Friday, October 10, 2008
NYSC- den of thieves or incompetent security?
You decide.... Last Saturday I went to the New York Sports Club on 14th st. the "nicer" one to take a class. While I was in my hour long class my cell phone, a red LG shine that I purchased in May, was stolen off my son's stroller! (He well generally not be involved in my adventures in Hoboken posts for obvious reasons.) The 14th street club has babysitting from 8-12 everyday. So I park my stroller between the babysitting room and the front desk, for those of you familiar with the club there is only a supply closet seperating the two areas, I parked the stroller next to 3 or 4 others right next to the supply closet. When I came back from my class, i gathered my son and started to leave. On my way out the door I realized my cell phone was not next to my keys in the drink tray. After frantically going through my bags and stroller it became quite apparent that my phone was stolen. I then returned to the club to report it. The employee of course did not believe it was stolen, and I had the manager Richard actually say to me, its missing, there is no proof it was stolen. I then inquired into security cameras in the club, the logical conclusion being that they would have at least one trained on the front desk which was less than 3 feet from my stroller. They told me they have no such cameras (so for any nefarious theieves reading this post- hint hint NO SECURITY CAMERAS AT NYSC!!!) I then had to walk to the police station to fill out a report (Hoboken Police claimed to not have anyone to send to the scene of the crime). Prior to leaving I asked the manager Richard if he could put a sign up about the missing phone or a flier at the front desk. He told me he would have to speak with his General Manager. I said thank you and left. I then called a few days later to ask whether the phone had been turned in in the intervening days and if he had put out a flier. He said there was no phone in the safe and then blatantly REFUSED to leave a flier saying, that he was not allowed to post any fliers anywhere in the club that did not pertain to the clubs activities. He also made sure that I knew that the club was not responsible for lost or stolen items- thanks buddy i figured that out already. Altho I wonder if the club is responsible for items stolen by its employees??? I mean who else would be back by the supply closet/front desk? Def. somethign to think on...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
GR part II
I heart cheap dollar beers- overcrowding and line cutting be damned! Plus I get there obscenely early- so I really never have a line problem. As to overcrowding, I get there early enough to get a table with my friends- GO DOLLAR BEERS! (and half price pizza!)
Sardine
Sardine
Meet Mitch
Hello all, I am Mitch. You have all met my trusty sidekick Sardine and now I would like to introduce myself - the brains of our operation. I am the Batman to her Robin, the Superman to her Lois Lane and the Brain to her Pinky (the cartoon, not the body parts).
First off, I would like you all to know that blogs are for tools. So if you are reading this, you are a tool. But since I am writing this, I am an even bigger tool. So let's begin:
There is really nothing more to write about Mikie Squared and East LA that Sardine hasn't already mentioned. Considering that the latter part of the East LA night is still a haze anyway, no loss there.
What I would like to mention is an appalling event that happened to me at Green Rock about one month ago. It is no secret that I am no fan of Green Rock. It is loud, overcrowded and one of the few Hoboken bars you may need to stand in line to get into - not fun when there are about 20 other wonderful bars within a 5-block radius that serve the same booze. But they have $1 beers all night on Tuesdays, and since Sardine and several of our friends were already there waiting for me, my friend Brutus and I decided to head down there and meet them after work.
When we arrived we expectedly encountered a pretty long line. Brutus and I got in line, but because of my moral opposition to standing in lines at Hoboken bars, I immideatelty texted Sardine telling her that if I was not inside in 10 minutes I was going somewhere else.
The line was moving slowly but consistantly. Several people had gotten in line behind us, including five typical Hoboken girls with overpainted faces and dashing boosomy outfits. We were approaching my 10-minute deadline but since the line was actually moving I decided to give it another 5-10 minutes. All of a sudden I saw one of the beefy bouncers--one of those who probably does nothing but downs musclemilk, works out and jerks off to Roadhouse all day--approach the five girls standing behind us, pull them out of line, and escort them into the bar ahead of the 10-15 guys standing in front of them.
