So, the weekend before last, I was at this bar called Mad River on the Upper East Side and I filled out some survey/contest form and never thought about it again. Last week they called me to say that I won a free night at their bar. Me and another friend of mine could get in for free and drink for 2 hours and as many people as I could round up could do the same but for $5. Tonight was the night.
Larry had his army tank of an Expedition in the city and volunteered to give us a ride. It seemed like a good idea, but it ended up taking 1 hour to get there (dude, West Side Highway!!!) and we had to listen to the grumpy old men, Larry & Dennis, argue the entire time. Once we got there I was reminded again of what a cheap, frat party Mad River is. That place totally screws you on everything. After a couple drinks it didn’t really matter, it’s who you’re with and not where you are that matters.
We were talking about the Oscars and discussing CNN’s coverage of the war while it played on the bar TV, as Larry observed that “It’s a strange state of affairs when the best rapper is white, the best golfer is black, France thinks you’re arrogant, Germany won’t fight, and the tallest basketball player is Chinese.”
Afterwards, while Jeannette went to The Food Emporium for pizza topping Reeses, Mark, Dennis, Eleanor and I went and got slices at Pisa Pizza. This gravity-defying speghetti display is far-out after a few drinks. Nice reflection too..
4 responses so far ↓
1 DP // Mar 28, 2003 at 2:53 pm
I got in for free and I still think Mad River is a ripoff. Cheap beer in plastic cups, grumpy bartenders, and girls puking on the bar before 8pm on a Wednesday = crappy dive. I still had a good time, but there are definitely better places on the Upper East Side.
It also takes more than a few drinks to think that Reeses on pizza is not scary and wrong.
2 rachelle // Mar 31, 2003 at 1:45 pm
im glad i was in the restroom when that chick barfed on the bar.. and chocolate makes *everything* taste better.
3 DP // Mar 31, 2003 at 4:40 pm
Well, it would have been better for everyone involved if you had been at the bar ordering another round while that girl barfed in the restroom, but I guess things don’t always work out that way.
4 rachelle // Apr 4, 2003 at 2:08 pm
so.. now i m pretty sure that larry ripped that qote of from her.