with Shecky's 'Girls Night Out' event. Crak had gone to it back in October & made it sound sooooooooooooo good that I wanted to go, too. I saw in February that it was being held in mid-March & asked her & KDP if they wanted to attend. The three of us got tickets, made travel plans, and met in Penn. My ride in was uneventful, but I must point out that too many people use the lavatories provided by the LIRR to suite my needs. That door open & closed so many times! I felt as if I had some bacteria crawling on me...........ew!
We met & headed off to catch the two subways 'downtown'. We jetted across the street on W. 4th and into the Puck Building. Showing i.d.s (because this is a 21 & over event only) we got our tickets at the door and turned to enter. Standing at the entrance to what was promising to be a fun night out (on a Thursday no less) were a couple of male models holding trays of alcohol. Oh my! Its already a little slice of heaven & I am not fully in the event! I grabbed some fruity finlandia vodka concoction & began to sip. Crak said that there were two floors to explore & recommended that we head on up to the other first. That's where we'd be able to pick up our goody bags as well. (Side note--Crak & I learned at the rooftop party back in August to grab your bag & lug it with you all night. Otherwise you may not get what you paid for.......as in not get one at all.)
KDP & I had already finished our vodka elixers on the ride up & were ready for an Amarula on ice, provided by more cutie models. Gay? Probably. But they were still good looking. We made our way around the second floor & I found an adorable necklace & some eye shadow that I wanted. I waited on the necklace but pounced on the shadow, as the one I wanted had only that one left in stock.
We headed back down to the first floor where KDP & I saw a line for fondue. I was hungry & could count on her to want something, too. So we hopped on a line for some fruit & sweets dipped (by us) in a vanilla champagne mixture. So so good. We met up with Crak, who was perched at a table on her phone harassing someone that I had just spilled info about (while sober) and then was on with another hottie that she has kindled flames for--just a bit.
It was then on to the main room on the first floor where the crowd was going strong. Some guy (Crak knows who he was.......) that goes by the name of MIG from 'INXS I Wanna Be A Rock Star' was performing as we passed by. We wound our way through tables & aisles there and KDP & I found more necklaces that we liked. UGH.....decisions decisions. We then decided to stand near the bar & have more of those wonderful berry drinks.........mmmmmmmmmmmm............and chat about how guys suck & why do we lend them money. Or was that upstairs still semi-sober? I don't recall but it was a covnersation. Anyway, while conversing, there was cute bartender who, every time I looked up, he was testing the latest batch of berry fizzy stuff he made & then would look over by us. Probably because I was watching him. Anyway, he waves me over & asks me why I was laughing. So I told him. I also pointed out that the last one we had was not so good. He asked if he made it. I said, honestly, no. So he made a batch and gave me a sip to test & then filled my glass.
Crak has 2 of my business cards to hand out to cute guys .....we call them the "Hottie Danny" stash.....so that events like the Porkys incident do not happen again. She gave one to KDP who went up , found out his name, found out he was signel, and then gave him my card. I will get her for this.
Eight drinks later and not being able to pick up my stuff off the floor very well, we had to head back up to check out the necklaces one more time for KDP to make a decision. She decided on the one that was right near where we had been drinking on the first floor. Crap! Back on to a line for an elevator. While we were being ushered down the hallway, I saw two security guards with some kind of sandwich wrap & asked one if he was going to eat both halves. He smiled & didn't know how to react & then his friend said he was holding the guy's other wrap & that he won't share with his friend. So I guess I wasn't getting any either.
Well, the elevators filled up & we were escorted around to a third elevator. Oooooooo! One of those old-fashioned ones with a real operator & a lever, not just buttons to push. Keep in mind I have 8 drinks in me & saw a stool in the elevator & exclaimed "oh! A Stool! I can sit down!" To which, Crak & some random girl (who did not find me amusing......but I didn't care) said "That's for the elevator operator." well, duh. But I didn't see the operator, so there.
I then said how cool that would be to operate the elevator. He heard me & offered me the controls. I declined and said "Thank you, but that's okay". Well, somewhere between he 3rd & 4th floor of our 7 floor ride, he stops the elevator & says "Go ahead. You push the level. " And he was not going to operate the thing. So I got to take us down to the first floor! I am so cool now because I operated the elevator. How many random people get to do that?
We left the Puck Building and ended up looking around for the correct subway entrance in the freezing rain. Yuck! We had to take 3 subways to get back to Penn. On the one that crosses from Grand Central to 7th Ave, Crak offers us gum. Two older gentlemen see this & stick their hands out for a piece. They then break into a story about how they went in to a charity event for children & the one guy started the evening with hair & decided to shave it off for the 'children's sake'. He then leaned in & had Crak & me rubbing his newly shaved head. Interesting.
We made it back to Penn & KDP & Crak scurried off to catch their train, while I had a bit of a wait. No problem. I made it home a bit after midnight sobered up & safe.
Three adventurous women + unlimited, good-tasting alcoholic drinks + shopping in NYC on a random Thursday night=priceless.
