"A lasingero's exploration of the Los Angeles bar culture. "

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Bar Hopping Series-Gone Daddy Gone, Contra Vida #2, More Tatts

Its like a bad detective novel. Bad like lousy. The dick doesn't get together with  the girl at the end of the story. The case is unsolvable just like life.

I'm at Karla's. Gabriella and Leti are here but no Emily. No Emily.
I snooze. I lose. Now the girl is Gone Daddy Gone. Emily sounds like Memoria.

I jump on the Metro towards the Cave. I get off at the Highland station with a homely looking middle age girl. The smell of the Bhudda is in the air and I naturally comment, "Why does this place always smell like a medical marijuana dispensary?" Which gets a nervous laugh. Middle-age angster is from back east and just had dinner at her parent's house. I mumble something about going to church (my religion is drink and I'm going to worship at the Cave.) Middle-age angster takes my mumblings to mean I just came from church. I tell her I'm going for a drink. I tell her "just to be polite, would you like to join me?" She declines.

I meet Tony the Younger (the bouncer) and exchange greetings.  A jazz band is playing, a few of their friends are there to see them. I meet Contra Vida #2 at the bar. Contra Vida #2 and I will have no common ground in our conversation. But I still talk to her about meeting 2 mystics Friday night and my spell of bad luck. (I thought I had my car stolen.) which is not really bad luck. The bad luck is finding out I'm not impervious to alcoholic blackouts and not knowing what happened afterwards. But to Contra Vida #2 its not bad luck.

Contra Vida #2 leaves. I leave shortly after. Some guy is talking to Tony the Younger about trying to hit it with his ex-wife. I tell him, "Dude, save yourself the frustration." I jump on the bus and head towards The Black Boar.

The regulars are there. Dave The Bouncer. Brenda "Kitty" the bar keep. Adrian, San Francisco ex-pat bar fly.
 To me Brenda is a cyber punk, goth, tatted anime pixie with bubbly Joie de vivre. The closest representation would be Masamune Shirow's Seska.
Did I just over hear Brenda just broke up with her boyfriend and its over? Some barfly told Brenda the reason why he keeps coming back to the Black Boar is because of  Brenda's awesome breasts. Brenda replied, "They are pretty magical, aren't they?" I put my head down on the bar and had a laugh.



Saturday, October 27, 2012

Bar Hopping Series - The Bard , A Hybrid of Roseanna Roseannadanna/Lisa Loopner/Natalie Portman


 As I walk into the Hermosillo, I notice an attentive eye from a brunette who's talking to her older friend. However, I realize I don't have enough dinero in my wallet to entertain the both of them and dismiss the possibilities. I just order the Shakespeare stout. The other dark brews I notice on the wall menu are the Sublimely Self-Righteous (American Black Ale) and the Wee Heavy (as Scotch Ale). My taste buds can't wait to taste those ladies out.

After finishing the Bard, I walk over to Johnny's. I'm having the Big Black Bear Stout. The bartender's name is Tia whose giving me the Gilda Radner character feel along with a Natalie Portman vibe. I didn't like the Natalie Portman character in Garden State. The wannabe weird and trying to be so cute girl just didn't play well with me. Tia's husband (piercing light blue/grey eyes) and all tatted up  was at the bar, he works at Honda designing their prototypes and they were going to share some chickpeas for dinner.
On my last train to get home, I see this other good-looking bitch. She just had puppies or so the owner tells.

Bar Hopping Series-Book Donations, Buying Drinks for Two Underage Hotties and Getting Rick Rolled

,After the disappointment at Karla's, I took the Gold Line. At the Heritage Square and Cypress Station, the two nymphets noticed me and I noticed them. I played it cool and I got off at the Highland Park station. The two nymphets saw me getting off my stop, saw me switch directions and they definitely started to follow me. I ran quickly to the book booth to make my donations. I intentionally left them behind so I could drop off the books and take a piss at Follerrio's.


By the end of the evening, these were the books that were left.
After my piss at Follerio's, I remembered they were walking on the opposite side of Figueroa. So I walked back down towards Avenue 54. The two nymphets were waiting or pretending to wait for a bus. I started to walk up Avenue 54 toward Franklin High School. The two nymphets started to follow me again.  I asked the less buxom one, "You're not going to the same place I am are you?" We started to chit chat. I learned they're still underage. "Kimberly" is 19 years old. "Nicole" didn't give her age. I don't know why, but I got a feeling they were giving me aliases instead of their real names. Nicole wore a white blouse and had prettier facial features. Kimberly was more buxom and flaunted her ampleness with a pink colored string halter top. Both wore tight fitting jeans. Nicole said when she turned 21, she would celebrate in Vegas. I learned they live around Cypress Park. There isn't much going on in Cypress Park. I tell them there are 3 bars (actually 4 bars if you count the pool hall) on York Blvd and I'm drinking at the two places I've never been. They asked why I'm doing this alone. I told because I'm a rogue male. They didn't understand what the word rogue meant. I didn't bother to explain my sensibilities for the word in terms of being an elephant who is not with the herd but likes being apart. Nor did they understand the word penitentiary as I came to describe Franklin High School. I had to simplify and say jail. Yet both were adept at getting me to buy them 2 soft drinks and a bag of chips for $5.61 at the liquor store on Avenue 54 and York. Earlier on our walk I asked for their number. Kimberly gave me the number 944-5507. I didn't bother to add it to my cell phone because I thought it was fake. I asked them for their number again thinking they might give me the real thing. 944-5507 I wrote it on my moleskin.

The lyrics that later came to my mind to describe the two nymphets is "the female of the species is more deadly than the male."


Bar Hopping Series-Emily Where Are You?

I'm finally back in Karla's. I was hoping to see Emily. Gabriella and Leti were tending bar. Why is it I can't keep a good thing?

Say hello to my little friend. Halloween is a favorite holiday next to Christmas.