bean and i decided to be adventurous last night (read: she wanted to go meet a friend and i really wanted to stay home and do a crapload of stuff but caved in the end), and went to go meet her friend illissa at a bar. all the warning signs were there
1. it was on lincoln near fullerton
2. it was a thursday night
3. it had dollar bottles
4. and a cover charge
all this is bad enough, but we drove around for 30 mins just trying to find a parking spot, finally found one, were pissed about the cover charge and walked in just to feel like we were at a meat market. i hate the feeling of going into a bar where 75% of the clientele is hard up and gives you a prolonged look over like they are debating whether they should have the bratwurst or the buffalo wings.

needless to say, we got the hell out of dodge after 3/4 of a nasty ass Miller lite, walked to McDonald's and ate a 4 hour old apple pie.

there are plenty of times that i will be adventurous and try new things, but strange bars are not one of them. there should be an intense screening process: collecting demographics, foot traffic, cost effectiveness.