We had a nice time at the opening and talked with lots of people. It was exhausting when you not used to socializing very much. Becky and I are in this photo I took from the Raft FB page and we are in the center but barely recognizable. I'm the gray haired guy with the hat and leather jacket.
We were there for a little over an hour and then went down to Allen Street for First Friday. There was lots of construction down there and it was very busy too but a little on the seamy side which was somewhat unusual. We didn't stay very long and we were home by 8:30. Not a late night.
Sean had video called us while we were on our way over to Niagara Street and we talked in the car for a bit. Later I saw that Katie had tried to call us while we were at the gallery. She had also called us last night at the restaurant but it was too noisy to hear anything. So I had texted her to say I missed her call because we were at an art opening. She thought is was funny that we were out doing things two nights in a row.
So what's different about going out two nights in a row. Since the beginning of the pandemic that has been very rare. In fact, going out at all was such a rare thing for so long and seeing people was unusual. Socializing and having long conversations was something we had not been doing for a couple of years. There are still a lot of people we know that even this day are at home with Covid-19 and were not at this art opening. We also know people who still don't go to any kind of gatherings of people. The last time we were at this gallery most everyone was wearing masks. It is still a pandemic world.
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