Sunday, August 27, 2006

WEEKEND RECAP

This was a long strange trip in that most of the weeknd involved me actually out and about, having a good time. And now, I am paying for it more than you'll ever know.

FRIDAY: Your run-of-the-mill summer night. The evening started out interestingly enough with an odd event. A Korean woman and a Pakistani man came into the bar, elegantly dressed in wedding attire. They had just gotten married at City Hall and our bar was the first place they stopped to celebrate their new union. Imagine the contrasting styles; AMERICAN PSYCHO, SILENT BOB and the bar staff, chillin' at the bar; and the blushing, happy couple celebrating their wedding in the back of the bar. Odd indeed.

As usual, the bar was pretty mellow until about 11:30pm, when we got a sudden hit of customers, led by TEACHERS' PET and her entourage. Whenever she rolls into the city with her girlfriends, you can be sure that there will be a lot of fun to go around. And once again, the girls didn't disappoint. They gave the bar a much-needed energy boost.

Then the clouds opened and buckets of rain came down and killed whatever momentum we had. Oh well. At least there were no problems.... We'll leave that for another day....

SATURDAY: I found myself resting up during the day because I had a big bachelor party to attend that evening. A bunch of us went to CHURRASCARIA PLATAFORMA for an evening of gluttony, Brazilian style, in honor of the Groom-to-Be, THE CHEF. Now bachelor party rules dictate that I don't discuss details of the events of the evening, but let's just say that after what seemed to be hours of constant eating and drinking and eating and drinking, all parties involved were feeling no pain. (if you have a group of people and are looking for a place to eat and have a good time, I definitely recommend this place).

The night itself was a blur; from the decadent dining experience at CHURRASCARIA PLATAFORMA, to bouncing around local drinking establishments such as SOCIAL, I eventually found myself back at the bar late night, only to come to the tail end of what turned out to be a strange night here. I am still piecing together details and such, but it apparently involved a guy, a female and her jealous husband, a brief scuffle and frayed egos and a broken menu box at the end of it all. Add to that, a mix of bizarre customers ranging from smelly hippies to a hooker who tried to ply her trade in the bar, to a post-wedding reception gathering, to a outside bouncer who looked like Mini-Mr. T., it looked like Third and Long had it all. Talk about a buzz kill.

I spent most of Sunday in "Hangover Hell", taking frequent shuttle visits from the bedroom to the bathroom. It was that bad. All told, it was definitely an intersting weekend.


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