friday night

I decided to kick off the weekend in a way that supports my luxurious urban lifestyle and sauntered over (oops, I mean got my Hummer valet parked) to the Wine Lounge and Urban Kitchen next to the new Buckhorns on L. Turns out that friday was their soft opening so I plunged right in. It looks pretty generic inside. There are a lot of squares and straight lines everywhere you look (in more ways than one) and the obligatory big TV and Starbucks-style individual small lamps hanging over the bar. The lady working the front desk, while quite nice, did kind of crack us up by saying "this is the lounge and upstairs is the loft" (I'm surprised she didn't say this is the urban lounge and that is the luxury loft) and also by saying in a mom-ish kind of way that the upstairs was "off the hook" but at least she didn't say hizook. I perused the wine list which was quite boring with each type of major wine represented by one choice (one chard, one sauv blanc, etc.) Smiller got a Belgian (which one, I forgot?). We tripped out that they are offering 12 OUNCE BOTTLES of Hitachino Nest white for 12 DOLLARS! Hitachino is pricy, but by that I mean that same size bottle is 4 bucks at bevmo. No one would take our money so we checked went out to the patio and tripped out some more. Why? Because the patio is surrounded by four stories of luxury lofts on all sides. We could see people in their apartments watching TV. I was like, are you kidding me? They must think Sac is a lot classier than it is because pretty soon this courtyard is going to be filled with wasted people puking, breaking glassware, and probably fighting. This place has the buzz of a major hookup spot because the loft area is pretty isolated from the bar and has a semi-private feeling (ha I just wrote primate accidentally). There were nasty chicks there already ripping it up. Also, people are going to be sneaking their underage friends in through the patio exits on both sides. And probably trying to sneak into the pool in the middle. Can you imagine paying top dollar for a luxury loft only to have a nonstop drunken party outside your window most nights of the week? Pretty funny.

Then it was over to the Distillery where I finally got to see the Ancient Sons after weeks of waiting on tenterhooks (ouch). They were really good. Matt Shrug AND the twins? It's an entertainment bonanza. That chick is not in the band but on friday she was their number one fan. On saturday she probably didn't remember they existed.

Then Sacramento did an impromptu set. Remember Sacramento?

Then Rock The Light rocked it.