Date 14: Indian food and the events of the day
This is a belated post.
About two weeks ago, I asked Littlestar to meet me at the Mountain View Caltrain station and go out to dinner. She very gamely walked out to meet me at the train station -- and ended up meeting me on Castro instead.
After a little indecisive looking around, we headed for Shiva's.
As it happened, my date was in an odd mood this evening because of an unfortunate encounter with racism earlier in the day. Instead of light talk, it was all about racism, comfort zones, and where we'd like to live within the US. She apologized every so often for being other than light hearted, but I thought it was a good chance for the two of us to get to know each other better.
It's always good to know that you're both happy living in the same places, for example.
I think it's okay to have a date focus on a serious topic, especially if it was one someone's mind for much of the day. It would be awkward and stilted having to pretend to be okay when you're not.
Helps when the food's good, too. :)