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The Newbie's Guide To Adult Life: The Bar Trip

Trust me, I'm basically an adult.

Emily M
Mar 28, 2016
Regis College
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The Newbie's Guide To Adult Life: The Bar Trip

What began as a solo movie night shortly turned into a one-man — er, woman — bar trip at 9:34 p.m. on a Wednesday. What better time to go on an educational bar-hop than "hump day?" ("Thirstday..?" No, hush.)

Over the course of this purely academic escapade, I put together a brief checklist for your viewing pleasure of things to think about when planning and enacting your weekend plans.

1. Pick a bar



Because, yeah, you're gonna need a place to go to if you're looking to go somewhere... Google searching "bars near me" is pretty effective. Try something local to your area or an area that your friends are familiar with. The less complicated the journey, the better.

I went down the street.

2. Pick a bitchin' outfit

If you're not sure of the venue, a nice shirt, a light jacket, and some skinny jeans is probably a safe bet. (If you go the skinny jean route, wear a belt, girlfriend. Trust.)

3. Get the clique together

Get the squad together because tonight is gonna be lit.

Okay, so ya girl might've skipped this step — totally optional.

4. Find a safe way to get to and from the bar

Planning ahead is super important. Once the homies are present and accounted for, discuss transportation to and from the bar. Uber is an effective option, or the subway... or a gigantic, morphable cat bus...

I myself took the cat bus.

5. Remember your ID, the bartender is going to check it

Pro tip: Check that you have your wallet ($$$, ID, keys...) before you leave the house. It would be a pretty rude awakening if you got to the bar and didn't have any of those...

I always get an instant panic attack whenever the bartender looks at my ID for 0.25 seconds more than I had anticipated.

I'm going to get arrested.

No, dude, chill you've been over-21 for two years...

6. Get your drink on

Have fun and enjoy yourself. You made it through the week, it's time to relax.I

7. Get home safe.

You had a grand ole time with the squad, so make sure you all get home safely so you're rested and ready to do it all over again tomorrow night. There's two days in the weekend for a reason, my little gumdrops. (Kidding...sort of...)

Pro tip: Drink twice as much water as you did alcohol and consider taking some sort of headache remedy before bed. Morning you will thank you.

Other pro tip: don't overdo it. Learn your limit and abide by it. You've only got one body. Use it wisely, Young Padawan.

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