An Afternoon at the Beverly Center

I stepped out of work early today since I had finished all the stuff I needed to work on. It was a touch cold out for 3rd Street Promenade so I decided to head to the Beverly Center and look for a white jacket (I needed one for my wardrobe, in any case).

I actually found a really sick jacket in Bloomingdale's so I decided to keep shopping for other things in the mall (and by "other things" I mean chicks). The mall was lightly populated at 5:00pm– there were definitely cute chicks around but none that really caught my fancy. Some Asian chicks with boyfriends or in otherwise awkward-to-approach situations, so my state was falling a little bit. :-\

After getting an early dinner from KFC (I didn't know there were KFC's in malls, let alone in the frickin' Beverly Center) I was feeling a little bit better so I headed into one of the big department stores, doing warm-up sets along the way. On my way out of there I spot this cute black chick working one of the departments. Now when I look at my track record of Types Of Chicks I Dig black girls tend to not be in the top spots– I don't know why, they just never "did" it for me. That is, except for this chick. Something about her made me want to go talk to her, so I did.

ME: Excuse me...
HER: Yes, can I help you?
ME: Ya, do I have to buy anything, or can I just flirt with you for free? :-) (credit: R. Kramer)
HER: <Caught off-guard for a moment, realizes I'm flirting with her, then laughs>
ME: I can't help it, you're just sooooo cute. :-) What's your name?
HER: I'm ________.

From there I vibe with her, searching for emotional threads to run with. I'm able to bring things down to about medium rapport, talking about our families and such. At one point I tell her about my day job and she asks for my business card; I oblige her with one. I misstep a little on the day2 attempt and don't get the contact info. D'oh! After a little bit I bid her a pleasant evening.

Some things for me to work on:

• Transition to day2 was a little rocky this time. Have to remember to gauge her interest in a day2 before trying to set it up.
• My closest hand was occupied with a garment bag which made kino difficult. :-\ MENTAL NOTE: Switch bag to other hand.
• Have to try taking Rapport EVEN DEEPER next time. See if I can find more emotional threads to hit in the time span I have.