palmer house - part 1 (the bet)

date: may 16, 2007
bet: at an "industry event," will either olive or mason introduce the other as their "lover"?
stakes: bragging rights (lunch is free), potentially massive embarrassment
winner: ?
loser: ?
location: palmer house (17 east monroe)
cost: free!

olive: May 16th will mark quite a milestone in the O&M relationship. Since we parted ways, professionally, our paths really haven’t crossed outside of the occasional office happy hour/event where significant others are included. But tomorrow, all this will change.

Mason and I are both attending a PR industry awards luncheon for respective work done at our respective places of business. Hello industry couple! I think we deserve a fancy-dancy couple name often assigned to certain other-industry couples by the yo-yos in our very own industry (Malive? Masive? Olson?). Anyhoo, we’d be fools not to capitalize on this special event by setting some stakes (and hopefully not steaks, because that wouldn’t be a very pleasing lunch in my book).

mason: I wouldn't mind a steak, but would rather have pasta or a sandwich. I hope the good folks at the palmer house are taking this down.

olive: We will undoubtedly be doing some introducing of each other at tomorrow’s lunch, so why not make it interesting? The first person to introduce the other to a new person in one of the following manners will be the winner:

"I’d like you to meet Olive, my one true love."

"Allow me to introduce you to Mason, my lover."

Of course, it can be a variation of this, but you get the idea. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s winner and a review of the PH lunch.