Girls, Friends for life (or at least an evening)
One of my favorite things to do on the weekend is to hang out with the girls - even better to make new girlfriends that you have a blast with. After all, one can never have too many friends. So on Saturday night I headed out for a pub crawl with my friend Nic and some of her girlfriends. The plan was to bar hop between as many restaurants and bars in Shirlington as we could manage to get to, but not to leave any place until we were bored being there.
We started the night at Bungalow Billiards. We ate greasy bar food, drank beer and made fun of the fact that the female serving staff was working in their pajamas on Valentines Day - what's with that???? Lets just say there were LOTS of examples of things that people - women - should NEVER wear out in public so we had TONS of ammo for making snide comments.
When we got tired of making fun of people and drinking beer we moved on to Ping where we ordered more 'girlie', 'fruity' drinks rather than beer (see pic). Two of the girls had left from Bungalow to see a play at the Shirlington Theater and rejoined us at Ping before we all headed to Guapos where we managed to keep ourselves entertained for the rest of the evening. They actually had to KICK us out so they could close.
I can't speak for being in a group of guys (although I am sure it's a similar experience) but there is nothing better than hanging out with a group of girls you get along with really well. Everything is entertaining, your new friend sucking helium from one of the floating heart balloons and quoting lines from the Princess Bride, turning your massive margarita into a 'spider drink' and sharing with the girls at the table, texting random people from the bar with strange messages about the events of the evening. And while you are not explicitly ignoring the rest of the room they do tend to fade into the background. You don't notice the group of Latino boys sitting at the next table who want to come over but can't find a way to break into the laughter and conversation. You miss the couple sitting at the table behind you until they start laughing at the helium induced impression of "Inigo Montoya". You don't pay attention when the server comes over and leaves the bill telling you all they are closing and it's time for you to go.
A night with the girls is the ultimate remedy to a bad day, a lonely weekend or a series of not so great news. Good girlfriends know all there is know about you and like you anyway. Great girlfriends know exactly what to do to cheer you up and even if you don't know each other, you can bet we'll all be friends by the end of the night.
We started the night at Bungalow Billiards. We ate greasy bar food, drank beer and made fun of the fact that the female serving staff was working in their pajamas on Valentines Day - what's with that???? Lets just say there were LOTS of examples of things that people - women - should NEVER wear out in public so we had TONS of ammo for making snide comments.
When we got tired of making fun of people and drinking beer we moved on to Ping where we ordered more 'girlie', 'fruity' drinks rather than beer (see pic). Two of the girls had left from Bungalow to see a play at the Shirlington Theater and rejoined us at Ping before we all headed to Guapos where we managed to keep ourselves entertained for the rest of the evening. They actually had to KICK us out so they could close.
I can't speak for being in a group of guys (although I am sure it's a similar experience) but there is nothing better than hanging out with a group of girls you get along with really well. Everything is entertaining, your new friend sucking helium from one of the floating heart balloons and quoting lines from the Princess Bride, turning your massive margarita into a 'spider drink' and sharing with the girls at the table, texting random people from the bar with strange messages about the events of the evening. And while you are not explicitly ignoring the rest of the room they do tend to fade into the background. You don't notice the group of Latino boys sitting at the next table who want to come over but can't find a way to break into the laughter and conversation. You miss the couple sitting at the table behind you until they start laughing at the helium induced impression of "Inigo Montoya". You don't pay attention when the server comes over and leaves the bill telling you all they are closing and it's time for you to go.
A night with the girls is the ultimate remedy to a bad day, a lonely weekend or a series of not so great news. Good girlfriends know all there is know about you and like you anyway. Great girlfriends know exactly what to do to cheer you up and even if you don't know each other, you can bet we'll all be friends by the end of the night.
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