Party weekend

Kenn and I will be heading to Cancun this week for my company's annual strategy meeting. Yes, what a nice free trip! It's a long way for a short time but it will be worth it! So this weekend, we decided not to go snowboarding or anything and stay in town. We went out for pizza on Friday night and then tested out a few local bars. One place Kenn wanted to try out near our apt cause it had a sign saying it was like a hip hop bar rejected us. We're not exactly sure what happened, it was early and there was absolutely no one in there. The bartender or owner or whoever said some stuff in Japanese when we went in, then turned away and ignored us. So we just left.

We also checked out a random place on the 5th floor of a building that had a sign outside saying it had happy hour until midnight. It was a really small bar and we couldn't figure out exactly what the deal was - if it was a front for something else or what. Seemed like there were these 2 women in there who might have been escorts but it was hard to tell. Anyway, other than that the bar was normal so we stayed for a couple cheap drinks.

Then we tried some reggae bar but it was pretty dead. Stayed for a few drinks there too before deciding to get some more pizza. But at this place we tried for pizza, we saw roaches so ran out of there without eating our slices. Gross!

Saturday was spent on the couch. We watched the first disc of Arrested Development. I gave the show another try and found I actually do like it. It's subtle dry humor but really a funny show. Saturday night we were invited to Lauren and Sara's friend's birthday dinner. One of their coworkers who turned just 24! Ouch, I feel old. Dinner was great though - we went to this Portugese Restaurant. There's a pic on the site of these cheese ball things- boy, were those good!

Kenn really wanted to try this club where a famous house dj, Kevin Yost, was spinning. The club is called Yellow, one of the popular house clubs in Tokyo. Here's a description/review I found of it:
Club Yellow is simply the club where all the biggest pure house djs in the world and in Japan dream to play. It is a symbol of the Tokyo nightlife and a place devoted to music and just music. The club itself is not big with a capacity of 800 people and honestly its not gorgeous on the decoration side or on the lighting side but what make Club Yellow so unique its the at-home feeling and the amazing sound system. Anyway all the biggest house djs are playing or have played there and if you are into house music, well nothing cant beat yellow in Japan; thats simply the place to be.

We convinced most of the group to go with us and had a great time. It's been a long time since I've been to a club that was so fun. The music was great, the vibe was amazing. I don't know if you can find a vibe like that in NYC anymore. We had a couple of drinks but I was completely sober and we stayed out super late (or early depending on how you look at it). One of the best parts for me was standing up by the dj booth watching the DJ watch the crowd go wild. It must be fun to be a dj at a Tokyo club. We of course went for ramen afterwards. They have some seriously good ramen here!

Needless to say, Sunday was more couchtime with more Arrested Development. It was nice not having a hangover though. We also tried to watch 40 Year Old Virgin but the DVD player didn't allow it (burned copy). I watched that latest episode of Grey's Anatomy - wow the ending - what a surprise!

Perhaps this was a boring post, but it was a fun weekend! :)