Eventually Alec "found time" to take me out. He showed up at the dorms of Pace University in his best French outfit: brown leather jacket, scarf tied in the European way and a BERET. I still went out with him. I found him amusing with the estories of the German girlfriend that gave him enourmous grief and his decision to go to college after 4 years in the navy and one year bumming around in Europe.
He took me to a bar with the longest counter and I decided to kiss him to see if was good. It was good but I sent him home anyway... no sleeping in the dorm that night...

first encounter

When I first met Alec he told me that he knew New York very well but was very busy to take me around. We were introduced by a common professor at Pace University. I was starting my MBA and Alec taking an independent study class about the oil economy in Mexico. The professor Dr. Young ( now I remember his name) was married to Brazilian and had lived in Sao Paulo where I am from.
I said OK. I was still married in Brazil and had met an Italian guy ( i don't remember his name). I wanted to have fun and get to know as many people as i could.