By Tammy Strobel
“Come on Tammy! Please come out with us,” Sera whined.
Over the period of two hours, Sera had been trying to convince me to go out to the bars for girls night. She had it all planned out; first we would go to The Bear and meet-up with some friends, then we would head over to the Crazyhorse Saloon and finish the night off at Normal Street Bar. She promised that the evening would be “chill” and that it would be good for me to get out of the house. So I relented and said yes.
It was the weekend after Valentine’s Day, in early 2001. My original plan was to spend the evening at home, cuddled up under the covers with a book. At the time, I was finishing up my bachelors degree at California State University Chico. The reading and writing... More...
