Long Beach Connection

Long Beach, CA - December 20, 2006

While at a bar in Long Beach, the bartender asked if I was German or Dutch. I told him Hungarian. That was that. Then 20 min later, he asks what my connection is to The Vault, a neighboring music venue that was the original destination that night, but was closed. I've never been to The Vault. I should have known where this line of questioning was going. Then 20 min later, he asks where he knows me from - I told him I live in NY, which is kind of a cop out, since I spent 20 years in Long Beach's vicinity, but I didn't know him, and I really did not want to be convincing this guy that he doesn't know me either. He was nice though.