{"id":26870,"date":"2017-02-08T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=26870"},"modified":"2017-02-08T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T17:00:05","slug":"nightlifeparty-birds-and-bees-bar-opening-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/nightlifeparty-birds-and-bees-bar-opening-party\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGHTLIFE\/PARTY: BIRDS AND BEES BAR OPENING PARTY"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIRDS AND BEES BAR OPENING PARTY<\/h1>\n

I\u2019m sure that many of you already know that I don’t drink. That\u2019s not out of a danger situation; it\u2019s because I absolutely detest the taste of alcohol! (I know\u2014I\u2019m blessed, right?!) But, I\u2019m not against being in a happening bar for a soiree.<\/p>\n

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The alley leading to the entrance, which is marked by that yellow door. Photo by Karen Salkin, as is the big one at the top of the page.<\/p><\/div>\n

So, that’s just what my friend, Alice, and I did recently for the opening of the hidden-in-downtown-LA Birds and Bees. Half the fun is getting there! I always love a \u201cJoe sent me\u201d kind of vibe.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s located at the very end of a huge parking lot downtown, downstairs, through a sort-of tunnel. The weird thing is that, despite the espionage to get there, it\u2019s really attractive inside! I never got to the bottom of what was there before, but it must have been something nice because this place is far from the dive I was expecting! There are couches and other tables, including some high-tops. There are tons of long windows, (but don’t sit near one if it\u2019s cold out. Alice and I were freezing! She was even eating and drinking with gloves<\/em> on!)<\/p>\n

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A waitress serivng an alcoholic punch. Photo by Alice Farinas.<\/p><\/div>\n

I don\u2019t know who will frequent Birds and Bees during normal business hours, but the opening night crowd was attractive and even nicely-dressed! The servers were dressed-up, as well, but instead of the little black dresses you usually see in cocktail lounges, they were attired in weird flowered dresses and red lipstick. I guess it was supposed to be an homage to some throwback era, but not one I recognized. Still, they looked nice. And were<\/em> nice, which is of the most<\/em> importance to me!<\/p>\n

I can’t tell you about the actual cocktails because we didn\u2019t have any, but everyone else seemed happy enough.<\/p>\n

And this bar is smart enough to know how irresponsible it is to allow people to drink with nothing in their stomachs to soak it up! (Since I<\/em> don\u2019t drink, I never even realized the danger people were in with no food at all in the hip-hop clubs I was in charge of back in the day! We always went to \u201cbreakfast\u201d when the clubs closed, but in the meantime, at least three hundred people a night were driving in the middle of the night after drinking for several hours, with no snacks even!!! How crazy was that<\/em>?!)<\/p>\n

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A colorful veggie platter. Just look at that purple and green cauliflower!!! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

So, to prevent a repeat of those days, the party provided trays of vegetables and cheeses, bowls of popcorn, and a few other assorted snacks, like nuts, breadsticks, and yummy poundcake. I could have used some real<\/em> food at the dinner hours of the fete, but I\u2019m sure my body was happy that all I consumed for the night was veggies and nuts. And ever-precious water<\/em>! (Okay, okay–I did<\/em> sneak a bite of the poundcake.)<\/p>\n

I was told that, since they don\u2019t have a kitchen, there will never<\/em> be any fare of substance there, but that there will always be some fun snacks, such as the delicious popcorn we sampled that night, Chex cereal mix, and even a nightly special cake<\/em>! Good enough. I think most people will go to Birds and Bees mainly to meet and mingle; you can always go out to eat at one of the many downtown eateries before or after.<\/p>\n

So, go have fun; just please drink responsibly (if there\u2019s even such a thing.) And if there\u2019s a guard at the yellow entrance door, just tell him, \u201cKaren<\/em> sent me,\u201d instead of \u201cJoe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BIRDS AND BEES BAR OPENING PARTY I\u2019m sure that many of you already know that I don’t drink. That\u2019s not out of a danger situation; it\u2019s because I absolutely detest the taste of alcohol! (I know\u2014I\u2019m blessed, right?!) But, I\u2019m not against being in a happening bar for a soiree. So, that’s just what my<\/p>\n

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