Needless to say, I was furious! It's bad enough that practically all women drink for free at bars anyway, as poor schmucks all across the country spend hundreds of hard-earned dollars on drinks for a bunch of bleach-blond, fake-boobed barbie dolls just for 5 minutes of coversation. Now they have the privelage of getting into bars ahead of me too!? So we immediately got out of line and started walking away but not before I yelled obscenities in the direction of the bouncer about how horrible the bar is and how I will never, ever go back there again. Brutus and I then preceeded to Sullivan's where I let off my steam over 3 vodka tonics.
Moral of the story, if you want to wait in line to get into a loud, overcrowded Hoboken bar that is no better or worse than the other 50+ Hoboken bars, only to have chicks standing right behind you get in ahead of you, then after waiting 30 minutes having to push through a hoard of drunken people to get your tiny $1 beer and look at girls who are never going to go home with you anyway, Green Rock is your place. I prefer the deadly East LA margaritas.
First off, I would like you all to know that blogs are for tools. So if you are reading this, you are a tool. But since I am writing this, I am an even bigger tool. So let's begin:
There is really nothing more to write about Mikie Squared and East LA that Sardine hasn't already mentioned. Considering that the latter part of the East LA night is still a haze anyway, no loss there.
What I would like to mention is an appalling event that happened to me at Green Rock about one month ago. It is no secret that I am no fan of Green Rock. It is loud, overcrowded and one of the few Hoboken bars you may need to stand in line to get into - not fun when there are about 20 other wonderful bars within a 5-block radius that serve the same booze. But they have $1 beers all night on Tuesdays, and since Sardine and several of our friends were already there waiting for me, my friend Brutus and I decided to head down there and meet them after work.
When we arrived we expectedly encountered a pretty long line. Brutus and I got in line, but because of my moral opposition to standing in lines at Hoboken bars, I immideatelty texted Sardine telling her that if I was not inside in 10 minutes I was going somewhere else.
The line was moving slowly but consistantly. Several people had gotten in line behind us, including five typical Hoboken girls with overpainted faces and dashing boosomy outfits. We were approaching my 10-minute deadline but since the line was actually moving I decided to give it another 5-10 minutes. All of a sudden I saw one of the beefy bouncers--one of those who probably does nothing but downs musclemilk, works out and jerks off to Roadhouse all day--approach the five girls standing behind us, pull them out of line, and escort them into the bar ahead of the 10-15 guys standing in front of them.
Needless to say, I was furious! It's bad enough that practically all women drink for free at bars anyway, as poor schmucks all across the country spend hundreds of hard-earned dollars on drinks for a bunch of bleach-blond, fake-boobed barbie dolls just for 5 minutes of coversation. Now they have the privelage of getting into bars ahead of me too!? So we immediately got out of line and started walking away but not before I yelled obscenities in the direction of the bouncer about how horrible the bar is and how I will never, ever go back there again. Brutus and I then preceeded to Sullivan's where I let off my steam over 3 vodka tonics.
Moral of the story, if you want to wait in line to get into a loud, overcrowded Hoboken bar that is no better or worse than the other 50+ Hoboken bars, only to have chicks standing right behind you get in ahead of you, then after waiting 30 minutes having to push through a hoard of drunken people to get your tiny $1 beer and look at girls who are never going to go home with you anyway, Green Rock is your place. I prefer the deadly East LA margaritas.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Black bear on a friday night
So Friday night came around and I was laying down on my bed like a slug (probably bc mitch and I got wasted the night before at East La- seriously we split 1 large pitcher + 1 small pitcher of margaritas and an appetizer and were TANKED... Those margaritas are ridiculous, but i digress) thinking how all I was going to do was crawl under the covers (those parts of my body that were no already buried) and go to bed- BUT then my boys called to tell me they were at Black Bear. Now let me first mention how much i typically dislike black bear. First of all who wants to pay a cover to go to Black Bear? Second it is inevitably filled with random people, who are either not legal or not from Hoboken (coincidentally my boys are not from Hoboken) and finally even WITH the cover the crowd was gone by1am!
