culver outing: connor's in town.

sunday, sept 6th

lux bar
cedar hotel for 2 secs - walked out and continued to...
the hang up on elm

ok, so this took place last month... so behind... maybe i'll catch up this week... only a few to go...





me, the boot & connor before the vodka...

so my friend from high school, connor, was in town from dubai. he grew up in winnetka which is a northern suburb where my aunt and uncle live. he's a piece of work. and by piece of work, i cannot adequately do this guy justice in describing him. he's the sort of guy who feels entitled to just about everything, thinks he's god's gift to women, and is incredibly cocky. so in other words completely and totally undateable and yet a fun friend to have.

earlier in the night i went to a bbq over at sonny's. yum. and a bottle of wine later... the bbq wrapped and i headed to luxbar to meet up with connor, angie (another h.s. culver friend), her friend lindsey, and his friend kevin. eventually another one of their friends met up with us too. we sat outside until luxbar closed the patio and made us go inside. we drank wine. a lot of it.
can't remember this guy's name, connor, & kevin

lindsey (she had the same bag as me - great taste!), angie, and me

and then we decided to head out to the cedar hotel bar - but it was too crowded and outside wasn't open and we were not in the mood to hang out there since connor wanted to be the only douchy guy in the establishment (my commentary, not his!). anyways, we then headed to the hang up on elm in the rush st area. oh wow, now... this was fun! at least what i remember... here's what someone on city search had to say:

After 2am, it's a throbbing protoplasm of wall-to-wall people--scoping, jostling, gawking and working on their seventh nightcap. Order only what can be transferred directly from a tap or bottle in an arcing stream into your gullet--but don't even waste your time if you're not fond of raucous crowds. For meeting and greeting other attractive young people, or as your last stop before the drunk tank, it's ideal.

and someone else said:

This was a great way to end our night - cheap drinks, loud music, everyone just having a good time. The music upstairs was mainstream dance/rap, downstairs 80's and classics - what more could you ask for very very late on a Saturday night? Of course there are some creepy people there but mostly it's just a mix of younger and older having a good time. Open late so you know where to go to end the night.

kevin, connor, me, and angie

kevin held lindsey's bag for awhile...see? isn't her bag great?!

ohhhhhhhhh, drunkeness....

ummm... i hope we weren't part of the creepy crowd... haha, i don't think so. anyways, we were mostly downstairs and the music was so much fun! however, i kept being handed vodka drinks and well, wasted would be an understatement. connor decides to leave and i don't know how/why/what was said, but i left with him. it was just us. we went back to my house. oh, i think he was tired or something and since he was staying in the suburbs i told him he could crash at my house... so i gave him the spare set of keys i had. and then i somehow joined him. anyways, in the cab he tells me he's allergic to cats. i tell him to suck it up and i'd give him an allergy pill. then at one point i puked out the cab window. yep, sure did. oh lord. then we get to my house, connor orders pizza... tries to make me eat it, but it makes me sick. then he tries to make me drink water, only he gives me sparkling flavored water which i dont care for sober and that just made me sicker. he gave me my trash can and i sat on the edge of the bed feeling miserable. he kept trying to make me lie down but the room would spin and it was horrible. then i start to hear him wheeze, but i don't really hear it - it's kind of like it's there, but not really since i'm rather out of it... and i hear him call a cab, he says goodbye, i pass out at some point. i hear the next day that he had to go to the hospital b/c he couldn't breathe - he was at 30% oxygen levels!! whoops, guess he really is that allergic to otis!! most people just have semi allergies - like me... nothing like that! so all in all it was a super fun night, til the end of it... and the next day!!