I had the pleasure of interviewing music artist, Lester Rey at Don Pez in Lincoln Park. The unedited interview lasted 3 hours -- it was nuts. We had an amazing convo about his life as a music artist. I was very nervous about this interview. As soon as Frank (owner of HOMEBASE) told me who I was interviewing I was slightly embarrassed. I had a flashback of meeting Lester ages ago and hoped that he didn't remember me. The story goes like this:
The year was 2017 and Alejandra was newly single, she had fallen in love with working out again and she was FEEEEELIN herself. It was a cold Friday night, and she decided she felt like hoeing in Pilsen, Chicago. She called up her trusty dusty BFF (who was also newly single and going through a divorce), they got ready and headed to Pilsen. After arriving to Twisted Cantina, they started spotting friends, taking drink after drink after drink....after drink. The drinks were hittin, the hips were hippin, and the dance floor was flooring. So when you're 4'11'' and you're in a crowded dance floor, and it starts getting really hot, you feel suffocated and feel the need to elevate yourself to higher grounds--that's why when you see short girls dancing on tables and couches it's not because they're ratchet, it's because they need air or else they die. It's short girl math. Alejandra started overheating and felt like she needed to elevate herself so she ran to the closest table. The table wasn't stable AT ALL (more stable than Alejandra's mind at the moment, but we digress). The wobbly table was propped next to congas, like the ones at SeNor Pan on Fullerton Ave near the exit that has a sign saying something like "Hit the conga if the food was SMACKIN" --like those. Like the ones at your Puerto Rican ex boyfriend's wela's house used as home decor in her sala. The congas were chillin right next to the table, so when the beat would drop Alejandra's feet stomped off the table and onto the congas. The owner of the congas, Lester Rey had just finished a music set and had set his congas aside. He quickly saw the vertically challenged girl stompin and demanded she get down. He said something to the effect of "GIRL GET TF DOWN BEFORE I BEAT YOU UP!" He actually didn't say that but that's how Alejandra's intoxicated hearing interpreted it. She responded "WHO told you to put your congas in my dancing space?!?!" There was a lot of back and forth yelling--she was carried out of the bar, kicking and screaming, thrown over the shoulder of her Pilsen side hoe because she threatened to cry.
THE EMBARRASSMENT!!!! Like who does that?! 2017 Alejandra was out of line and disrespectful af. I was embarrassed by 2017 Alejandra's actions and behavior and prayed Lester didn't remember the shit show that went down that cold Friday night at Twisted. And as embarrassed as I was, that didn't stop me from bringing it up during the interview LOL Did he remember? find out below!