The Weekender

Monday, March 31, 2003

The last Friday of the month and there's all these parties to go..well there's always parties to go to right? But if you just wanna chill, bar hop, listen to some good music, or get a good ass CHEAP drink, Julip is the spot. Where is this wonderful place? It's located at 839 Geary St. and I think the cross streets are Polk and Larkin. Yes! Near the tenderloin and the HOOKERS! Yes, I am always amazed when I see these girls or boys on the streets. Totally trips me out. Anyways..that's another story.

So back to Julip. Awsome, myself, Cosmonaut, Atlas, Ms. Tomei, Diva and Jokes had met up in Burlingame for Deks 29th b-day. But unfortunately, when they came out to meet me, there weren't any pool tables left, there weren't any more seats in the patio, drinks are expensive, so we headed out to the city. Diva's friend was spinning at Julip and he promised that the drinks they serve at Julip are CHEAP and STRONG!!! Hey...that's all i gotta hear..well that and good music of course, you know me. We head out there and as we walk in...they're playin some old school Michael Jackson!!!! Well I think that's what they were playin??? YES!! I'm lovin it already..

This place is pretty small, no coat check and I mention that cause it gets kinda warm in here, patio lookin tables w/folding chairs and 3 live trees...i think???... yes..i said TREES!! Nice feel to it huh??? As if you're outdoors but not...And then what I thought was pretty trippy was that over the bar, there were these toilet lookin things. And Atlas had asked me.." are those them bidet's, you know them things that wash your butt" Well, who would know would be the bartender right?? So I bugged him..not like he was hella busy or anything. They're antique street lamps..How neat is that! The bartender told me that Julip used to be an old antique shop and the owner wanted to use some of the stuff they had still lingering around.

As far as the drinks..they sure were cheap! I had ordered a sky tonic, red sangria and a club soda and it came out to 8 BUCKS!!! Now you know at some trendy bar/club that would have cost me a woppin 15 bucks! So of course I got my buzz on pretty fast, not like I was already tipsy from Steelhead already. So if you're in the neighborhood, stop by, no cover, cheap drinks, and good music. What can you ask for?

posted by The Weekender @ 9:57 PM

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

Okay, if none of you know yet, Mighty Mom has GIVEN BIRTH!!! YES! ALREADY! GIMB aka Emilio Santos was born on Friday, March 21st around 2pm. I guess he's just on time, but if you guys read Voodoo's blog, we just helped throw a baby shower for Mighty Mom on Saturday, March 15th, which was only 6 days previously. Dang, talk about good timing.. And you know what else??? Mighty Mom started feelin the contractions on Sunday, March 16th!!!! I don't have all the details just yet. Voodoo and I will be rollin up to Benicia tomorrow, right Voodoo??? I'm excited!!! Can't wait to see the family!!!

posted by The Weekender @ 10:32 PM

Monday, March 17, 2003

So have you ever been asked for money by a homeless person? I'm sure all of us have. And we've thought about it, being hesitant, and walk away or stop and give them our spare change or a buck or two. One day I was at the ATM machine getting money out and of course there happens to be a homeless person standing a few feet away. I walk away from the ATM and the diaglog goes :

Him: "Can you help a homeless person?"
Me: "Sorry, don't have any money"
Him: "Didn't you just get some money from the ATM?"
Me: "Well, all I have is a 20."
Him: "Oh, I have change for a 20."
Me: "If you have change, then you don't need any money!"

Can you believe that shiet? Although this dialog is not entirely true, it was just a thought I had after passing up the guy, just because some of these peeps are makin more money than I do in a day! One time I was in Chinatown and there was this homeless person bent over beggin for money. He finally straightened himself out, pulled out a wad of bills and folded up the new bills he just received. WTF!

posted by The Weekender @ 10:09 PM

Monday, March 03, 2003

Earlier in the week and I mean Monday, my girl Giggles asks me to go clubbin w/ her on Friday. Talk about looking forward for the weekend to be here already and we've just started the week. It's suppose to be me, her, her cousin and our girl Scrappy. The day comes, it's Friday and I'm psyched. I haven't gone dancing in awhile. And if you know me..I love to GET LOW!! Well Scrappy can't come down since she has a function to go to the next day in Sac and the Cousin flakes out..as always :-( So Giggles gives me a ring and tells me that it's goin to be me, her roomy, her friend and her BOYFRIEND! ok...I GUESS girl's night out!!! buahahha Not really... But I don't mind. The more the merrier. Well at least from my point of view. hee hee hee

