This week has been memorable for the numbers alone. The numbers of kinds of beer I've had. The number of clubs and restaurants frequented. The number of friends feted. You know.Thursday night was one of the most colossally random nights I've ever had. It's amazing how much you can do within just one block. We started out at a work reception but wound up at Daily Grill, Standard's lobby bar, Standard's rooftop bar, and then back upstairs again. Many have carved this path before, but the events in between made the difference. Sometimes, the elements just fall into place.
Friday night was in honor of Stella, and Reyna and I were glad to be her fairy godmothers of nightlife. We offered the complete and comprehensive Santa Monica, trailing from Ma'Kai to Lounge 217 to Gotham and then back to Ma'Kai again. At a point when Stella and I were pleasantly distracted, Reyna detoured over to Voda. The assortment was good -- both in drink and company.
I vowed to detox on Saturday with a bottle of Kombucha gingerade, but Jan's never in town so I rallied for another night. (He's usually in Germany.) He's always in search of electronica. Mor Bar was strictly hip hop so we settled for Circle Bar instead. Standing in line, I looked on in amusement at the parade of skanky and macabre. It's a well-known fact that girls use Halloween as the no-excuses opportunity to dress up like a -- you choose the pejorative term. Skanky nurse, skanky boxer ("Everlast" suggestively across her derriere), skanky Alice in Wonderland, skanky Bo Peep, skanky cat, and the classic, skanky schoolgirl.
I realized that women do themselves no favors with this sort of thing. We cry in indignance at being objectified, we routinely shout perve when a guy jokes about dating "not yet legal", but truthfully we love debauching storybook heroines and sullying angels of mercy. It's Halloween, everybody, get out your tutu skirts, white knee-high socks, and stripper Mary Janes!
October 31. Billing due. Rent's due. But lotsa lotsa candy!
posted by Lucy Sloan @ 1:52 AM
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