Happy Hour--not so happy

It's been about 3 weeks now, and we had yet to experience the DC social scene.  Thus, as an attempt to see what those loud girls in the elevators were so crazy about, we agreed to all go out as a house on Friday after to relax and hang out at happy hour after a long work week.


We live right down the street from Beacon Bar & Grill, so we picked that restaurant to be our first DC happy hour spot.  The five of us--Gigi, Yami, Cristina, Upshire Girl, and I--were seated pretty quickly, but service was quite slow when it came to ordering and receiving food.  The menu isn't too extensive; there was a total of about 5 appetizers you could choose from.  Most of us ended up getting the fire dragon wings (or something with a similar, equally ridiculous name), and Upshire Girl got the grilled chicken quesadillas because she was craving guac.

Grilled chicken quesadillas with corn and guac

Sriracha hot wings with a sesame ranch dressing served with celery sticks

Vanilla and chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches with a caramel sauce

Of course, because we're old (but really, we're only 22...), we ordered drinks too.  I like everything peach-flavored so I got the peach martini.  Two of the girls ordered watermelon martinis, and Upshire Girl settled for the appletini.  They definitely looked really pretty when they came out :)

(Left to right) Watermelon, peach, and apple martinis

Verdict: Peach martini was super tasty, but the other two drinks were not as fruity as they should be.  Believe it or not, one of these drinks was sufficient to turn each one of us blushing pink.  No joke.  

My, oh my... >_< Damn you, Asian genes!  I need more acetaldehyde dehydrogenase!

I was rather unhappy when the waiter later told us that next time we each order more than one appetizer and one drink.  It may have been said in a joking manner (though I doubt he was completely kidding), I did not appreciate the demand.  Rude, much?  Needless to say, we are most definitely not coming back to Beacon Bar & Grill.  With the hundreds of establishments we can go to in DC, we should have no trouble finding a place that will embrace our Asian genes and let us eat and drink as we please.  Hmph.


Despite the setback though, we had a good time hanging out.  Shortly after happy hour, DC was hit by a ridiculous thunderstorm.  Fascinated by the sudden change in weather, we stood by the window for a couple minutes, staring at the poor people below stuck in the miserable weather.  Sad face.  With the rain pounding on the windows and lightning lighting up the night sky, four of us (Yami left to do other things) ended our night by huddling together to watch the horror movie Insidious.  No one slept very well that night XD


And again, I shall end with a DC tip of the day!


**Each time before leaving the house, check the weather.  You never know what kind of crazy weather you'll encounter when you're out there dancing the night away.**


-Agent 024