August 15, 2005
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What do you have when you get 16 girls together? Girls Night Out!
We started off with dinner at Crocodile Cafe in Pasadena. Their salads are pretty decent. It was nice sitting outside on the patio.
Next we moved the party to Le Prive. This was my first time going to a korean club and it was definitely an interesting experience. We got a private room which came with a few bottles of Johnnie Walker, some beer, coke, water, and a fruit and food platter.
The shots
Our waiter, Romeo who is a really nice guy...sorry girls, he's already taken
Cheers
Where's my chaser? haha
The unique thing about korean clubbing is "booking". This is where a table of guys will tip the waiter to drag girls over to talk and take shots with them. After 6 or 7 shots though, Samantha and I decided to book some guys into our room for our single friends, LOL. The music is not that great, they tend to mix in a lot of slow songs in between hip hop. And it is a little pricey since you have to get a table or a room. Overall, I had a lot of fun but not sure if I would go k-clubbing again.
And of course, what night would be complete without a requisite stop at Hodori's for some late night grub. Got home at around 4:30am.
Saturday night I went to Spundae at Circus. They have expanded this club to make it even larger and the DJ's were really good. There were a lot of Burning Man type people that night dressed in costumes which was kind of neat. Got home around 2am and had 4 hours sleep before I had to get up to do a training hike.
The hike was to Mt. San Antonio (better known as Mt. Baldy) via the Bear Canyon/Baldy Village trail. It was 8 miles to the top (10,064 ft) with a 5800 feet elevation gain. Gorgeous views. We decided to hike down via the Baldy Notch trail which is only 4 miles and then after a hot dog and a beer we took the ski lift down. I'm a little sore now but hopefully I'll be ready for Mt. Whitney this coming weekend.
Some movie reviews:
The Skeleton Key: Pretty suspenseful with good acting. Interesting suprise twist at the end. 3.5/5 stars.
Four Brothers: Very violent but also humorous at points too. I thought Mark Wahlberg was pretty good in this film. 3.5/5 stars.
Comments (26)
lol romeo's been there since before it was called le prive.. a couple of my friends know him very well.. prive is mostly a chinese crowd now.. haha
and "a little pricey"? they musta went easy on you guys since it was a room full of girls.. i think our last bill there was about $1500 or so.. and that was for like 10 of us.. one of the few reasons why i hate ktown clubbing.. not enough return on investment
looks like you guys had fun though.
even more fun than a girls' night out is a girls' night out with one guy! puhahaha
oh i didn't know that was your first k-clubbing experience... =P lol... the reason why the slow songs are put on every so often is for booking... so people can chill and drink with each other without the blaring music... lol.. tooo funny... =) glad you girls had a good time.... next time you do a hike, let me know... i need to get back out there.... haven't gone is ages.... i get to pick up my mountain bike friday so we can go do that too... =)
dan...hahaha "not enough return on investment"..for real...but omg...16 girls..whoa..16 girls....omg..lol I was thinking about hitting spundae this weekend, but had another event to attend. crowd was ok?
REALLY? That's the first time at a Korean club? ...
Nice....
That's why I was hesitant to go, sorry girl. I'm so not into Korean clubbing because of the "interesting" experience it is from regular clubs
. Next time, we'll hook up for sure .
ryc: yes... Mr. Big ... over.
nice pics! booking huh? i never got to experience that before.
booking??? hmm...sounds like an escort service... haha. but cool! hiking at mt. baldy...i must take my mountain bike there.
i love girls night out...i think that even when I'm 65 and my whole body is sagging (hopefully not because my best friend is going to be a plastic surgeon)...I'll still be doing girls night out!...btw I've finally met your bf through xanga-he's surprised that there isn't this whole la xanga group....but could you imagine getting a whole bunch of la xangans together? sheesh, I don't there's a place big enough. I've run into a few before at clubs and such...I'm surprised I haven't run into you though.
prive was my first kclubbing experience...eh gotta try it at least once right?
GNO are the best...
looks like fun girl. i always get my restaurant referrals from your page. lol
damn, that's a lot of girls! haha, yes korean clubs are a different experience. and booking is just plain scary altogether.
that's a whole lotta girls, haha. glad u had fun
Damn! You are truly a rock star! Party, party, party and then a hike? Sheesh!
Spundae isn't what it used to be. =(
Wow you were able to get that many people together at one time? That would be impossible for me and my friends... *thumbs up
lol...i love me some jw black.
i miss LA
i'm up late in denmark packing.
any recommendations for berlin? i'm waiting for my buddy to arrive tomorrow with my time out: berlin book.
i always was curious about k-clubbing and booking!
oh, so nice to see simon!
i think i met him when i first started korean clubbing... 8-9 years ago! he was the nicest waiter ever and he never forgot a name, amazing! looks like you had great fun@
Thanks!
lol romeos still there hahaha
..is that emily? it is huh? what a small world!
romeo was our waiter years and years back too. is he still working there? wow. must pay well to be a waiter there.
That's a cramped weekend. You partied and then you went hiking, that's crazy.
They WERE good! hahaha I just finished a piece of cake
don't go to le prive, unless you want to meet loose women...
seems like you always go out and have fun. =D it's cool that you plan trips to go hiking/planning. =) good times!!!
le prive must've been sooo happy to have all you girls there! looks like lots of fun!!