TUESDAY
7:08 PM
“Hey, just now leaving work. Are you going to South Street? I think I want to go, but I don’t want to go if people aren’t going to go. Are you going?”
8:13 PM
“Hey! I left messages with the usuals, and I just got some texts, and I think people are going to go to South Street. –Yeah, I’m not trying to stay out until last call, either. –Nine? Okay. Is so-and-so going? Really? (Sigh.) Now I have to put on a cute shirt and makeup. Is he still seeing so-and-so?”
8:59 PM
“Hey! What are you wearing?”
9:18 PM
“Hey I’m here. Where ARE you? –Yeah, there are a ton of people here. –Saw a couple of cute new guys. –Oh wait, we do know them– I think they just look different because they went tanning. So that’s new.”
9:33 PM
“Hey this sucks. So-and-so and his hook-up buddy just got here. Where are you? –Twist your steering wheel, then try turning the key. –Like, everyone knows that. Drive FAST.”
10:11 PM
“Hey! Yeah, she finally figured out how to drive her car. Are you coming? –You’re where? At the bar? Will you order me another double vodka tonic? –Did so-and-so ever ask about me again? –No reason.”
10:45 PM
“Hey, are you coming to South Street? –You’re staying in to iron and read the new Harry Potter? I hate you. –I’m jealous. –You shouldn’t iron right on wool sweaters. Google it. –Yeah so I was talking to this guy, but he left. –Something about Battlestar Galactic?”
12:04 AM
“Hey are you still open? Can I get a General Tso Special? Yeah, it’s me. –And that’s with brown rice. And a hot ‘n sour soup. –Yes, for one. Right. How long is that going to be?”
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What kind of vodka? That is the important issue here.
Ha! What do you recommend?
I’m a Ketel One or Grey Goose sort of guy. Mmmm…nothing like a good breakfast
This entry is exactly why I don’t go to South Street.
A few months ago, I met someone through work who lives in Cville. I asked her where she hung out and she listed bars off by the day of the week. I think she said something like “Tuesday, of course, is for South Street”. Never being told of this Tuesday tradition, I asked about it. Now, that sounds great to me, but she didn’t seem enthusiastic about the same people being there everytime, which made me think that it was a bit clique-ish…not much meeting of new people and more hovering in small groups and watching the others?
Anyway, I don’t even want to post where I go if I head out for a drink on Tuesday. The crowd where I go is pretty interesting and diverse. Maybe the South Street folks that are a little tired with it need to find their own spot, too.
You can’t say “I go here because it’s cooler and under the radar.” You have to tell us.
Outskirts– I wanted to give you an informed answer, and Stoli. I think they’re all lovely, really, but I like that Stoli has a strawberry varietal, it’s expensive without being pretentious, and I also like saying, “Stolichnaya.” Stu-lik-ni-ah. Maybe I’ll name my third-born child that. Poor thing, though, when he/she (what gender would that work with?) takes standardized tests. The first two are already Jack and Jose. Just kidding.