The saddest happy karaoke night ever. There were a bunch of people here singing their hearts out (and many of them were pretty good) but the crowd was comprised very much of their regulars, mostly older and many kind of scary. Still, as mentioned, about half had real pipes on them, and the singing was far above the norm in karaoke that I've encountered on this quest.
The bar isn't big, is crowded with weirdly placed tables, and apparently has people who are so regular they just clean up while they're not drinking.
The drinks were nothing much, but it was nice to sit with Tara, who'd never been out with us since she had a baby about two months before we started the quest, and it's really only about the start of when she could come out at all. We all had a good talk, and on TV was an MTV True Life Special that Clara and I had just talked about earlier in the day, which was strangely cool, because there it was for her to see.
After a couple of us gave glances at the karaoke song lists (and I was afraid the regulars might make us sing before we left) we decided there would be no singing, and that in fact we would just leave with some degree of haste.
Sadly, other bars we attempted to hit were closed or had covers we didn't want to pay, so that was about it for the night.
Tara picked up the bar, hurray! I'm very glad she had time to come out with us, even if it was just a bar and a half.
Posted by Jason at February 11, 2003 11:28 PM