Sleeping and drinking on Christmas Day.
Woke up, sat round in front of TV, fell asleep in hostel TV room - turns out I had become quite tired from all this walking and drinking. Awoke around 1500, walked a couple of blocks for tea. Called Jeff in New Jersey to arrange to visit (transport permitting - there is a train line but unsure of the Christmas schedule). Drank my tea and watched darkness fall over Broadway.
Back at the hostel, I discovered a couple of the lads from the night before (Doug, Martin), ready to head out looking for bars - we went down to 14th street in search of 'The Village Idiot', a place that sounded fun from their guidebook but turned out to be gone / closed for reconstruction when we actually got there... went into some bar on the corner of 14th St and 9th Ave... a little dressed up for our tastes... they charged me $7 for a beer, the other two only got charged $6 for the same :-(
After that, we walked some more, found 'Rhone' a quiet cocktail lounge. We commented that we probably weren't dressed appropriately, but the bouncer insisted that we were quite welcome. Mojito, $10. Yum.
We headed further south and found 'Ruby Fruit', a quieter, less pretentious bar. As we entered, the barmaid informed us that she had just called last orders but that we could still have a beer. We did. By the time that round was finished, the barmaid had changed her mind and was prepared to serve us another round. And then another. And them some tequilla. We put money in the jukebox. Customers gradually drifted away until left were the three of us, a couple of girls and the barmaid's boyfriend. A fun cozy way to end Christmas. Eventually the girls wandered off and the barmaid quipped that she had never closed her bar with just four men at the bar, the place being a lesbian bar.
At 03h, we tried to go to 'Spice Market', which we'd seen on the way down but it was all closed up (as was, it seemed, everywhere else in the area) so we gave up and headed back uptown.
Back at the hostel, I discovered a couple of the lads from the night before (Doug, Martin), ready to head out looking for bars - we went down to 14th street in search of 'The Village Idiot', a place that sounded fun from their guidebook but turned out to be gone / closed for reconstruction when we actually got there... went into some bar on the corner of 14th St and 9th Ave... a little dressed up for our tastes... they charged me $7 for a beer, the other two only got charged $6 for the same :-(
After that, we walked some more, found 'Rhone' a quiet cocktail lounge. We commented that we probably weren't dressed appropriately, but the bouncer insisted that we were quite welcome. Mojito, $10. Yum.
We headed further south and found 'Ruby Fruit', a quieter, less pretentious bar. As we entered, the barmaid informed us that she had just called last orders but that we could still have a beer. We did. By the time that round was finished, the barmaid had changed her mind and was prepared to serve us another round. And then another. And them some tequilla. We put money in the jukebox. Customers gradually drifted away until left were the three of us, a couple of girls and the barmaid's boyfriend. A fun cozy way to end Christmas. Eventually the girls wandered off and the barmaid quipped that she had never closed her bar with just four men at the bar, the place being a lesbian bar.
At 03h, we tried to go to 'Spice Market', which we'd seen on the way down but it was all closed up (as was, it seemed, everywhere else in the area) so we gave up and headed back uptown.
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