erotica_n_s
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I’ve been teetotal so far…
More recently, I’ve decided – maybe I should start sampling alcoholic beverages…
Not with the intention of ever getting drunk, necessarily, but just as an excuse to go to “posh” bars…
Now there’s two things I’d like advice on…
Any particular drinks that leave no smell of alcohol on the breath?
I’ve noticed that, e.g. beers seem to leave the breath smelling the sign… Now, for, uh… social reasons, I don’t want it to be obvious when I’ve had a drink… Is it true, for instance, that vodka leaves less of an odour on the breath? But then again, I understand that vodka has a higher alcohol content, so I’d probably get “drunk” quicker… so I don’t know if it’s a good idea…
What are the rules of “etiquette” when going to a bar on your own?
Some weeks ago, I went to one of these upscale bars, and everywhere, all around me, there were yuppies/mauppies chatting in groups of two, three or more… I was the only one sitting at the bar without any companion(s)… And I asked for… a coffee… and sat there for about half-an-hour, sipping it as slowly as I possibly could, and then sat there for a little while longer after having finished it… Now I didn’t get any strange looks or anything, but I felt – as someone that rarely goes to drinking venues – that I was perhaps clueless as to the etiquette at such places… There was another time, at a different bar, where I asked the bartender which end the queue started, only to have him look at me oddly and say “well… you don’t “queue” at a bar…”
Most of all, I think spending some time at such upscale social venues might just help to escape the “drabness” of the average day. I can maybe convince myself that I’m a cool man-about-town-type dude.
Sure, I live in the UK, whereas most of you guys here are North American, and I appreciate that the rules of etiquette may be subtly different… but I’d appreciate advice all the same…
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I’ve been teetotal so far…
More recently, I’ve decided – maybe I should start sampling alcoholic beverages…
Not with the intention of ever getting drunk, necessarily, but just as an excuse to go to “posh” bars…
Now there’s two things I’d like advice on…
Any particular drinks that leave no smell of alcohol on the breath?
I’ve noticed that, e.g. beers seem to leave the breath smelling the sign… Now, for, uh… social reasons, I don’t want it to be obvious when I’ve had a drink… Is it true, for instance, that vodka leaves less of an odour on the breath? But then again, I understand that vodka has a higher alcohol content, so I’d probably get “drunk” quicker… so I don’t know if it’s a good idea…
What are the rules of “etiquette” when going to a bar on your own?
Some weeks ago, I went to one of these upscale bars, and everywhere, all around me, there were yuppies/mauppies chatting in groups of two, three or more… I was the only one sitting at the bar without any companion(s)… And I asked for… a coffee… and sat there for about half-an-hour, sipping it as slowly as I possibly could, and then sat there for a little while longer after having finished it… Now I didn’t get any strange looks or anything, but I felt – as someone that rarely goes to drinking venues – that I was perhaps clueless as to the etiquette at such places… There was another time, at a different bar, where I asked the bartender which end the queue started, only to have him look at me oddly and say “well… you don’t “queue” at a bar…”
Most of all, I think spending some time at such upscale social venues might just help to escape the “drabness” of the average day. I can maybe convince myself that I’m a cool man-about-town-type dude.
Sure, I live in the UK, whereas most of you guys here are North American, and I appreciate that the rules of etiquette may be subtly different… but I’d appreciate advice all the same…
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