‘You’ll never stop this flame, I will never let you go’
Kelly recommended a taco place and a boba place.
I plugged them into my GPS and had to laugh at the location.
Right by the old office. In the very same spot where myself and (redacted) snuck off many a morning for breakfast.
As soon as I sat at the bar, I saw they had Fat Heads’ Bramble Berry beer.
Mom and I went to Fat Heads quite often when they opened up in ’92 or ’93. And I got to sneak back there when I saw Taylor Swift in Pittsburgh in 2023.
Anyway that was a nice moment, to raise a cheers to Mom with our beer.
But then! They started playing Celeste’s “Stop This Flame.”
Mom LOVED that song. It was in “Sex/Life” and it played while Billie was running through the streets of Soho to Brad’s apartment.
I got to Soho last summer. Not that easy to run those streets. But I hope that Momma got to do it finally.
Anyway, what are the odds I was drinking her beer and listening to her song at the same time? And in a spot where I spent many happy days of my own?