Latest in the Bar and Club Tour

I went with my friend Calvin to one of (supposedly) best clubs in the city, Plush. It was underwhelming. The menu was expensive, even if we got in without cover, and the place was nearly empty. The only thing it has going for it was the really cool interior. We waited there until a little after 11 and the place felt deserted (there were seriously no more than 15-20 people there).

Then we left and went to what is now supposed to be one of the cool clubs in the city, Room18. This was a bitchin’ place. They had a good drink selection, cool interior, a trance area, a hip-hop area, and it actually had people inside. But, how do I say this, the vibe I got from the people was a little less than friendly or maybe haughty. Part of that could be the hip-hop section was too damn loud to hear anything much less talk to people (if I go back I’ll take a pen and paper since that will be easier instead of trying to talk over the music).

There seemed to be a ton of Canadians (Taiwanese-Canadians) there. In fact, there was one table full of attractive but less than friendly Canadians. I also met another Canadian dude. I was hitting on some girl towards the end of the night, well it turns out it was this dude’s girlfriend. But no worries, he lived in Vancouver and we Northwesterners tend to get along.

The other highlight to the night was the 1.5 fights that took place. For the first one, I was wisely moved out of the way by Calvin and we were able to watch the action in one of the mirrors on the ceiling. Apparently there were just no bouncers around since these two Taiwanese dudes were just beating the shit out of each other and throwing some wild punches. The best part was a waiter tried to walk through with a big pitcher of ice—that ended poorly. The next 0.5 fight was one I was right next to. Some Taiwanese guy said something to a foreigner and they started posturing for a fight—but this time one of the waiters wisely grabbed a bouncer who pulled the two dudes apart.