At this stage in my life, I don't particularly have a best friend, although I do have many close friends. However, I have allowed TV to impress upon me the notion that I'm supposed to have a super close, childish, platonic and co-dependent best friend. Where's my Joey? My Denny Crane? My Richard Fish? My Troy? My Turk? My Rusty? My Wilson? Oh wait, I'm a woman, so I don't get to have a "bromance" full of buddy cop adventures, I'm "supposed" to have "girls" and surround myself with "my girls" and concern myself with clubbing and shopping and brunch, bah.

It's also somewhat difficult to move somewhere and try to insert yourself into an already existing social circle. Have you heard of the Seattle Freeze? I'm pretty sure it's a valid phenomenon - it's not that anyone is unfriendly, it's just that everyone is already settled or busy. So many of my friends here have multiple children, don't drive, are attending grad school, work two jobs, etc. that it's hard to make specific plans.

I do keep trying to initiate some sort of art salon evening at my house, but my apartment really isn't big enough for more than two people to hang out and drag out art supplies; which leads to congregation at restaurants and bars (which are fine, but largely boring and expensive given I can make better and cheaper food/beverages at my house).