The Kingdom

So there is this bar that is about a 40 min drive from my house called The Kingdom. When my friends and i were in our late teens we would go religiously every friday and continued to do so until our mid 20's. It did not matter if the weather was shit, we were hardcore and went in blizzards, i remember driving behind plows and salt trucks all the way home once, it took us 3 hours LOL. I guess the reason we loved it so much there is that it was very big and they played fantastic alternative music 102.1 The Edge live to air. So as we grew older we did not go as much. A few of us went about a year and a half ago and had a great time as usual. Now i recall being horrifically embarassed as we had not been in almost a year at that point and the bartender looked at me and handed me a Canadian ... the beer i always drank there and he just smiled.

So skip ahead another year and a half later to last night. Dawn, Dave and I decide to make the trek up there and party like we're 19 again. Well actually Dave bailed but he's forgiven, we're going to the Mandarin next week :) So Dawn and I made the trek up there. We arrived fairly early because parking was always a terrible issue. We grabbed a couple of beers and sat down at a table. We then proceeded to laugh and smile and sing along both very excited to be back in our element. It felt great. We continued on the evening pointing out TYB's and i must say mine was quite the dancer. Larger fellow but man could he move and i'm being serious i loved the way he just let go on the dance floor it was great he reminded us of the Cosmic Dancer but better...anyone in our Gord's days will get that reference. Yes of course there were younger kids there, but i didn't feel exceptionally old or anything, though a lot of the guys were really quite tiny and short. It also occured to us that in the past year and a half it has turned into a big make-out bar...everywhere we turned people were getting down and dirty which i don't recall seeing in my previous years there.

We had a fantastic time and danced the night away. I'm sure we will be making the trek up there again sometime soon. And guess who i saw there....yes indeed....the same bartender i've been seeing there for years....and yes he smiled and asked me how i was doing and handed me a canadian, shameful i am.

By the way i purchased the school supplies for a child in Laos as my gift :)