SO I get the call around 10:30pm to come join my friends and my first question is- is there cover? BC i am so not paying cover. After I am assured that they didn't pay any cover, I get up throw some clothes on and retouch up my make up and roll out. NOw I got to Black bear around 11:10- there was a small line, but nothing too serious- certainly not with Shannon or McSwiggans was facing that night- and so I hop in line. And SURE ENOUGH- As with every other time I have been there- the cover was $5. So EITHER my friends were lying or they don't charge cover til 11pm on the weekends. Whatev- it still wasn't worth it. I paid to get in (Thank GOD i didn't have to spend a shit load on buying my drinks.) and hung out, and then i look up around like 1am and the place is DESERTED like more empty then a monday morning.
I see this and thinking I can NOW convince my boys to ditch this place and head to somewhere more interesting i pipe up with lets go somewhere else. Oh why oh why would i open my big fat mouth? So its somebodys birthday- not anyoen I know apparently, but somebodys 21st birthday- and they all decide that we HAVE to go to Bahama Mamas.
I don't even have the energy to disect the disaster that is Bahama Mamas- so lets just say I flat out REFUSED to pay cover there and made one of the boys buy my way in. I then only stayed until another hour, until 2pm.
The moral of the story- stay clear of Washington bars between 2nd and 3rd. Oh oh and also on my walk home there was a HUGE incident outside Miles Squared (def. not hte kind of crowd you would expect to rumble?) but there was blood EVERYwhere outside... soooo maybe the place to be to get free entertainment was Miles Squared? Or maybe it was just the best place to get blood splattered all over your clothes... who knows, who cares
hope this helps you make an informed friday decision
SO I get the call around 10:30pm to come join my friends and my first question is- is there cover? BC i am so not paying cover. After I am assured that they didn't pay any cover, I get up throw some clothes on and retouch up my make up and roll out. NOw I got to Black bear around 11:10- there was a small line, but nothing too serious- certainly not with Shannon or McSwiggans was facing that night- and so I hop in line. And SURE ENOUGH- As with every other time I have been there- the cover was $5. So EITHER my friends were lying or they don't charge cover til 11pm on the weekends. Whatev- it still wasn't worth it. I paid to get in (Thank GOD i didn't have to spend a shit load on buying my drinks.) and hung out, and then i look up around like 1am and the place is DESERTED like more empty then a monday morning.
I see this and thinking I can NOW convince my boys to ditch this place and head to somewhere more interesting i pipe up with lets go somewhere else. Oh why oh why would i open my big fat mouth? So its somebodys birthday- not anyoen I know apparently, but somebodys 21st birthday- and they all decide that we HAVE to go to Bahama Mamas.
I don't even have the energy to disect the disaster that is Bahama Mamas- so lets just say I flat out REFUSED to pay cover there and made one of the boys buy my way in. I then only stayed until another hour, until 2pm.
The moral of the story- stay clear of Washington bars between 2nd and 3rd. Oh oh and also on my walk home there was a HUGE incident outside Miles Squared (def. not hte kind of crowd you would expect to rumble?) but there was blood EVERYwhere outside... soooo maybe the place to be to get free entertainment was Miles Squared? Or maybe it was just the best place to get blood splattered all over your clothes... who knows, who cares
hope this helps you make an informed friday decision
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday Trivia at Mikie Squared
So last night Mitch and I headed out to Mikey/Mikie Squared (its spelled differently dependign on the website) for their tuesday night trivia. Lets start with the logistics. Trivia starts at 8:30 pm and the happy hour includes 3$ yuengling, 5$ mango martini (the martini selection changes every week) and no food specials. As far as happy hour/Tuesday night specials this is one of the WORST in Hoboken. When I mentioned this (tactfully of course) to the bartender he replied rather snidely that it was bc they give out such good trivia prizes. And after a while i realized this remark was probably true. 1st place winner gets a $50 GC to their next Mikey Squared experience, 2nd place $30 bucks and 3rd place $20. Not bad prizes to just go and answer trivia all night.
