218 Carnival
Along Santa Monica Avenue at the foot of Beverly Hills, all the way to the west, it only takes 20 minutes to reach the most "mesmerizing" beach in Los Angeles.
Santa Monica has the most 'fascinating' coastline in the City of Angels, with lively bars, casual coffee houses, quiet wooden paths, neat bicycle paths, lined 'wave' shops, cozy picnic areas, 'mesmerized' palm trees dotted with white sand, blue 'waves' mixed with white 'color' water 'flowers' surging from the end of the horizon and lapping on the delicate sand, this qiē makes Santa Monica a Los Angeles landmark 'sex' resort. Swimming, surfing, shopping, sunbathing, and sports are dotted on the sandy beaches of Santa Monica.
Santa Monica in the middle of the night is not shrouded in sunlight, and there is a quiet beauty in the reflection of the blue moonlight, which is interpreted by the raging sea breeze. Joseph drove to the heart of Santa Monica, Third Street. It's a prosaic street name, but it's home to a variety of street singers, dancers, and wandering artists, and the unique cafés, restaurants, art shops, and bars that line the street to make it one of Santa Monica's liveliest neighborhoods.
Tonight is a time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, though it's not like New York's Rockefeller Plaza. Every year, Rockefeller Square holds a countdown concert to focus on the eyes of the whole United States, and everyone joins in welcoming the New Year through the TV screen; But the hustle and bustle of Third Street has a different flavor.
This is not the crowded crowd that is shoulder to shoulder, but a paradise for maverick artists of all shapes and shapes, such as thin young men with black pigtails dancing hip-hop, gray-haired eighty-year-old men pulling up their skirts and dancing a flamenco song, and beautiful young people wearing red dresses and buns Female dancers and their partners perform fiery tango, not to mention the powerful and fiery music that fills the ears, and the streets are like a carnival just a few hundred yards, isolating the dark night from the area.
Although Hugo had just experienced a bad night, seeing the noisy scene in front of him, his tense and low mood couldn't help but be relieved little by little along with the rhythm around him.
He followed Joseph to a beer called "Barney,s." Walk into the bar, you will enter a world shrouded in red 'color' lights, the wooden staircase is on the right hand side of the 'door', there are a lot of worn-out second-hand license plates hanging on it, and with the design of stone brick walls and wooden booths, the style of road trip jumps in front of you.
On the left-hand side, there is a row of television screens showing the boisterous pomp and circumstance of Rockefeller Plaza. Clark hosted the countdown as always, but the loud music inside the bar completely drowned out the volume of the television, and almost every booth was full, and there were people in the aisles with beer glasses coming and going.
On the table in the center were four large wooden vats, one man tall, and under each of them there was a faucet in front of it, which was obviously beer, and in front of each faucet there were two or three people waiting to get it, and there were people shouting and laughing behind them.
"Wow, this is pie duì, pie duì!" Leonardo yelled excitedly, almost jumping up on the spot, and even the shy Toby was 'excited' with a 'excited' face, and his pink cheeks were flushed. The two of them wanted to rush over to get a beer, but Hugo directly pulled them back, "We just arrived here, shouldn't we say hello to the host?"
But because the sound in the bar was so loud that even Hugo yelled that he couldn't hear it clearly, Leonardo and Toby both looked at him with a puzzled expression, and Hugo could only open his mouth and say, "Alex!" If it's to join an unfamiliar pie, then binge; But this pie duì is known by himself, and the host is his friend, so it is necessary to come forward and say hello.
Leonardo also realized his negligence and nodded quickly, but his feet couldn't bear it anymore, so he jumped up on the spot, and Toby, who was standing on the side, was also smiling, and his big eyes were almost slit. Hugo looked at the two young people who were eager to try, and couldn't help but wonder.
It is not an easy task to find a master in the dense crowd of people who enjoy the pie. But unexpectedly, more than a third of Toby and Leonardo actually know each other, and some of them are at least nodding 'friends' who know faces, in fact, this is not an accident at all, it was originally a big gathering of second- and third-tier actors in the TV circle, and Toby must be much more convenient than Hugo. So led by the two of them, Hugo finds Alex, Charlize and Carl in the darts area.
