going to the bar by yourself

neuroboy · **Posted:** Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:48 am

beachy Wrote:

Go, you'd be surprised how often people got out alone, its a good way to meet people (i.e. girls) outside of your circle, too.

i agree, as long as you're not afraid to start conversations with strangers it can be fun--however, it's harder to do if you go to a really scenster place.

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cmanhatan4 Wrote:

the only time i do this is for a big soccer match here that none of the americans i know are interested in. but in that case the bar is packed and everybody is there for the same reason, so it's a much more comfortable environment

do this all the time

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Used to go solo every week, but I was going to play billiards--there just happened to be a bar there as well.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:27 pm

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

The closest I've come to doing this was being pretty sure a friend was going to be there and knowing the bartender.

long gone · **Joined:** Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:53 pm **Posts:** 3262

Er why not. If you fancy a beer and dont want to sit at home.

Promethium · **Posted:** Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:19 am

I go by myself all the time, but I know most of the bartenders where I go and always run into someone I can at least converse with for little bits of time.
When I first moved to Lincoln, I went out with old high school friends to the shittiest frat/preppy bars, so when I started going to shows or the more indie bars, I had to go alone and meet people.
It was the best way of running into people I hadn't seen in years and meeting a bunch of indie musicians.

andyfest · **Posted:** Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:58 am

Wow, I can't believe how many people haven't done this. I enjoy stopping and getting a drink by myself once in a while. I usually only stay an hour or less unless theres a good game on or something but I do enjoy it.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

red Wrote:

Bring a book or magazine. It looks sort of silly, but at least you have something to keep you occupied. I got through "The Screwtape Letters" at a punk bar over the course of a few nights.

yeah, I've done this several times.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:05 am

My friends discourage it, but I've done it a time or two before.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

also i'm never drinking again. I'm an idiot for having the weekend I just did when I've got this damned vegas bachelor party coming up.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:30 am

andyfest Wrote:

Wow, I can't believe how many people haven't done this. I enjoy stopping and getting a drink by myself once in a while. I usually only stay an hour or less unless theres a good game on or something but I do enjoy it.

Second'd... But, when I do this, I do it up in the style of my homestay family's patriarch. I leave the bar after five or six pints in an hour's time, smelling as though I had bathed in beer.

If only I could this, here, with Bergenbier and/or Ciuc, or, even, Timisoreana. But, no....

Also, the reading idea is a good one. Though, I tend to read magazines -- Atlantic, Harper's -- at the bar.

shiv · **Posted:** Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:06 pm

the redworm Wrote:

also i'm never drinking again.

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

pumachik Wrote:

nope. unless you're meeting someone there. at least for me... but tonight i went to a "mega-club" in la by myself, but i was meeting someone there because i was at the kings hockey game before so i had to meet after the game.

which megaclub?

saint · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:28 pm **Posts:** 4271

the redworm Wrote:

red Wrote:

Bring a book or magazine. It looks sort of silly, but at least you have something to keep you occupied. I got through "The Screwtape Letters" at a punk bar over the course of a few nights.

yeah, I've done this several times.

me too.

Buck_Wild · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:28 am **Posts:** 232

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:48 am

The bar with my favorite bartender is close for more than a month.

I'm thinking about showing up at his house alone.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

could not do this after about 6pm.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:03 pm

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

The bar with my favorite bartender is close for more than a month.

I'm thinking about showing up at his house alone. With nothing but a silk robe on.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:11 pm

knoblauch, p.i. Wrote:

SpontaneousPoet Wrote:

The bar with my favorite bartender is closed for more than a month.

I'm thinking about showing up at his house alone. With nothing but a silk robe on.

He gives me free alcohol and mixes. Dude rocks my world.

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