last nite i headed in to chinatown area to a spot called the canal room. dj rekha spins there every friday, i think. the venue itself was pretty tight. spacious, a diverse crowd, not one of those the-spot-to-see-famous-folks-and-be-seen-at types where i tend to not feel free to be me : )
i ended up getting there close to midnight and stayed there until the wee hours of the morning - 4 am. insane, i know. i hadn't had a night like that in a long, long time though. probably last august when one of my friends had her bachelorette party in the city. i can't even remember if i've _really_ been dancing since then - so that means i probably haven't.
when i strolled in, i was stressin a bit b/c i didn't want to spend that much money but i knew i needed at least one drink to loosen up and the website said $10 cover. to top it off, as soon as i set foot into the spot i was informed that there was mandatory coat check, another $2. what's a gal to do? so i checked my coat in, pulled out a twenty and went to pay cover. the dude at the ticket counter was like - it's free right now. i headed into the club, a tad bit confused but psyched that i didn't have to part with my bill. (i did however break my cool cuz i turned around a smiled real big at him cuz i felt like i just won $10) haha. anyways. ended up spending a grand total of $15. $10 for a drink, $2 for coat check, and $3 in tips.
this leads me to another topic though cuz i 'm not really sure that i understand tipping etiquette for people in my income bracket. usually, when i order stuff at the bar - be it an actual drink or even water - i tip the bartender. and even when i pick up my coat at the end of the night. i may not have always done this, but i'm starting to think it's the right thing to do. sometimes i even tip the person who tends to the bathroom. in any case, i just noticed that folks don't always do that, and wondered if i was being extremely generous (cuz i really don't have THAT much money to spare either.....)
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Wowza, can't believe you had such a cray cray night. Meet anyone? ;) I got back from SEA around midnight on Fri night and am still battling this cold. Good news is I think it's almost over. I'm about 85% better now.
Saw Seattle - it was ok. I wasn't feeling great, as mentioned before, and wasn't really tasting my food that well so didn't hang around for long.
Re: tipping. I usually don't tip the bathroom people... not sure why, I guess I just don't feel they are necessary? Although that's a bad reason. I do tip bar tenders b/c it's what I see as kosher - even though, really, tipping for water... I guess it's just a cost of going out. tipping is kinda a weird thing - my parents tip 15% for good service (maybe 18, but never more) at a restaurant, they *always always* tip at hotels for the maid ($1/person per day usually!), and never tip the airport shuttle bus drivers. As a result, that was what I started doing. Sara is the opposite - her parents always tipped the shuttle drivers, never the hotel maids. Now I do both. Who knows?
hmmm. only 15% more to go. hopefully you slept soon after our chat.
i don't think i've ever really thought to tip the hotel maids. i've only done it when not in the u.s. (seeing as non-u.s. currency isn't that useful in the u.s.)
but what about tipping at places like dunkin donuts? or a bakery? places where you order food at the counter, may or may not sit down, and are expected to clean up after yourself?
agreed. who _does_ know?
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