So trivia starts, and I have to say I have played trivia in DC, NYC, school (I know I know I'm a dork) and I have NEVER played trivia liek this before. It was actually quite annoying. Usually when I play trivia in NYC (Joshua Tree on the West Side Tues. at 8) its 3 rounds of 10 questions, with a joker option (this means on any one round you can try to double your possible points by jokering)- this is standard trivia playing. Mikie squared did NOT play this way. They handed out little tiny slips of paper upon which you put your teram name, the answer and then you can choose whether you want that question to be worth 1, 3, or 5 points. There are 3 questions per round a 4 rounds. Now I say the trivia aspect was annoying- and it was, but then they gave out raffled off prizes in between the rounds. Which was actually a nice touch. One chick even walked out with an IPOD Shuffle - alas Mitch and I did not win --- IT WAS RIGGED - not that I'm bitter or anything : ). In fact Mitch and I did not win anything, we were a disaster. I answered all of two questions correctly, one was how many different characters does michael J fox pl,ay in the movie back to the future part II. (5) and the other was On saved by the bell what the name of the club that the gang gets into using fake IDs (the attic) - Which didn't even count for us bc it ended up being the tie breakign question between 1st and 2nd place. Even i realize how unbelievably pathetic that is, so I can't reaaaaally complain too too much about not winning anything.
At the end of the night we spent 60 bucks on the bill, for a plate of nachos, 5 well drinks, 2 yuenglings and 3 martinis. We had fun realizign how stupid we are, and we wihtout a doubt gather up a larger contigent next time for a chance to win... the raffle prizes.
PLEASE do not think you have a shot of winning the trivia portion of the evening unless you intend to cheat. BC as far as I could tell the top two winners from last night without a doubt cheated. 1st place handed in their answer for one of the questions AFTER the answer was announced. And I personally saw the 2nd place winners using their blackberrys. I'm not sure about 3rd place- perhaps they were honest but I somehow doubt it.
Stay tuned for more thoughts on Hoboken Bars!
So trivia starts, and I have to say I have played trivia in DC, NYC, school (I know I know I'm a dork) and I have NEVER played trivia liek this before. It was actually quite annoying. Usually when I play trivia in NYC (Joshua Tree on the West Side Tues. at 8) its 3 rounds of 10 questions, with a joker option (this means on any one round you can try to double your possible points by jokering)- this is standard trivia playing. Mikie squared did NOT play this way. They handed out little tiny slips of paper upon which you put your teram name, the answer and then you can choose whether you want that question to be worth 1, 3, or 5 points. There are 3 questions per round a 4 rounds. Now I say the trivia aspect was annoying- and it was, but then they gave out raffled off prizes in between the rounds. Which was actually a nice touch. One chick even walked out with an IPOD Shuffle - alas Mitch and I did not win --- IT WAS RIGGED - not that I'm bitter or anything : ). In fact Mitch and I did not win anything, we were a disaster. I answered all of two questions correctly, one was how many different characters does michael J fox pl,ay in the movie back to the future part II. (5) and the other was On saved by the bell what the name of the club that the gang gets into using fake IDs (the attic) - Which didn't even count for us bc it ended up being the tie breakign question between 1st and 2nd place. Even i realize how unbelievably pathetic that is, so I can't reaaaaally complain too too much about not winning anything.
At the end of the night we spent 60 bucks on the bill, for a plate of nachos, 5 well drinks, 2 yuenglings and 3 martinis. We had fun realizign how stupid we are, and we wihtout a doubt gather up a larger contigent next time for a chance to win... the raffle prizes.
PLEASE do not think you have a shot of winning the trivia portion of the evening unless you intend to cheat. BC as far as I could tell the top two winners from last night without a doubt cheated. 1st place handed in their answer for one of the questions AFTER the answer was announced. And I personally saw the 2nd place winners using their blackberrys. I'm not sure about 3rd place- perhaps they were honest but I somehow doubt it.
Stay tuned for more thoughts on Hoboken Bars!
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Welcome Welcome!
This blog is goign to be a narrative of me and my buddy Mitch's lives in Hoboken. It may be funny, it may be stupid, it will definately have spelling and grammar errors- either way enjoy! Also feel free to leave comments or questions (like whats the best bar on a tuesday, or where are the best wings) and we will try to address them...
Sardine
This blog is goign to be a narrative of me and my buddy Mitch's lives in Hoboken. It may be funny, it may be stupid, it will definately have spelling and grammar errors- either way enjoy! Also feel free to leave comments or questions (like whats the best bar on a tuesday, or where are the best wings) and we will try to address them...
Sardine
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