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Anne.

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Jan 9, 2012 12 Comments

Meet Anne Thomas.

So, I was in NYC this week and a taxi driver asked my why I was so freakishly pale and pasty looking.  So I said to him, “drive me to nearest tanning salon.  And step on it.”

I went to Portofino Tanning in SOHO.

I walk in and was greeted by the pretty young girl behind the counter.  She asked me how many tanning sessions I would like to buy.  To which I replied, “two thousand tans, please.”

I gave her my credit card, and my name and info popped up on the screen (thanks, George Bush).   And she said, “oh my god, Albany!  I just got back from Albany! I love that place.  We had so much fun.  I, like, want to move there.”

and I was like,  ”That’s crazy! why were you in Albany?”

and she said, “I was in a show at Capital Rep.”

and I was like, “What show?

and she was like, ‘Man of the La Mancha“.   (And I thought, “I wonder why it isn’t Man de la Mancha.”)

And then Anne was like, “I love Albany.  Everyone was so friendly and we had such a good time.  We were out on Pearl Street all the time.   You guys have the best restaurants.”

And then I was like, I wonder if she went to any of my restaurants while she was in Albany, so I asked, “did you happen to go to place called Bombers?  It’s on Lark Street?”

and she was like, “LOVE Bombers”.   (and I thought “thank you god.”)

and then I asked, “did you go the Biergarten.”  and she was like, “LOVE the biergarten.”

and I said, “did you go to The Olde English?  it’s an English Pub? ” and she was like, “Nooooo, we wanted to but we didn’t make it there.  (and I thought, “yeah, but you were there for like 3 months. I mean c’mon Anne.”

So I told her I owned those places, and I patiently waited for her to say, “that’s so crazy.  You now have free tanning for the rest of your life!”  but she didn’t.  She continued to be a normal, good employee, sweetheart and continued to say complimentary things about our great city of Albany… and then charged me full price.

Nevertheless, I love it when people visit Albany and have a great time.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Albany!!!

 



Comments

  • Slacker
    Jan 9, 2012 at 8:00 am

    So… is her boob gonna just jump out and wave at us? Or what’s going on with that shirt?

  • Dave
    Jan 9, 2012 at 9:48 am

    We need more pretty girls like her in Albany!

  • the Original Colleen
    Jan 9, 2012 at 10:35 am

    This is when you need to have a bunch of Gift cards on you so you can hand her some and say, “next time your’re in Albany, your meal is on me”!

  • JennC
    Jan 9, 2012 at 10:40 am

    Three comments:

    1) Like, totally-cool-what-are-the-chances-phew-she-liked-my-establishments-and-albany-too experience.

    2) Like, do you really purchase 2K tans at a time, cracker?

    3) Like, way to make the everyday mundane experience pop (kind of like my eyes after a wax). POP.

  • Hopeful
    Jan 9, 2012 at 11:41 am

    That’s so cool!!

  • pauly
    Jan 9, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    I would love for her to wax my back and uni-brow.

  • Greg
    Jan 9, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    I worked with her at Cap Rep! Anne is crazy talented and really fun! What a small world.

  • DB
    Jan 9, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    next question: when at the Biergarten did you see a 7 foot Ogre passed out at the end of the bar, with a British bartender drawing on his face with a sharpie? its a common occurrence.

  • Julia
    Jan 9, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    @ Dave..I think that’s funny b/c the times I do go out, I see alot of attractive women! I think the guys here are lucky b/c Smalbany has pretty girls! Maybe you’re just hanging out at hood rat central! ;)

  • Jen
    Jan 9, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    Funnily enough- I met Anne while she was here in Albany. She came in to get a massage and I happened to be her therapist.
    She was very sweet and very beat up from her performing.
    I LOVE a small world!

  • Susie
    Jan 9, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    Love those kinds of happenstances. Tell her to watch out though, because when I moved up here from NYC last May, everyone (doctor, hair stylist, etc.) gave me the good ol’ “why the heck would you come here from NYC?!!?” crazy eyes when I told them my story… ha. Whatever, the Capital Region has been good to me. :)

  • tallguyy
    Jan 11, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    She was great in the play! You missed out if you did not see it.
    Cap Rep puts on good shows! I wish they would have “A Christmas Story” every year before Christmas every year! We loved it…..i think it was 2 years ago?

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