stratochief

Went to NYC last week, had a blast with a bunch of friends from the TED Conference. We did a "salon night" with some pretty cool folks and some cool new technologies.
Went to a Korean bar the next night and they would not allow us to stay there with moe than 4 people, we had 5 and they would not serve us, they also made one of my buddies turn his bar stool around and face out the window, so he turned it around and sat on it backwards and faced us at the bar....well that just did not fly. So my very mellow friend Michael asks for the bartender to come over to sort this out, but he will not come any closer than about 6 feet behind the bar and says he thinks Michael will punch him if he gets closer. So, Michael tries to reason with the guy and it just does not get through. Finally Michael totally snaps and yells...
FUCK YOU! FUCK YOUR MOTHER! AND FUCK THIS PLACE!
Not a good idea.
The other bartender comes flying around the end of the bar and 4 waiters come into the bar behind him... and they want blood!
Luckily a couple of our friends are huge and simply blocked them so Michael could get away, I got Michael down the stairs and out of the building and the 4 remaining peeps (includes me) made sure that the local "North? Korean" posse did not follow.
I have never ever been to a bar where there are strictly enforced rules like...
1) No Standing
2) No groups larger than 4
3) No loud talking or yelling
etc.
It was bizarre!
But NYC has something for everyone.
Any how ended up barhopping in the east village which was fun.
Stayed in Soho in a cool apartment hotel, took a walk to the WTC site, pretty sad scene, and it still smells of burnt plastic down there. EERY.
StratoChief