Lesbians to Locals - A Park Slope Bar Hop

I think that Dan has finally learned his lesson when it comes to letting me choose what new "drinking hole" we are going to try next. The reason why I have to choose is to prevent the fight that usually ensues when Dan chooses the worst looking dive bar he can drag me into. Dan has a penchant for the types of bars that most people avoid...case in point, the Lithuanian Club back in Providence (http://www.rhodyrocks.com/2007/10/dive-bar-tour-of-providence.html).

So last night when we were walking past all kinds of trendy bars along 5th Ave., I was trying to scope out the most non-girly drink serving, neutrally hip bar I could. We stopped at a nifty little place with a cool...but not too cool exterior. We sat down at the bar and ordered 2 beers from a very nice older gentleman bartender. Then Dan realized he had no cash and had to walk out and find an ATM. This is when I had a moment to take it all in...the plasma TV playing the Democratic National Convention, the weathered walls and jukebox, the 2 lovely ladies seated next to me looking very cowgirl with neckerchiefs on, the other 2 ladies sitting next to them looking a little butch, the gay pride rainbow flag, the numerous Zagat's reviews on the wall next to me indicating that Ginger's Bar was in fact the BEST lesbian bar in Brooklyn...hell...all of New York City.

Dan returned to with money to this revelation and to his credit handled it pretty well, noting that it was really ME who had the least in common with everyone there, my not being interested in the female anatomy and all. So we sipped our beers next to a huge canister of ginger soaking in vodka and when we were done the bartender said "Thanks a lot, ladies" apologizing with a chuckle that it was a force of habit.

Having chosen poorly with Ginger's, we ended up at Jackie's Fifth Amendment on our next stop where we were served up 7 oz. bottles of Coors Light in fantastic stemmed glasses that I think will be featured in the Reed and Barton Crystal line for Spring. Of the many acoutrements that make Jackie's a definite stop on the Park Slope tour is the faux wood parquet bar top complete with uphoulstered edge in case you fall off your bar stool. As the photo shows, there's a clock in Jackie's for convenience...it wasn't 4:48 in the morning or afternoon but when you're at Jackie's time is irrelevant. We capped off the evening by scrounging up $1 to play Sweet Child of Mine on the jukebox and listened to the local flavor at the end of the bar.

It was a short hop, but an eventful one...proving that our quest for new hangouts in our new neighborhood will be an adventure for many weeks to come

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