Roxilla

these lights will make you feel brand new

It really was meant to be a quiet night in, and I had full intentions of staying in. But somewhere after Coyote Ugly I started getting bored, and changed my mind. So I met some of the gang at Waiting Room, where we could head up to the roof – this is one of the coolest places to be in a Cape Town heatwave, literally. Then after a bit of booty shaking on the dancefloor it was off to Dubliner, then Neighbourhood and finally to Chrome.

For some reason we decided to walk home, seeing as how I live just a hill or three away it seemed like a good idea at the time. My feet have magically recovered from all the standing, dancing and then walking, and while I am feeling somewhat fragile, I’m not feeling too bad.

Highlights and thoughts from the evening…

1. Waiting Room DJ is annoying, seriously. So much cool music, but he couldn’t finish even one song and kept changing tracks half-way through, sucked.
2. Watching all the mayhem unfold on Long from the roof at Waiting Room was seriously awesome, been living in this city for about four years now and it never stops giving me the warm fuzzies!
3. Dubliner is still the best place for a proper good time, with good cheese, good vibes and endless cute tourists.
4. Neighourhood was kinda dull and forgettable. But it’s still one of the few place on Long that always has Patron in stock.
5. Chrome is pretty cool. First time there, loved the decor and the music, crowd a bit weird but all in all, not as bad as I thought it would be.
6. We walked on dodgy Upper Buitengracht Road and didn’t die. This is quite impressive, after living in this particular ghetto for over two years and seeing everything from shot people to goats in the abandoned lots I honestly didn’t think walking down this road in the early hours was possible.
7. Going out after 11pm makes so much sense. You don’t have to wait for things to pick up, it’s like instant party all the way.

I don’t know why I’m awake, mostly I think it has something to do with the heatwave in this city. The wind is pretty heavy too, I’m guessing there will be firetrucks roaring up my road soon to douse out inevitable fires of Signal Hill at some point today. I have all my work out of the way though, and all I have on the cards for today is chillax and Anaconda at 8pm tonight on etv.

Heatwave or not, today’s going to be a good good day.