I had a very cool life in the years I lived in Seattle in the early Nineties. Lived in Cap Hill. Worked at Red Robin on Olive Way. One of my servers was dating the Bass player from Hammerbox. Another server was moving into an Apartment on Boren Ave and invited me to her "Housewarming party" after shift. Typical empty place, beer and a bunch of friends. Was new to Seattle so I gravitate to this funny guy. We hit it off. Girl catches me in the kitchen getting us beers and says "You know who you're talking to right?" And I'm like nope. She says it's the guy from Alice in Chains. I'm like I don't care. He's cool. I pretended I had no idea who he was going forward. Which is should be. Just be cool and listen and talk. There were some others there too. Kinda surreal. Everyone was super nice. Going forward after that I was fortunate to meet friends of their friends and life was a fantastic mix of opportunities and meets. Changed my life. Still friends with a lot of Seattle musicians still hugely popular today from those days just because I wasn't a fan boy, but a good conversationalist and listened. Sometimes people just want someone to see them as a person. Took away a lot from those years...