Thanks for the comments. And to answer some questions:(posted 8510 days ago)I'm pretty sure exposure was 1/50 at f2.4 or 2.8 (EI 3200). I remember that the bar was a couple of stops brighter than the rest of the room, and I was shooting at 1/25 at f1.4 or 1.7 most of the time. Of course, by this point, I had been drinking wine for nearly four hours, so I could be mistaken.
This was at the bar of the Nashville City Club (a private club occupying the 20th floor of one of the big buildings downtown). I was there for a friend's art opening. I'm about 99.99% sure that she was, in fact, a woman.
Finally, if I bought a drink for everyone whose picture I take, I'd have to sell my cameras to pay off the bar tab. Hell, she should have bought me a drink. . . : )