Let's Get Ready to Dale!!!!!!

So my friend Norman, his law partner, and brother have been backing a local young boxer. He's on the rise -- goes by the nickname of El Maja, which is Spanish for young boxer on the rise. The fellow has been winning, a lot -- I saw him last year at the Hard Rock in Broward -- it was a kick to watch an event where a close friend has a real connection. Tonight, El Maja is the featured boxer in a night of boxing in Wynwood -- some former movie studio, now "event space," where they apparently can pack in a few thousand seats. My law partner Paul and I bought a VIP table, which comes with an open bar, but Paul realized he had a conflicting event, and so offered the tickets to our friend Diane and her fiance John. Stu and his boy are going, as 12 year old Val is a big fight fan, and rounding out our table is office roommie John and his g/f Cynthia. Also, Diane's boy Garrett is in town, and he'll be joining us, too. Diane is one of those people who finds ways to make life more fun, and when I invited her to join us, immediately had her fiance John book a limo. So now we're set to meet at their Grove condo at 6, have cocktails, then champagne in the limo, and then make it to our table around 8 or 830 -- missing the first, minor bouts. El Maja probably won't fight until 10:30 or so, so we'll still see plenty of boxing. An added attraction is the ring announcer. Norman applied for and received a one month license from the state to be a boxing announcer, and he will do so tonight. The running joke is he now wants to come up with a catchphrase like "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" -- the creation of a Michael Buffer, who to this day gets $10,000 plus expenses just to fly to events to say it. My suggestion is "Vamos a Dale!!!" which is Spanish for, roughly, Let's go to let's go. Norman thinks that's a non starter. He's right. After dinner, Stu and his young son will leave, and the preliminary plan is to limo over to ClubEleven -- a high class restaurant that sits on top of a gentlemen's club -- a favorite of celebrities who come to the 305. I'm not sure we'll really go, but there WILL be an after midnight dinner -- the second such late night event for Wifey and me in less than one month! It's good to get out of our comfort zone every once in awhile -- we've been witnissing the end of life -- and it's not pretty. So while we still can... So Dale and Vamos El Maja! D2 left earlier to meet D1 -- they're going to an adult trampoline park together, and D2 said "Well, Dad, I guess you'll be home much later than I will tonight!" That's right, my girl. Maybe Mom and I still have it going on, once in awhile...