Disappointed

Whew what a weekend! I am still recuperating, it did not go as planned but ended up having a good time regardless. Phil came up on Friday night and stayed over we had a movie night and attempted to get to sleep early. Saturday morning we got an early start and headed down to the city for the remainder of the weekend.

We were in Jersey in the early afternoon dropped our stuff off and headed for the path train to meet Phil’s mom for lunch. We ate at this wonderful little restaurant in Columbus circle and had a few drinks and some excellent food. After lunch, Phil and I headed over to Starbucks on Christopher for some coffee and relaxing, headed back over to Jersey to start getting ready for our night out at Club 57.

We left Jersey at around 10:20 and headed over to the club, we were on the VIP list since Phil is good friends with Tony (the DJ who was spinning that night). I have never seen so many people waiting in a line to get into a club before I immediately thought it was going to be a good night. We bypassed the line since we were on the list and were escorted inside immediately, got our bracelets, put our stuff down, and waited for everyone else to get in. At around twelve the place was so packed you could not move I could not even get to the bathroom without being elbowed by someone.

I still was hopeful and in good spirits since Lady Gaga was supposed to be arriving around two and putting on a “surprise” performance. At two they pushed everyone back in the VIP section and put up a rope to keep us from getting onto the stage, the excitement was unbelievable. Phil and I were right in the front against the rope we were thrilled, had the camera out, and ready to get pictures. Well, it was a black drag queen impersonating Lady Gaga and not Lady Gaga herself. Everyone was disappointed and annoyed to say the least since the club falsely advertised and said she was coming when they knew damn well she was not.

By this time, we were so annoyed and tired of being elbowed and smacked in the face because there were way too many people in the club to even move let alone dance, so we decided to leave at 3am. We headed back to Jersey and were settled in for the night and I ended up going home in the early afternoon.

Overall, it was not the weekend we had hoped for, but managed to make the best of it. We will never be going back to club 57 since it is horrible inside and poorly managed, definitely an experience but I am so glad to be home and relaxing finally.