[Again, old post. Imagine this is April 2022.]
So, Cory Booker’s actual birthday isn’t for a couple of weeks still. But he had his LA party tonight.
It was awesome, at this beautiful rooftop restaurant. They had a cute cake. It felt very fancy. There was a guard at the door, and you had to say what you were there for to even be allowed into the lobby to check in.
Then once you are checked in, they escort you to the elevator, and are like “the senator is waiting for you.” Then you get to go up to the fancy party!
It’s funny, because over the years, I’ve gotten to know him a little better at various events and such [much of which is covered on this blog]. And I don’t think I realized that after all this time… it’s no longer totally just a running gag that I’m like “oh yeah my bff” about somebody I barely know… We’ve like… actually become friends, I think?
Because when he was mingling around the party and saw me, he was like “Aurora! I was hoping you would be here!”
Like, I got invited to his small LA birthday party. He knew me by name. He said he hoped I would be there. And then we reminisced a little, starting when he was like “how long have we known each other now?” And I was like well, we first met in person funnily enough at a birthday part of yours in SF 9 years ago.” And he was all, “that’s RIGHT!”
He was so sweet. And then I asked him the 3 birthday questions.
[Side note: Obviously I wouldn’t post his private business on the internet, but these were all pretty public things he said in a crowded party with other people paying attention to our conversation. So, I don’t think they’re secret at all.]
And I will write about the birthday questions tomorrow!