A socialite without a social.

This area needs a better nightlife, period.

Save for the typical college-town strip of bars located near the commercial side of town, this place has very little to offer as far as variety is concerned. The same handful of garage-bands circuit the same handful of smoky bars. And quite frankly, it gets boring quickly.

With the right group of people, I can enjoy myself’; but even still, I require a drink in my right hand. One of the only positives to frequenting this area is, by knowing some of the employees, many times I can get in for free and get discounted drinks.

The dance clubs, or really club, I should say are pitiful. Line dancing and cowboy hats. Enough said. The gay bar, the only bar with decent dance music, closed recently, leaving the area with nary a good beat to dance to. Not to mention, the people that filled those four walls were enough to make your skin crawl. Now the gay bar back in my home town, that was a gay bar. Three floors of fun- well, generally speaking- and the crowds weren’t nearly as…well, scary.

The downtown area here seems to be taking some sort of initiative to increase its patronage. In the last couple of months, about three or so new restaurants with bars and cocktail lounges have either gone up, or are in the process of opening soon. I’m particularly excited, because the downtown area has a cleaner and more mature air, than say, the rest of the city. I simply love the atmostphere of a good downtown area.

One night lounge in particular is supposedly opening soon, and it holds the promise of being just what this town needs. Hopefully, with any luck, and the right amount of planning from its owners, it will whet this area’s appetite for a night venue with a little maturity, without all of the nonsense that inhabits the typical college-town life.