by Nerissa Taps on I went last night for my close GF's B-day celebration. Even though, I rarely go to clubs, I'd have to say this one: Claustrophobia alert+ made me nauseous from the smell of sweat and lack of ventilation (can u say CRANK UP the AC, por favor?!?!?!) Aside from the 1st floor, all the other floors were closed for the night--CLOSED on a Labor Day weekend bash? booo! $11 for a drink that takes FOREVER to get? yiiiiiiikes! However, the DJs (DJ Refresh & DJ k-9) were pretty darn good and the Bartenders were friendly and attentive! I was hoping to check out *PRET* this "HOT new Asian bartender" EVERYONE and their mamas keep raving about!!!---but she wasn't working that night. boo!) Thank you Kress for confirming that CLUBBING is NOT for me. Maybe I will see you again if another GF decides to have their b-day dinner there. I wouldn't mind trying the sushi menu & checking out the rooftop.
by john h. on what is wrong with you people? can you not pee in the bathroom like normal people, do you NEED to treat the parking structure like it's some 3rd world bathroom? It makes no sense, men and women, douche bags mostly, dressed in expensive clothing, driving expensive cars all hiking their skirts and pissing against their cars, THIS is what you will find when you go to MY HOUSE. A den of previously mentioned douche bag men and women who are so hard up to be seen and ogled that thye will stand in a line outside for ever trying to get in based on their looks. SAD. The interior, typical LA of-the-moment furniture and decorations that will all be out of style in 15 minutes. They DO have a rug I am dying to steal though, if you see it it's crazy, REALLY thick pile and made of hemp or something, it looks like dreadlocks coming out of the floor and isn't very comfortable to stand on BUT if you are high it's a lot of fun to play with. Wait, how can I call everyone a douche bag if I've been there? 3 times was enough for me and I went when they first opened so the douche crowd had yet to show up. Once I heard some guy go "don't you know who I am?" to some blonde skank I promised never to come back. NOW I'm just haunted by the fact that I keep my car parked in that garage and when I need it I have to walk through rivers of URINE, dried and glossy rives of urine from all you fun club patrons who can't use the bathroom in the club. And how many girls need to get into a fist fight in front of the TMZ crew over some DOUCHEY guy who dresses in Ed Hardy Douche wear just because he says he can get you an audition somewhere? are you girls REALLY still falling for that crap? obviously you are, 2 girls in TIGHT fitting dresses got into a hair pulling contest out in the alley last thursday night as I was coming back to get my car, man you two went at it, spent all that time looking at yourselves in the mirror, doing your hair, your make-up, picking out the right clothes so that you can go to MY HOUSE and get into a shoving match over some random guy just because he showed up in his dads Bentley....congrats people, you are all winners.
by Luci Eveler on I was involved in the recruiting of volunteers for the Aquarium way back when, so when they opened I didn't rush out to see it as I had an "insider" look at how it would be organized. The Aquarium at the time, and I don't know if it still is, was going to be run by solely volunteers and and the only paid employees would be the caretakers to the animals. About 6 months after opening I decided it was time to give it a shot. So my review may be dated and inaccurate, but this was my experience. We bought our tickets online in advance. So I had tickets in hand. There was no separation of myself, from others in line who didn't buy their tickets online. So I waited maybe an hour in line only to get to the ticket counter to show my ticket and be put in a side cue with the others who had also thought that buying a ticket in advance was a good idea. There were also times on the tickets which by the time we got through the line, was way past, and then they made us wait even longer. OK past the line, I was still going to give this place a fair chance. I walk in take the first exhibit to the right. About five minutes into that, I gave up on the Aquarium. You walk through this tunnel-like structure and you are surrounded by fish. Very cool, I will admit, but nothing new from other aquariums. This aquarium has the WORST line/crowd management EVER. I can't tell you how long we waited in that tunnel. The funniest thing was, there was a moving sidewalk, and it wasn't moving, because it was too overcrowded. The aquarium was seriously understaffed and there was never a single employee around to ask anything. The only employee involved in an exhibit I saw all day is the one at the whale shark exhibit. That's it. One person, running the whole place. I saw people (not children) literally punching the glass. I saw people (not children) yelling at one another and the fish. It was mass pandemonium and no one was there to do anything about it. SO basically, the first exhibit set the precedence for the rest of my visit. Some other things about the aquarium that I found shocking. No signage. There was nothing to tell about what you were looking at. Completely non-educational. Also is it just me, or did the aquarium not seem that large? I feel like without a crowd I could see everything in thirty minutes to an hour. While it had something like six exhibits, they weren't that large. I have a hard time believing the aquarium is the largest in the world. I remember when they were getting ready to open, they kept changing the title too. First largest in the south. Then largest in the country. Then WORLD. Very strange. I think the most enjoyable thing in the aquarium, and what most people like to see is actually the otters (not even fish!!!). And the otter section is very small. You want to see otter's go to Monterey, which in my humble opinion is a ton better than Atlanta's fish zoo. While I had my doubts about the aquarium, it was an even greater let down when I went. I don't know if Chattanooga is better, but all the other major aquariums (Chicago, Monterey) are.
