Tipple tale
| Posted By Karo Christina KumarBIO Total 2 posts | May 6th, 2008 |
Today it’s the fairer sex that’s making the cash register at bars ring aloud, fast catching up with their male counterparts. It isn’t a new trend, you may argue. The number of women downing a few at bars, nightclubs, or at restaurants has seen a significant increase in the last 10 years. What’s new however is the changing colour of the tipple tale every season.
In 2007, white was clearly the colour of the season and the verdict from behind the bar was the narrowing of the gap between the whites and browns (vodka and whiskey, if you insist).
But this year a new colour has trickled in and ladies are painting the town red. Wine is the new flavour for women. “Women and wine are inseparable! Most women who party prefer a glass of wine or a Breezer. Those who really party hard opt for the first while those who take a drink just for the sake of sipping on something go for the latter,” says Bambi, club manager, Underground.
Apart from red taking over white, what’s also emerging is a bunch of seasoned drinkers who may be spotted across dine dens. “The other day I met a girl who said she drinks single malts. I was amazed. In fact, a lot of women I know go for whiskey and most of them are seasoned drinkers,” adds Bambi.
A lot of men - primarily JD drinkers - would be happy to hear that!
Even the increasing number of bars in the city is proof of the growing demand. At The Park, F&B manager Anirban Simlai admits that “alcohol consumption has gone up by 40-50 per cent” in the past two years at Someplace Else and Tantra. And women, we reckon, can claim that they are as much a part of the success story as men.
Hic, hic hurray!
No time for you man…
| Posted By Sudip GhoshBIO Total 10 posts | April 19th, 2008 |
Good news or bad, I don’t know, but this one comes from June—who can on any given day boast of shaping a chunk of Calcutta’s P3 culture.
After all, she has often left one baffled. Shall one call her an actress, a so-cialite or an event man-ager? Bottomline is, her days started late and she continued well into the night. She still does, but the morning hours have definitely increased.
And that was what we were discussing the other day. June said she hardly visits the nightclubs these days. “Only private par-ties, you know,” said she. So she gets time to sleep early, and often does so. Why man? That would only mean the nights would be a shade paler. Or aren’t they?
“But that’s the whole point,” said she. “Nights are pale in Kolkata. They never were great, so to speak.” Now, now— that coming from June raises a few eyebrows of course. At least, it raised mine. “Oh, Someplace is still nice. You get to hear good music and all that. The crowd’s decent. But the rest….” she added.
What? And what about the fact that we still have the longest night life? What about the fact that we can drink a Mumbaite, a Bangalorian and a Del-hite all together under the table? ‘’Yeah, but where’s the mood? Look at the crowd at most of the places. Why do you go to a nightclub? To chill, nah? Not to drink anybody un-der the table,'’ was June’s argument.
So nobody chills these days? “Do something. Drop in at any of these places on any weeknight. You will know it.”
I did as ordered. Three places I couldn’t get into. At the fourth, I did. But I hardly have reached the bar, when I was shoved to the side.
Reason: A few young studs thought they needed a bacardi shot very quickly before returning to the floor. No time for old whiskey timers like me. Overheard: ‘These whis-key drinkers even take time to order their drinks yaar. Arre, whiskey hi to pina hain isko…’
From then on, I have settled for my study, good DVDs, and whiskey at home.
Chill pills, after all, are for the young. Or Dravid, if he is out of form with the bat.
No deadlines?
| Posted By Karo Christina KumarBIO Total 2 posts | April 7th, 2008 |
That’s music to my ears - literally! While most of us spend life following deadlines, it’s amazing that Calcutta nightlife doesn’t have one. A big advantage, that. While party animals and night owls step out at 9pm in other cities (case in point, Bangalore), the clubs here don’t get steamy before 11pm. There isn’t much sense in making it to a club before that, unless you have your eye on that cute bartender!
There are the “younger” nightclubs like Kix at City Centre that start early, for the young ones who can always pass off a 9pm retreat to home as “Mom, I was at an extra class of tuition”, or “Sorry, the traffic back from the movie sucked”. But the good times only get better when it’s closer to midnight. Read more »
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