Burn this city

After a Friday evening of less-than-classy establishments, I was looking forward to Saturday night, a bar-hopping evening of birthday celebrations and multiple worlds colliding. I like those evenings, those "go big or go home" events where everyone wants to have a good time.

These days, the challenge is finding an outfit appropriate for all the different venues. We started off at Paaeez where I smoked hooka for the first time. They said it was strawberry flavoured, I tasted apricot. Then, after a detour for dogs at College and Bathurst, we cabbed it to Gypsy Co-op. It was a short ride but it was pouring and no one wants to walk in heels while stuffing a loaded hot dog. After a Heineken and a couple bites of a lost chocolate-banana cake, I headed out towards Lee's Palace. I walked with my earphones and hood over my head, just me, Conor Oberst and the rain.

It felt strange to line up for the Dance Cave. I hadn't been there for months, not since TLC came to visit, and by the time I was in the middle of the line it was already 1:30. But the wait was worth it. The DJ played Arcade Fire, Franz and Weezer, but it was Jon Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" that made my night. There's something about holding a beer bottle in the air and shouting "Wooaaaah! We're halfway there!" with friends. JBJ brings people together.

The wonderful Teri was also present and looking fine with her out-of-town friends. We hugged and I said "I love your blog" because it was funny the first time I said that to her outside of a dirty Macdonald's on Yonge St. Seriously though, I really do love her blog and I think you should read love it too. I like her writing style, it's what City Stories should be more like and I go to it daily in hopes that she has updated again. Go read her piece in Lil Bits and be sad that she's leaving for Montreal in the fall.

(Photo by Rannie aka Photojunkie)

Comments

[andrew]

how come every damned time I go to dance cave, they play shit emo and when you go, they play bon effing jovi? I bet you had the perfect beer buzz going for that, you lucky vixen.

[Andrea]

Oh, they played sommadat emo too. But like I said Jovi was the highlight.

[teri]

omg, you're so nice. and i'm glad you were excited by "livin' on a prayer" too. my dancing companions weren't so into it, but that didn't stop me from pumping my fist in the air and singing along, even though they looked at me funny. AND, just your luck, i am not moving to montreal in the fall! maybe in the spring. i submitted that thing to litbits a long time ago before things changed and i realized i couldn't do the fall move. we'll make it i swear!