Well, it turns out I can. Rather well, too, I guess?
Unfortunately, I don’t have any real interesting photos from the event – It was a friend’s birthday, and we’d headed to a spot called Flight Club downtown. A clean and fun evening of camaraderie and competition… Yeah, I’m not sure sure what to write about it. It was fun, it got us all out of the house and away from the anxiety and chaos of work (and looking for work), and… yeah.
Simple and easy, fun and exciting, good conversation and enjoyable competition.
I say “I think” because, let’s be real here – If you’re going to see a mentalist / illusionist, then who can really say what I actually saw?
Well.
I do have photos, so I’m pretty confident that I saw a stage, a dude on said stage, and the absolutely beautiful theater that the whole event was staged in. I saw showmanship, preparation, and misdirection. Lots of preparation. Probably quite a bit of cold reading too?
I don’t think I saw any audience plants, but I do expect that I saw some creative use of AI and big data – possibly the use of Facebook and other social media accounts?
I definitely saw myself writing this blog rather obtusely, in any case, in an attempt to avoid spoiling the show for anyone who happens to run across it ahead of seeing a similar show.
All I’ll say concretely is that this was a very lovely date night for Andrea and myself; The show was interesting, exciting, and very well done. I mean, seriously – incredible preparation and showmanship, I 100% recommend!
Tuesday, 28-April-2026 through Saturday, 02-May-2026
Andrea’s friends got married! We hopped on a plane to go visit! It was an excellent adventure!
I’ve just been a little globe-hopper, now, haven’t I?
To be honest, that’s exactly what I’d hoped for when I first started imagining this move to Europe. Ryanair flights are cheap, security is efficient, and air-time is short… I’d had all these dreams of spending weekends away at various exciting locations throughout the continent.
It hasn’t happened that way, unfortunately, and that’s one of the many little things I’ve been frustrated by. Classwork took up weekends during the MBA, and job applications (and their attendant anxiety) took over the weekends afterward. Events and sales for Hurley Ceols took over after that, and now…
Well. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. For now – there’s a wedding to go to!
To be fair, this wasn’t a traditional Bulgarian wedding – I don’t know know what they’ll look like, but this was a beautifully chic wedding for two amazingly chic friends. A penthouse restaurant, excellent food, amazing drinks, and beautiful views were to be had. A lovely ceremony, and an exciting afterparty!
So, while the wedding was our main reason for going out, we did get up to some other adventures throughout:
– We got to visit Andrea’s Grandma – whose home always brings back fond memories of my Maternal Grandparent’s home.
– We explored the city a bit, seeing more of the beautiful views that Sofia has to offer.
– We visited with a few friends, grabbing a lovely dinner and sharing exciting stories… and even seeing a whole host of new hot sauces that one of them is working on! (I don’t have pictures from this one, because we were too busy hanging out.
And then… Well, and then we flew home, had a delicious breakfast, and a lovely cheeseplate lunch.
