longform – Anthea

Paying for dinner

by AntheaRegular February 20, 2016Comments are Disabled

My partner and I went out for dinner and to see Deadpool* at the cinema tonight. After a decent meal, hosted by the restaurant owner or manager and a team of rushed young women, we were perfectly timed to get to our film. From a seat basically under the bar I got up, and reaching …

Fly like a woman

by AntheaRegular February 15, 2016Comments are Disabled

Assigned seat 6E on an A320 plane, I know it’s not likely I’ll have a seat empty beside me. I’m hopeful to be seated next to good people. I’m first to arrive in my row, tentatively sitting in the middle seat and not fastening my seatbelt because at best, no one will be seated by …