When Hugo and the others arrived, Charlize was playing darts, and saw Charlize tie a ponytail with his long blonde hair, and the gold that had only been dyed this afternoon was as soft as a 'Bo's carpet in the red light of the bar, but it was rudely tied with a ponytail, which ruined most of the beauty. The ponytail makes Charlize's remaining baby 'fat' chin and slender neck 'exposed', a simple white 'colored' crewneck T-shirt allows the light to clearly outline Charlize's beautiful collarbone, the hem of the dress is simply tied with a knot, and the slender waist of Yingying sets off the long 'legs' of the 'hips' wrapped in the denim 'pants', and finally it is matched with a pair of black 'color' military boots, which is heroic but mixed with the softness of 'women' and 'sex', which makes Charlize look thrillingly beautiful.
Charlize didn't care about other people's eyes at all, she picked up the dart in her hand, and focused on aiming at the bull's-eye, one and another, Charlize four consecutive darts were 'shot' in the red 'color' area in the middle, everyone was looking forward to the last dart in Charlize's hand, and the surrounding noise settled down in an instant, as if the noise in the bar was blocked out of the dart area. Charlize didn't hesitate, narrowed his left eye, and then with a flick of his right wrist, the dart flew out lightly and quickly.
With a "snap", the dart landed in the dark blue 'color' area of the bull's-eye, and everyone around immediately coaxed, and the applause moved with the sound of beer glasses colliding. Charlize jumped up directly on the spot, and yelled twice in a row excitedly, the wanton smile was so dazzling that all the people around him lost their 'color'.
Charlize jumped in place a few times, high-five Carl excitedly, while Alex, who was standing next to him, and another strange but somewhat familiar strong man looked depressed, Alex shouted unconvinced, "Again, again!"
Compared to the Sidney family's pie duì, this is the real New Year's Eve pie duì. In Sidney's house, it's not that the pie duì is not lively enough, but there are too many interests involved under the noise, and the opportunities everywhere make people lose the essence of hedonism and carnival, making the whole pie duì noisy and not lively enough, and a qiē is only superficial. But the pie in front of him is really enjoying the last madness before the arrival of the New Year, the heroic laughter, sweat and colliding beer, completely igniting the temperature of the air.
Charlize jumped twice, and his eyes unexpectedly saw Hugo and Joseph, to be honest, it is not easy to ignore the two of them, both of them are big men, and Joseph is also huge, and the position he occupies in the line of sight is large enough. Charlize's gaze and Hugo's eyes came into contact in the air, and she 'revealed' a hint of surprise, obviously not expecting Hugo to really appear, but then she 'revealed' a bright smile and expressed her welcome to Hugo.
There is no inquiry, no hesitation, just the purest welcome. This finally lifted the burden from Hugo's face and revealed it again, especially when Alex's surprise cry was heard, "Oh, dog." Excrement! You really did it, you really came!" Seeing Alex's undisguised sincerity, the smile on Hugo's face became even brighter, and he knew that he had made the right choice. Such friends are the ones who should spend time together tonight.
Alex rushed up excitedly, gave Hugo a big hug, and then gave Leonardo and Toby the most sincere welcome, "There is a reward for those who are late, you must drink three beers first." Alex's eyebrows didn't hide his amusement, "We've already had two barrels of beer, and if you don't contribute a little, it will be too inferior." ”
Alex's words made Leonardo immediately scream, "I'm the first, I'm the first!" The response was immediately expressed, and Toby, who was standing next to him, raised his hand with a smile on his face and joined the process of applying for beer, although he did not speak.
"Haha, only three cups? Alex, you're stingy. Hugo said with a smile, which suddenly made Alex raise his eyebrows, "Hugo Lancaster, are you challenging my bottom line?"
"No, I'm challenging your wallet." Hugo's witty remark made everyone around him burst into laughter, and Alex was even more embarrassed and funny.
"Oh, this is ......" Hugo saw the strong man next to Alex just now, in the red 'color' light, the strong man's cheeks were covered by two-thirds of the 'shadow' cast by the poster above his head, and he couldn't see it clearly, but Hugo felt more and more that this figure was very familiar.
"Hey, Dropnir." Joseph was the first to say hello, then turned to look at Hugo, "Carl's roommate and I." ”
Carl, who was standing in the back, immediately shouted, "I told you that he was real, right?"
Hugo suddenly realized, it is estimated that this figure is the man he saw at the staircase of his house last time, no wonder the horn is familiar, and it is indeed Carl and Joseph's roommate, "One of the top ten mysterious events in l992!"
Hugo's words made Alex, Joseph, Charlize and Carl laugh, but Dropnir was confused. However, he still took a step forward and stretched out his big hand like a fan, "Finally meet, Happy New Year." ”
Hugo held the other party's hand, and after seeing the other party's face come out of the 'yin' shadow, he was stunned for a moment, and hesitated for two seconds before saying, "Fokin?