As I mentioned, I’ve been taking bikram yoga classes. As a result, I am frequently running around NYC with a yoga mat in tow (mat rental is $5 at the studio, no way I’m not bringing my own mat!). It’s come with me to all sorts of places since my schedule, even on weekends, is such that I’m always running from one activity straight to the other. Oftentimes this activity is work, which is gross. But whatever.
On Friday, I went to work, and then went from work to yoga. And then I went from yoga to Irish Exit, where I am proud to say that I have officially started a long chain of friends and friends-of-friends all having discounted happy hours on Thursday and Friday nights (I had the first happy hour, and everyone at my happy hour signed up to “win” – everyone wins at some point – another happy hour. And so the chain continues, especially because you can sign up as many times as you want and keep having happy hours). Irish Exit is slowly becoming my third home.
Anyway, I walked in to happy hour about an hour late. My friend asked if I had ended up going to yoga, and I showed him my yoga mat happily slung over my shoulder.
“Look at you, you’re so New York.”
For some reason that I can’t really articulate, I feel like this IS so New York. It’s not that people don’t do yoga or go to happy hour other places, but somehow walking into a bar with a yoga mat and promptly downing some shots of Jameson just seems like a really New York thing to do.
Unrelated – I learned from the bartender on Friday that if you take a shot of Jameson (or..anything) and then follow it up with a shot of pickle juice, it will completely neutralize the shot and leave you without any burning in the throat or other unpleasantness. I know, it sounds disgusting but TRY THIS SHIT IT IS AMAZING.
3 comments:
I miss the city. This was what I hated about living in a city - having to carry yoga mats & duffel bags with you to happy hour. I missed having a car. But now that I'm all suburban again? Oh, city. I miss you.
My dad drinks pickle juice martinis - weirdest shit ever if you ask me, but if it works, I won't argue. Sounds like you have a pretty fantastic deal there at Irish Exit. I wish a good bar in my neighborhood would do something that cool
Wow I would not have known about the Jameson and pickle juice thing. I guess I will be trying that this weekend.
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