we like the cars, the cars that go boom

by mg at 05:36 PM on October 18, 2002

Had a very wonderful time last night with some blog buddies.

First, there was dinner with Rannieand Chris at Lucky Cheng’s. If you don’t know Lucky’s (and why should you, really?), it's a restaurant staffed entirely by drag queens. And I’m not talking about guys dressed up as normal waitress kind of drag, but “I’m about ready to get on stage to sing a Cher medley, but can I take your order now?” kind of drag.

Anyway, it was an interesting place, a sort of New York institution, and I’d never been before. The food was okay, and some of the waitresses were cute enough. Unfortunately, I was sitting facing the wall and didn’t get to see most of the action, which apparently included one of the waitress' boobs continuously popping out of her dress. Ah well, if you’ve seen one chemically induced man-boob, you’ve seen them all.

Later, we headed to Delft a cute bar named after a city in the Netherlands, which one only choose because Shecky’s claimed that “if you’re with a large group of friends, this is the place to come to and make yours for a night.” We were going to have a relatively large group with us, and if I couldn’t make someone mine for the night, at least I’d be able to make some place mine for the night.

I was sort of worried, what with it being Thursday night, that the place would be packed and loud and just the sort of annoying NYC bar that makes me hate going to bars in NYC. We got there and the place was empty.

As much as I hate a crowded bar, an empty bar practically makes me pee my pants. I’m much quicker to walk out of a bar or restaurant that’s near empty than one that’s packed cheek to cheek. Even if I end up despising what is going on, at least something is going on.

But, so, this was the place we choose, and except for the fact we were the only people in the place, it was pretty chill. As the night wore on, and more people showed up (and as I downed more gin), it got much more chill. Besides for me, Rannie, and Chris, Andy, Mark, Baz and Choire showed up. I also got to meet Bryan, Jayme, Jen, and Andrew. It was a good time. The end.