'No Passport Required"

http://searchwithin4without.blogspot.com/2012/03/folks-here-we-go.html    (Link to chapter 1)
http://searchwithin4without.blogspot.com/2012/03/no-passport-required-chapter-2.html  (Link to Chapter 2)


     Twenty minutes later, the parking lot had a few choice spots left as Allen parked his European 2 seat sports coupe into one of the spots.  He got out, and thought, "I am getting a little old to keep gettin' out of these damn , sports cars. Might be time to look towards a luxury sports sedan".  This was about as much mind as Allen ever cared to give the truth, he was an old man, who still drove sports cars, to appear cool.  He liked the performance, that's for sure.  The feeling when you get pushed back,  as your senses exigently  heighten, because , the specter of death or injury just gets a little more real.  The deal we make every time we turn that key.  The power, the sound, the force of a machine is what sets those cars apart from mere transportation.  Fast cars embody a spirit, a way of thinking, and are American icons for that reason.  


     Allen sauntered into the front door of the bistro.  He smelled garlic, pepper, and curry right away, and heard the murmured tones of several conversations.  His company had rented a small conference room here.  The usual course of negotiating a contract with a client usually brought them to Allen's restaurant for the meetings.  The owner of the place they were at today, was a relative of the bass player, in a major act at the festival, and that bass player had insisted on meeting here.  So it was.  This was nearly the final meeting.  The menu was set. The beverages were set. The silly restrictions, and requests were in, and were gonna be easy to accomplish.


      Major musical acts can be eccentric, and if they were young, and a sensation, then eccentric was the starting point for describing their quirks.  From asking for M & M 's with a certain color removed, to having a bottle of bourbon readily available at a distance of no more than three feet from any band member at any time, the requests were so weird, Allen had given up, long ago, wondering about them, and instead, focused on meeting them.