i was walking the main street in cambridge looking for somewhere to eat and i was probably walking for 10 minutes or so when i crossed the street to the other side

i saw a building with two restaurants attached, one was like a cafe and it was packed, people even outside talking

the one next to was indian and there were light curtains but it didn't seem crowded

i walked in, there were maybe 25 tables and there were about 10 people in there eating, everyone was single except for one couple sitting together in front of me, they left pretty shortly after though

i was glad to be somewhere like that

so one woman was talking loudly on her phone and a couple of other guys were reading and studying but for the most part it was really quiet

i finished my meal after a while and i had no where to go so i pulled out my phone and started writing some thoughts down

then a couple came in and the guy knew what he was doing because he told her " we're getting the buffet ", everyone got the buffet in there besides me, it was cheap

so he got up to go to the buffet and i'm lounging back writing some stuff down and his girlfriend was seated with her back towards me and just kept turning her head to the side to look at me

so she did that a bunch of times and i was just trying to enjoy my time digesting my food and writing

then she just straight up turns her whole body around and looks at me and we make eye contact shortly, she was really pretty

i decided then it was time to go and so i left just to walk around

 

 

 

 

a little bit of background to this story, 'tassajara' is a zen buddhist monastery in california where they open their door for guests to stay in the summer, i sent this message to a friend when i was thinking about going back for a second time

 

i was looking at the tassajara zen center website, it might be fun to stay as a guest practice (half day work) and maybe a couple days of regular guest stay ($150)

the food looks atrocious and is, but the hiking was fun

i might've told you this story but one day i was just sitting in the middle of the courtyard by myself before dinner and i think there was this yoga retreat going on

this absolutely stunning woman sits down next to me but i was so incel i just started talking about random crap, this lady must have been in her early 30's but incredible looking

another morning i woke up before the bell so around 4am and i heard this shrill from the room next door, i sat there wondering if i should even bother but decided to get up and check if she was okay,

she said she saw a mouse or something but was giving me these looks for going to her room, i said goodbye and she tried to talk to me some more for the next several days but i just ignored her

she ended up getting with the baker seemed like