Club-Hopping

Minnesota YAF Conference Diaries, Part 3

Towards the end of our first night in Minnesota, part of the group decided to have fun- stay out late and check out the Minnesota nightlife. Originally, I wasn't one of the excited ones about this adventure that had my friends so excited. Knowing that I, like many of the others, had just been in a car for around 9 hours, I was pretty exhausted. Unfortunally, I went along anyway. . . joined my friends on their adventures. Hey, I didn't want to be left out. Although I can't drink as a result of my epilepsy medication, I still wanted to try to enjoy the fun as much as possible- substituting any alcoholic beverages with a soda or two.
Dinner, which we had at the hotel, was all right; however, my friends didn't want to stay at our "boring" hotel more than we actually had to. I'd have to say that I'm glad we didn't stay at the hotel, especially since there was ABSOLUTELY nothing to do there at all. So. . . after the keynote speaker, my friends and I began our night exploration of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
It was a bit chilly and rainy, so we hopped into cabs to go to the various bars and clubs that Friday night. At one location, all of us could get in because we were all over 21-years-of-age- all, except for one person, and he juse ended up returning back to the hotel. Apparently, he felt left out.
At the first club our group visited, we just all got some food or drinks. While, my friends all got whine, beer, or other alcoholic drinks, I just enjoyed their company. I was still somewhat full from dinner earlier that evening. We then went to another bar, and my friends bought me two Cokes, which caused me to have to go to the bathroom quite a bit.
Our last stop was a nightclub, where all of my friends whent dancing. At this particular club, the accessibility was awefull. Again, I had to make a bathroom run due to the amount of soda I drank throughout the night. Luckily, I had two good friends who helped me navigate the stairs to and from where the bathroom was located. Although there was no railing on the stairs, I didn't fall down them- thank goodness!