So i'm done gettin ready as always. So I give Awsome a ring to kill time and see what he's up to. He just bought batteries at IKEA!!! Now how durable and long lastin are these things??? hmmmmm... Anyways, he asks if I know what his brother's up to tonight. Did I mention that Giggles boyfriend is Awsome's brother. :-) Yes...very small world indeed. And of course the bro is rollin w/ us to 330 Ritch. buahhaha So Awsome and his friends end up rollin thru too.

Since i'm comin from South City, I roll out to the place solo. And as I get to 4th and Townsend, low and behold, Giggles is right next to me. We park in the parking lot right next to 330 Ritch. I turn off my ignition and there's my old skool guy friends walkin w/ their crates of records to 330 Ritch. Oooooooooooooook!! Who else is showin up tonight?? This is too hilarious. I haven't seen these guys in such a long time! Well I kinda saw them at the Emeryville Party this past January, but I didn't really get to chop it up w/ them.

We walk into the place and there's our sorority sisters. Did I just jinx myself and say "who else are we goin to see tonight?" Did everyone know about this party?? It's frickin 10:30pm and barely anyone's there.You may say "LOSER" WHAT THE HELL? THAT'S HELLA EARLY, cause it's FREE before 11pm for LADIES!!! It's kinda chilly. You can still keep your jacket on and you'll be cool, not even bustin a sweat. I hit up the bar so I can get my perv on early, so I can sober up to drive later. And I'm not making the same mistake like I did at Sno-Drift, so I order a rasberry stoli and seven, seven-up that is!!! No more Godfathers for me, unless I plan on sitting and chit chattin. Plus I was driving, SOLO! No back-up driver this night.

I think now it's 11pm and Awsome and his crew finally roll thru. I have a good buzz goin and i'm itchin to dance, but NO ONE is on the dance floor except for one couple. OH HELL NO! I sometimes do have the nerve get my groove on solo but not when there's only one other couple on the floor. Maybe if my wing-woman The Evil One was there or Scrappy, then it's ALL GOOD! Oh well. I guess i'll just have to suppress my dancin itchiness a lil bit longer. So Awsome and I go out for a smoke and why is there Big Daddy who pins this lil girl on the wall and starts SMOTHERIN HER. OH MAN. I thought she was goin to get squashed. It's kinda moded when the girl's pushin the dude away. Get the hint dude, she's not feelin you, or you need to let her come up for AIR!!! Or maybe, she's about to yack while kissin you??? Eeeeeeeeeeew!

Now I have a question, when you start dancin w/ a guy, why the hell do they gotta get down and feel up your legs and try to raise one of your legs up? Do they think it's a turn on? Gettin into a sexual postion when they're a perfect stranger to you! Although this is supposedly just dancin , it sometimes becomes an uncomfortable situation. You try to keep your distance from the person, but they still end up in your personal space. I never quite understood this. I don't think I give up a vibe that says "hey, I like it if you lift my leg and freak me!" You must be wondering where this is comin from. Well on Friday night, my friend left me to go to the bathroom and I felt someone nudge me to the dance floor, and thinkin I knew the person I looked up and smiled. And oh shiet, I don't know this person, but I went ahead anyways since they were playin the beats. And what I said previously, exactly happened. Although it was cool dancin w/ the guy, and I found out he was my girl's friend, it kinda felt awkward. I tried givin my girls hints who were around the dance floor to save me. But of course they were all faded and weren't hearin me. So I pretty much left the guy and told him i'd be back, but never did. buahhaha Sorry dude.

All in all, it was an enjoyable evening. Seeing past and present friends. Drinkin and not passin out nor pukin! Listening to beats you can chill too. Just mackin and hangin! (oooooooooooooo did I say that???)

posted by The Weekender @ 9:26 PM

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