social status.

When I go out to First Friday, I usually go with one or two friends. As we work our way down and about Roosevelt, we slowly pick up friends along the journey, until we have a full-fledged caravan. This, to the friend(s) I go with, makes me look extremely popular. This is not the case! It's just that all my friends and everyone I know always go down to First Friday.

Without fail, whenever we are leaving, whoever I go with always says, "Man, you know everyone." Nope, just went to art school.