Gallivanter

July 31, 2006

Gallivanting @ The Curve & Hartamas

[ad]
2 nights in a row – I’ve done a “groundhog dayâ€. I went to the Curve last Friday and then stubbed out the night in Hartamas, intoxicated. Curve’s street doodah is effing overrated. It has a pleasant setting, but is pandered for the wrong crowd. The nighlife there is crumby. Why then did I go 2 days in a row you ask? Well, the first day was to buy movie tickets to Pirates 2 for Saturday.I have never thoroughly gallivanted Curve, and that I did on Friday. We vagabonded the area for a decent meal, and somehow wound up on the 1st floor in some cheesy Italian joint called 1920. Apart from Pizza, there’s absolutely NOTHING that I love from Italy. 

Downed a jug of beer in Slippery Senoritas before ditching the gimpy Curve to head off to Hartamas. We went to the familiar Olde Tavern for my best-loved beer (if you call it beer), KILKENNY. After a pint of that, and listening to some 3rd rate band, we gadded to Karma’s where Jack Daniel’s kept us company for the rest of the night. I know the DJ very well, we go back 15 years. I was very active in the church back then, and was an avid caroler for 5 straight years. I played the guitar and dallied the bongo too. Those churchgoing days are behind me now. I’ve been to church 10 times in the last 10 years – only during X’mas eve. I see no other cause for attending mass, perhaps when I turn 50 years old, and afraid of dying, I’ll go to church to repent like the rest of the old folks. LOL! IF I do remain in my religion that is…

Karma was jammed, men-women ratio was 2 to 1. Good hip hop music but it veered away to some moronic reggaethon tunes and also the much scornfully bastardized bhangra version of Dre’s classic, Next Episode. And, the women, mostly Indians, were poseurs. They thought they were all that, and that kept me amused. We then drifted to Bojangles for beer. Nothing to promulgate about that joint, except that the DJ usually spins most of my requests. He was probably short on ideas. LOL!

We did a similar sashay on Saturday, barring the skanky Italian food. Watched Pirates and then headed off to Hartamas to mop up the remaining bottle of JD @ Karma. We spent a longer time in Bojangles where I switched to Stout. What a binging weekend!
My thoughts on Pirates 2, I enjoyed it. There were some tacky slapsticks, but it overall had a good vibe. A 7/10 for me and I looking forward to Pirates 3.

16 Comments to “Gallivanting @ The Curve & Hartamasâ€


You are viewing a mobilized version of this site...
View original page here

Mobilized by Mowser Mowser