After warming up at the pre-club bar, it was time to head over to THE CLUB! We left Bond's and walked all of 50 ft across the parking lot over to a club called "Ikon." (This place actually housed two clubs, Ikon is for 18-25 year olds, and the other side of the club was called "Diva" and it was for people 25 and up. Grant pointed out all sorts of 45 year old drunk single women and explained that in local slang, "25 and up" clubs are more commonly called "Grab-a-Grannies." Awwwwwwesome.)
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the gleaming seductress that is Bas Vegas! The minute we stepped out of the car, our pulses quickened as we were bathed in her come-hither neon glow.
The bar was fucking hilarious. There were TV mounted all over the place that were showing "hi-light" clips of rowdy things that had happened in the bar on an endless loop. Here's one of my faves: a line of people laying their heads on the bar backwards while the bartender pours down the line directly into all of the mouths.
We first went into a "pre-club bar" called Bond's where we met up with some of Grant's friends from high school. Here's the Grizza with HS chums Martin Green and Matt Blake (Greeney & Blakey, respectively)
After my little nappy nap, Grant and I headed down to Eastern Eye to pick up the enormous order of Indian food we'd ordered for dinner (where I managed to snap this sick-ass photo of Grant's superb rendition of the rarely seen sideways variation of the DLR [that's Mr. Lee Roth, to you son] air kick.)
This pub is crazy old. There was a plaque on wall over by these dudes (that were dressed like they'd just gotten back from a goddamned foxhunt) that told about how it was the meeting point for the Peasant's Revolution in 1381.
...ESSEX! That's right! We were heading out to Grant's parent's house in Essex to hang with his family and so he could show us around Corringham, the town he spend his formative years in.
...we arrived safely and without incident (save a slight yelling match between Grant and the rest of the passengers in the car who politely asked him if he would "SLOW THE FUCK DOWN SO DON'T HYDROPLANE OFF THE ROAD AND DIE FOR FUCK'S SAKE!") at Grant's parent's home and celebrated with some stiff drinks...
