The Weekender

Tuesday, April 16, 2002

So what's kickin on a Monday night.... The Top, which is a local bar in Lower Haight... Haight and Fillmore to be exact... A friend of mine told me that on Monday nights they play hip hop. So I decided to check it out w/ a friend of mine.

Let me tell you.....it's a frickin Monday night and we were circlin for 10 minutes tryin to find parking..... Well I did pass up 2 spots...but you would too...it was right in front ot the PROJECTS!!!! I'm COOL!!!! So we finally find parking and walk over and there's practically no one there... Why is that......it's frickin 9:30pm!!!! hahahahha and they're playin ROCK!!!! Damn...did my friend get the days mixed up..Well we decided to chill anyways...and maybe check out another bar...

This bar's pretty cool...Really small but nice and cozy... Along the wall are cushioned seats w/ round tables w/ votive candles... The wall is painted blue w/ abstract art on them.... At the end of the bar, you go up 2 steps and there a little dance floor and then the 2 bathrooms.. The "W" and the "M".. You guys can figure that out...

This is what tripped me out... You go to the women's bathroom and it's only for one person... If you're goin to pee, you've got to sit perpendicular to the toilet because if you sit dead on, your goin to hit your knees on the wall and if you're tall you might just get STUCK!!!! HAHAHHAHA!!! OH FYI: i never sit on public toilets...i'm SQUATTIN....you know workin them QUADS BABY!!!! But man...so if you need to shiet....your outta luck...

And here's another observation....if you need to use the bathroom, you may wanna keep an eye on the door on who's comin and goin... Cause when you go to the bathroom....EVERYONE SEES YOU headed for the toilet!!!!! It's that noticeable.... So you don't wanna head for the CR and someone's in there and your outside waiting where everyone can see you...well if you don't care it's all good..but for me that's MODED!!! What if you need to take a shiet...then your in there for DAAAAAAAAAAAAAYS!!!! Well there is an exception....if the dancefloor is filled then it's all good...cause the peeps dancin cover you!!!! hahahhaha...

So as the night went on....it hit 10pm and they started playin dancehall!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, that's what i've been waiting for.... They played about an hour of it and around 11pm is when a whole bunch of folks started rollin in and they started to play hip-hop...and not your radio stuff.... This was the time we pretty much cut out cause my friend had work the next day and I had to get goin....

So what's the crowd like.....well I'll tell you this...since we got there pretty early..I was one of 5 chicks in there and the rest guys... I'd say the age range was late 20's or so ...that's a BIG PLUS for me.... very casual...no dress code thank god...A pretty mixed crowd...which is another PLUS!!!!

So all in all...pretty cool dive.... frickin I got a rasberry cider and a long island for 10 bucks.... Frickin damn clubs a long island is 10 bucks!!! hahahhah And if you get there early you won't have to pay a cover...but I guess at 10 they start chargin I think 5 bucks... There's in/outs for you smokers out there or if you just need fresh air... And the music was cool....from Eye of the Tiger to Pretty Young Thang to your rastafari dancehall to underground hip hop..... Check it out if you can.... PEACE!

posted by The Weekender @ 5:21 PM

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