Dancing At The Eclipse

Friday night was kind of fun. Akemi was still out of town, so I along with my brother and sister-in-law decided to kick it old skool and go out for some Middle Eastern cuisine followed by dancing at probably the only club around that still has an "Old Wave" night, The Eclipse. In rare form, Lysa and I pre-partied at the house first with a few drinks (Tony was the DD), then headed to Kasbah, a great little pan-Arabic cafe for hummus and kibbi (sp?) and also to share a hooka. We smoked a lemon/strawberry/orange hooka that was really refreshing. It's usually a relaxing ambience there, complete with belly dancers, with the crowd being mainly college students. Following, we went to The Eclipse and caught the final hour (1am-2am!) of the night - normally the best. It was a little bittersweet though because the place wasn't so crowded like in its heyday of 15 years or so ago. No more real Goths, 80s freaks, or art-school kids - just kind of generic lounge patrons that would be just as at home at a sports bar. The music was pretty predictable (a good thing!) with the prerequisite Smiths, Siouxsie & the Banshees, R.E.M, etc. etc., but also Wu-Tang Clan - huh? Don't recall hearing them in the 80s! We had a good time but it was a little sad. Or maybe I'm getting too old for that sort of thing. All things must pass!