Miami moment

So last night was one of the weirdest nights I've had since I moved to Miami. My friend Darlene and I decided to meet at a local bar in Hallandale after work to catch up and have a couple of drinks. It was literally supposed to be just a couple of drinks but two drinks turned into three, then four and it all would have ended there had this writer and photographer from In the Biz magazine (a local magazine) hadn't walked in as we were finishing our "last drink." They came up to us and asked us if they could take our picture and ask us a couple of questions for some story they were writing about the bar scene in the area. So of course we said yes, however since our drinks were almost gone we needed to get another drink for the picture. So we take some pictures and finish our drinks and are about to leave when the bartender mentions something about Dennis Rodman being outside. So we look over and there he was having a drink with some girl. So Darlene and I walk up to him and she casually pulls out a cigarette and asks him for a light. So he pulls out his lighter, lights up her cigarette and then asks us to join him and his assistant. So of course we couldn't refuse. We ended up hanging out with Dennis Rodman who of course bought us, you guessed it, more drinks! I was really surprised that he was so nice and that he invited us to join them. I think he liked us because we weren't making a big deal about him being famous. That and we played along when he initially pretended to be someone else. (as if we didn't know)

Overall it was an interesting evening. The last thing I expected was to have my picture taken for a magazine and then meet (and hang out with) someone famous on what was supposed to be a casual outing. This never would have happened in New Jersey. It was definitely, as my friend Jason said, a "Miami moment" even though technically this took place in Hallandale. ;) I can't wait to see what happens next time we go out. I could get used to this.