Tuesday Bar Night....

...is the greatest idea ever. Disc0f has been inducted into a "boys' night out" that serves to introduce its attendees to un- or lesser-known establishments all over the city. It's a rotating host event, and whosoever shall host in a given week has everyone over for dinner and then takes them to three or four bars in his neighborhood where at least 2/3 of the attendees have never had a drink. The only other rule of Tuesday Bar Night is that no women, girls, or ladies are allowed to join in until after 11:00. So it's a boys' night out in name only--more like "boys' early evening and then they've had enough single-gender fellowship" out.

Last night I joined in after 11:00 at a great place a short walk from our house (TBN was hosted by a neighbor of ours, as luck would have it). It's called the Nisei Lounge* and has quite an interesting history. It was opened after WWII by Japanese-American veterans, and it served as a meeting place for Japanese-American WWII vets for decades. The ownership has changed hands a few times but the owners have always tried to live up to the history (at least by maintaining the name and telling the history to anyone who asks). It was almost empty but the bartender and bouncer were super friendly, and it has a GREAT JUKEBOX. Almost to L&L Lounge* standards.

*no links because I don't want yuppies invadin' ;)**

**because millions of anonymous bar-invading yuppies read this blog