Friends of mine, a married couple, are in Sydney for their wedding anniversary. I collected them from the airport and delivered them to their hotel - not without some backtracking and the like (I knew there was a reason I avoided driving in the Sydney CBD). I parked at the hotel and then walked around the CBD and Darling Harbour a bit with them to help them find some dinner and see a bit of the place at night and bustling.

While waiting at a corner for my girlfriend to throw a street performer a few coins, my gazed wandered and I found myself glancing at the patrons of a bar/pub. Some of the patrons sat inside at the open windows, and some at tables outside.

At the table nearest to us sat two young men having a drink together. The one closest to me, young, cute, trim, looked up, held my gaze for a moment and then raised both of his eyebrows and grinned before winking at me. I blushed, I believe, and looked at the ground. But then I remembered a friend of mine had told me I ought to smile more, and that doing so lights up my face. I thought this young man deserved to at least be dazzled then. So I raised my eyes to his and then smiled at him for the brief moment before my friend finished with the street performer and the light to cross went green.

What an absolute ego boost. I wish I'd had the courage and thought to drag my friends into the bar for a drink to see if he would approach me... =(