Deciding that 69 was an important number, we put it off a day to pick a bar that wouldn't be terrible. Brandon chose the Bad Juju Lounge, we posted notice we were going there, and Wolf volunteered to sponsor not just us, but everyone who showed up, for a round.
When Brandon and I arrived, bringing Jesse, we discovered that a couple unexpected guests were already there, that being Bridgette whose birthday had been at Fado (#26, back on 4/2/2), along with Danielle and Erin who had been there for that same event. With Wolf picking up a round for the seven of us, I was tempted to go for some sort of name brand liqour, but decided against it. I think I'm for the idea of keeping everything to house vodka, just so that I can get an even feeling for the lowest quality drink a place might sling, cause that's while I'll get normally, anyway. And that's what most of our dozens of readers will likely get anyway, too. It's like I'm performing a service to the community.
So we sat in the dark bar, with heavy metal music playing and tattooed types all about us. There's nothing wrong with all of that, of course, and I kind of like Bad Juju, but if I'm going to hang in this type of bar, it'll be the Cha Cha any time. Although there is more seating in Bad Juju, and drinks are probably better. Pricing is about the same, with the Juju running at about $3.50 for wells, not really a bad price for a Capitol Hill "hot spot". However, the Cha wins in the decor contest, if only because the Juju is even darker, and so you can't see much of anything that's going on in the place.
Also showing up were Tony and Farida, and their friend Paul (?), who stopped in just to commemorate the occasion, and after a quick drink had to move on.
We took some pictures, and Danielle revealed her ability to appear in every photo taken, and then we decided to move on to another bar or two, since we were so close to the Vogue and Barca (that's with a soft c, like in Barcelona.) I know the doorman at the Vogue, so Brandon and I were going to try to get in without cover by explaining our quest, and the girls were headed there anyway, so we decided to meet Wolf and Jesse two doors down in twenty minutes, and off we went for next door.
Posted by Jason at April 29, 2002 11:05 AM