Outside the hotel, as we had planned, our friend Sara (a GG and occasional FtM CDer) met us at the door. ..in her words, this was to be “a girls night”. Arm in arm in arm, she walked us in to the bar.
So, while the staff were very welcoming (and the laughs of a drunk patron or two less so but not a deterrent), we decided to go to another place up the road–which was as far from dead as you can possibly beWe were wonderfully welcomed, I got several compliments on my outfit, my hair, my overall look and my finally making the big step after two drab-mode outings and a month of planning…and six months of posting on the CD, Facebook, and the SISTERS boards.
I partook in a lot of talk, was introduced to a couple of girls I hadn’t met before (and one guy), sat through the meeting (where [...]