We first came across Erin Kate Calver 7 years ago when trekking through a rainforest in deepest Central America. She was with the lovely Stef back then, and the four of us became big buddies. We went out to stay with them in San Diego, Erin came to London to have a holiday with us, we shared a passion for music, travel and booze and it seemed nothing could spoil our friendship,
Then she dropped a bombshell.
She announced that she’d voted for George W Bush in the last election. The room went quiet, the flowers on the mantelpiece tilted to one side and our imaginary cat was sick on the aspidistra. Oh well, we thought, she’s young and obviously insane, but she’ll come to her senses eventually,
Fast forward 4 years and Erin and her boyfriend Andy have made the journey up the coast to meet us in San Francisco. The weakness for Vodka is still there as are the cute Californian blonde locks but there’s a fresh sense of calm and maturity about her. Yes, as predicted, she’s jumped the fence and become Obama’s number 1 fan,
Thank buggery for that, Now we could get on with the job in hand and start having some serious fun, Despite the brutally knackering journey from London, and the fact we hadn’t slept for almost 24 hours, we had a half a decade of catching up to do, so sat up until God knows when talking nonsense and ordering increasingly daft drinks.
Andy, by the way, has one of the cushiest jobs on the planet. He creates sound effects for Computer games. What a doss.
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