Sunday, August 30, 2009

you can find me in da club...

When the music is turned up and the tables are pushed to the side, bar-goers are drawn to the small 12ft x 12ft space in the corner of the bar like moths to a frickin flame. This is where the party is...THIS is their time to shine.

The bar is entertaining on so many levels, I find. Unlike Celebrities (ahhh BoyTech), Hudson's here in Edmonton draws a different crowd all together - often spanning several age and socioeconomic demographics. Unlike clubs such as Dirty Pretty and Suite 69, who target a more specific population, the Hudson's crowd contains anyone from fresh faced 18 year olds, to 50 year old 'roid monkies to that unsavoury-looking fellow at the end of the bar dancing to no particular beat that the rest of us are aware of. There's also a touch of irony that floats across these floors. Allow me to illustrate.

In one corner, you have the young man who is probably freshly 18, has not grown into his limbs yet and who will, in all likelihood, be going home to re-join his LAN party (he looked like a young Drew Carrey) dancing...sorry, "dancing" with not one, but TWO girls. In the other corner, there is a tall, fit, relatively good looking chap dancing with only one girl - simply because she was too drunk to shake him off her leg....I should also mention this is the same fellow who 20 minutes later, paused in front of me and my companions to drop a giant air biscuit and then proceed to the bar. This may have contributed to his difficulty in finding a dance partner - it is unclear at this time.

Geek: 1 Jock: 0

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