involved in (still not sure, no mention of him anywhere). We were greeted by the staff with a very welcoming hello, given a quick description of the happy hour bar menu, and or, the option of having a table for dinner.
We decided to get a table, and were seated immediately. Our waiter came to our table and introduced himself, explained a few things, and asked if we would like to start with anything to drink. All very professional, and well .... normal. We were not ready to order and asked for a minuet. After he left we got caught up with more chatting and never put any thought into those drinks, (How many times have I seen my SO and her friends do this?) and when he returned we had to ask for another minuet.
We chatted more, but made some decisions, when the waiter returned we placed a drink order, anyway I did, and the guy ran off before getting Jeans order. When he returned again he took Jean's drink order, and our dinner orders. this guy was very polite, and professional (so far). To verify, as any waiter would do, he read our order back to us, and as he was leaving he said.... "I'll have those drinks right out for you gentlemen".
Those kind of references have never bothered me before, although this was the first time I had ever heard it in person, while dressed out and about. I don't have any feelings that I am a female, even though I may present as one, but I had know idea how Jean felt about these things, so the waiters statement made me a bit upset. He had no reason to make any gender reference at all, "I'll have those drinks right out for you", was all he needed to say. Neither I, nor Jean, made a comment to this guy.
Anyway, our drinks, and dinners came out, but were served by a different waitress. Her only comment was that she was taking over for the guy.
Now I'm really getting pissed off!
Thankfully our original waiter came back to explain. His shift was ending (they were just changing from lunch to dinner menus). I looked at him and said "yeah right! your just running out on us". He just said no it was the end of his shift.
The rest of our time there was incredible, chatting and enjoying each others company. The place really filled up as we sat there, people walking past our table all the time. I saw a few people give me a strange look, but nothing offensive at all, I just returned those looks with a smile, and continued talking with Jean.
As we left, we were gratefully thanked by the staff for visiting. We walked out to the main sidewalk, stopped and chatted again. The whole time people are still moving all around us. Most people never noticed us, a few did, gave a quick WTF and moved on. But one passerby, a female about my age, or slightly older, looked at me. (This all happened very quickly), her first look was one of questioning, like ... Are you? Could you be? I smiled at her as she walked by, the whole 4 or 5 seconds, but the last 2 seconds were amazing! Her eyes, and face were so happy, so warm and accepting. We exchanged gifts, and they were priceless!
From there we just took a walk back down the sidewalk to my truck. Of course we chatted more along the way, I gave Jean a ride back to her car, where we chatted more before saying goodbye.
What an amazing day, I never thought I could become a daywalker!
Thanks so much Jean, I hope we can meet again someday soon.
Much Love,
Kristyn
This is an expansion on a recent meeting with my newest friend Jean, and her weekend trip "Two nights in Monterey".
The two of us recently had been chatting here on the forum, and Jean planned a weekend getaway to Monterey, Ca. (basically my backyard). This was on Superbowl Sunday, luckily the Packers were not playing, and we were able to meet.
Jean was already in Monterey when I contacted her. I drove to meet her, called her when I got into town, and told her where we could meet at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I found a parking spot, and walked about 2-3 blocks to meet her. As I approached our meeting spot I was looking for her, not quite sure what she was wearing, or what she looked like in person.
We were to meet outside of the members entrance, so that limited the people that could possibly be her. Seeing a woman standing alone outside the entrance, looking like Jean, I approached her and said 'Excuse me Miss, are you lost?" Jean looked at me with a big smile, laughed and said hi. We gave each other a hug and headed into the Aquarium.
I have a membership there and also have 2 guest passes. Well on a previous visit the guest passes wouldn't work, no idea why, but I wanted to clear up the matter. So checking in at the desk I brought up the problem with the young lady working there. She couldn't have been more pleasant, I explained the problem (told her who I was) and no reaction at all, she ordered new cards for me and basically said enjoy your visit.
In we went...
We walked in and came to the first big exhibit, stopped and chatted, all the while people are moving about all around us. I noticed one guy standing near us, he had 2 small children with him, I'm sure he heard the two of us talking, when he turned and looked at us, and saw 2 women his first reaction was confusion, and when he figured it out, I saw a look of disgust, and he just moved on with his kids. This was the most offensive reaction I have ever had, just a strange look, no words.
We moved on throughout the aquarium, this exhibit, and that, the gift shop, stopping and chatting throughout our visit. Nothing but smiles from the people that payed us any attention at all.
We exited the Aquarium and hit the sidewalk. Walking down Cannery Row, past all the tourists shops, not to mention the tourists. There were a few "Yeah, I clocked you looks" but they were given with, and returned with nothing but smiles.
We eventually came to a spot that I've wanted to try, The Fish Hopper,
I had heard it was a spot that Clint Eastwood was involved in (still not sure, no mention of him anywhere). We were greeted by the staff with a very welcoming hello, given a quick description of the happy hour bar menu, and or, the option of having a table for dinner.
We decided to get a table, and were seated immediately. Our waiter came to our table and introduced himself, explained a few things, and asked if we would like to start with anything to drink. All very professional, and well .... normal. We were not ready to order and asked for a minuet. After he left we got caught up with more chatting and never put any thought into those drinks, (How many times have I seen my SO and her friends do this?) and when he returned we had to ask for another minuet.
We chatted more, but made some decisions, when the waiter returned we placed a drink order, anyway I did, and the guy ran off before getting Jeans order. When he returned again he took Jean's drink order, and our dinner orders. this guy was very polite, and professional (so far). To verify, as any waiter would do, he read our order back to us, and as he was leaving he said.... "I'll have those drinks right out for you gentlemen".
Those kind of references have never bothered me before, although this was the first time I had ever heard it in person, while dressed out and about. I don't have any feelings that I am a female, even though I may present as one, but I had know idea how Jean felt about these things, so the waiters statement made me a bit upset. He had no reason to make any gender reference at all, "I'll have those drinks right out for you", was all he needed to say. Neither I, nor Jean, made a comment to this guy.
Anyway, our drinks, and dinners came out, but were served by a different waitress. Her only comment was that she was taking over for the guy.
Now I'm really getting pissed off!
Thankfully our original waiter came back to explain. His shift was ending (they were just changing from lunch to dinner menus). I looked at him and said "yeah right! your just running out on us". He just said no it was the end of his shift.
The rest of our time there was incredible, chatting and enjoying each others company. The place really filled up as we sat there, people walking past our table all the time. I saw a few people give me a strange look, but nothing offensive at all, I just returned those looks with a smile, and continued talking with Jean.
As we left, we were gratefully thanked by the staff for visiting. We walked out to the main sidewalk, stopped and chatted again. The whole time people are still moving all around us. Most people never noticed us, a few did, gave a quick WTF and moved on. But one passerby, a female about my age, or slightly older, looked at me. (This all happened very quickly), her first look was one of questioning, like ... Are you? Could you be? I smiled at her as she walked by, the whole 4 or 5 seconds, but the last 2 seconds were amazing! Her eyes, and face were so happy, so warm and accepting. We exchanged gifts, and they were priceless!
From there we just took a walk back down the sidewalk to my truck. Of course we chatted more along the way, I gave Jean a ride back to her car, where we chatted more before saying goodbye.
What an amazing day, I never thought I could become a daywalker!
Thanks so much Jean, I hope we can meet again someday soon.
Much Love,
Kristyn