I'll throw out some dates and places; you all tell me what you think about them..  

Friday September 18 or Saturday September 19, 2009

Friday September 25 or Saturday September 26, 2009

Here are my haunts:

The Mercury

Pluses:

• my favorite music to dance to (goth, industrial, some old wave),
• the bartenders pour heavy,
• the people-watching is awesome
  

Minuses:

• It's a members-only club so folks are allowed to smoke inside the club,
• I can only bring in a maximum of 3 people under my membership, max. However, as a workaround, I will try to contact some of my club friends to have them bring in 3 of you each, depending on the size of the crowd. They'll do it;  
  it just takes some coordinating.
  
  

Neighbour's Underground -- Saturdays is goth/industrial night, called Club V

Pluses:

• not members-only, so it's a non-smoking joint,
• similar music to Mercury, just not quite as rough-edged.
• It's close to the Mercury, so we could hop back and forth.
• Run by legendary drag queen Roxy.
• Dj is sometimes Paul Allenkoff from c89.5's Sunday evening 'on the edge' radio show.
  
  Minuses:
• I can't really think of any..

Re-Bar .. rebarseattle.com -- check out the calendar

Pluses:

• it's a totally different kind of club.
• music tends to be trip-hop, or jungle house -- just checked the website..
  • 9/18/09 -- TROUBLE DISCO 10p - 2a
  • 9/19/09 -- CHERRY [a new night] 10p - 2a
  • 9/25/09 -- DEVIOUS DECADENCE [burlesque & bands] 10p - 2a
  • 9/26/09 -- CHERRY 10p - 2a
• There's a real big mixture of folks.. A nice mixture, too.. Very friendly, but not weird friendly..
• there have been impromptu dance-offs in the middle of a dj set.
  

Minuses:

• quality of music can be hit and miss.
• sometimes doesn't get hoppin' right away.. Unpredictable.
  
  

noc noc .. clubnocnoc.com

Pluses:

• similar music as the merc & neighbour's underground,
• not members only, so it's non-smoking,
• good mix of people,
• good for people watching,
• it's downtown (convenient for Belltown clubs)
  

Minuses:

• smallish dance floor,
• it's downtown (riff-raff)
  

Keep in mind, these are not fancy clubs. I go there to dance, not to enjoy fancy fixtures.. It ain't ballroom dance, it's club dance.

All that said, if you frequent any places you'd like to submit for consideration, post 'em here.. we'll get it all figured out & HAVE SOME FUN!

George!

I cannot believe you posted all of that! Too bad I never go to Seattle!

I will think of some T-Town stuff and I am really tripping that you said Bowling Night. We should start our own geriatric league. Teresa can design our shirts!

Hurry back from England!

Well, you know.. I just want people to be making an informed decision about they're prospective dance destination may be. 

The most difficult part was the formatting. 

Anyway, having a jolly old time in Old England. The father in law is great -- helping out with all the translations. You'd think since we all speak the same language it'd be easy to communicate. It's the cadence and different definitions that make it difficult.

Anyway, having a blast here. Enjoying the sights & the people. They're all very polite here, even when you can tell that they don't want to be. ; )

'K. Signing off.. going off to grab a bite & a pint!

-- geo

ha ha! George, Liam was just saying that, there are many words from England that do not match ours.  LIke I think the word for car trunk is banger!  what!  for irritating it is "bird" and we all know that "bloody" is a bad word just like "shag" !  so, funny that you are learning about those.  Perhaps we should test our vocabulary from Europe, at one of the dance locations suggested?  So glad you had a wonderful trip!  tell me all about it when we meet for the photo books!  yes one more thing to do! 

Actually, the trunk is the boot, the hood is the bonnet. I only heard bird in reference to women, as in when I asked the bartender in St Ive's about Pimm's. He said he wouldn't serve it to me because it's a bird drink.

Yep, I had a blast! I think I could easily live there. The pub-goers were fun.. I loved when they figured out that I am American, which happened the second after I said my first few words. 

At the Dolphin, also in St Ive's, I walked up to order. After I placed the order, the woman taking it asked where in America I am from. Of course I had to say "what makes you think I'm from America?" which got a laugh. She said "Well, it's not from the accent you don't have."

Good times! I walked a ton! One day I walked for hours and miles, finding myself in Earl's Court, eating and drinking. I took the tube back [that's the subway, called the Underground]. 

Another night, I walked down the street my hotel is on for about five blocks, took a left & found myself right back in Earl's Court! I thought I walked tens of miles!! Cracked me up!!

Anyway, it's also good to be back home. It was great to see Scott at the airport when he picked me up & Tonka was excited to see me when we got home; he likes to have the pack together again.

Lots & lots of pictures are up on my facebook account, so if you haven't seen them, check it out!