Wednesday last week saw me, Chai, Paolo and Patrick having dinner at Behrouz. It was the first time this group hung out. The connection? Me.
Chai was supposed to accompany a friend who just came back from Indonesia to dinner at Aysees. I’ve been meaning to try that famous sisig place in Pasig but I never got around to. But that dinner was canceled so we ended up eating at Behrouz in Metrowalk.
No photos of the food since Chai and I inhaled everything on the table in a snap.
After dinner, Pao suggested to get drinks at Taverna, a newly opened chill-out place in Ortigas. This little quaint place at the corner of Julia Vargas and Meralco Avenue was pretty cozy, plus food and booze are low-priced.
On the table: Apple Martini, Mojito, local beers and Taverna’s Spinach dip.
Suddenly, Ortigas went black. Power outage.
Pao and Chai suddenly started talking about Aztec calendar and winter solstice.
Pao trying to get to my goat that evening by taking so many photos of me even when I asked him to stop :p
After an hour or so, we transferred to the 2nd floor, which was open air. Soaking in the cool breeze of the night…
Sometime past midnight, we decided to call it a night.
Pat brought me home. He didn’t let me off the hook that easy and tried to tap into the inner Jane –the one he knew in college. He badgered me for being stressed out with so many things and not being “happy,” when I can let myself be happy -only if I let go of the excess baggage in my life. Let go of the non-necessities. He tells me he’s content with his relationship with Edah and his life has taken this direction with her. For once, the tables turned and I’m listening to HIM. Felt different. But it felt good.
10 years and this is actually the first time Pat’s argument stunned me to silence.
And in that silence, I got a whiff of the old Jane back.
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Hi, been looking for taverna bar address..would you mind if I ask you where it’s exactly located at? thanks a lot.