brooklyn gal for a while

Where the Bacardi at?

I am not sure how many of you out there go to clubs on a regular basis. If you know me, you know I do not.
While in Miami, the fabulous MD used her local hookups to whisk us past the velvet rope and long line at Mansion. Once inside we had a discussion of the pros and cons of various methods to obtaining drinks (as in anything Queg-related, we must weigh the cost/benefit ratio of the booze). I had only somewhat recently heard of the wonders of bottle service. This is when you buy a bottle of hard liquor at the club and are served it, with a selection of mixers and ice, and you usually get a table and maybe even chairs with this deal. There was even an "article" in the New York magazine last week about the history of bottle service. (Apparently back in 1941 in Japan, "ewers of sake were served to seated soldiers.") As with any drink in a bar/club, it is more expensive than if you were to buy it at the ABC/liquor store, but we did experience a bit of sticker shook at first. Then the rationalizing came, because if you think about it, if we went to the bar for drinks, at $15 each, then we were totally getting our money's worth. In any case, we bought a bottle of Bacardi, and damn-it, we finished it! (ok, so it was almost 4 hours later, but it was done).
While Mansion was a cool experience (its like a glimpse of being a rock star), I think I have a stellar time with the chicas whether we are at a 4 star club, or in BW's basement. . . I'll take a queg party (over a keg party) anytime!

posted by gordian knot @ Friday, June 30, 2006