All black tonight
Last weekend, my friend & I decided to stop by this club that’s partly owned by this guy we know. We’re not close friends with him, but we’ve hung out with him before because he’s the boyfriend of an ex-roommate of my ex-girlfriend, who by the way was formerly referred to as my girlfriend on this site but we recently split up. Now that that’s all clear…
The owners of the club are black and it attracts a predominately black clientele. My friend and I are white. I’m so white that my ex-girlfriend, who’s of Indian descent, would joke that I glow in the dark. So I didn’t exactly expect us to blend in with the crowd, but at least we wouldn’t stand out for being slobs. It’s an upscale club and on a previous visit, I felt embarrassed because I was wearing jeans and everyone else seemed to be impeccably dressed. This time we were both dressed pretty well. Or so I thought.
I had gray slacks and a white dress shirt on. We get in line outside the club and I see some guys wearing suits. One guy had this cool fedora on. I’m thinking man, I still look like a slob compared to some of these people. Oh well.
We get up to the bouncer and he says to me “It’s all black tonight, gentlemen. Special event.” Then looks away. I was pretty surprised to say the least. I know that the owners have no issue with white people. But then I realize, he must be making a very dry joke. So I smile and say “oh it is, huh?”
He then looks back at me, breaks his composure and says apologetically “Sorry, I mean all black attire.” I look around, and sure enough everyone is clothed entirely in black. Oh. Now I feel like a shmuck for being the one to bring attention to race. The bouncer tells the other bouncer that they might want to watch how they phrase it.
It’s a good thing I didn’t fly off the handle and make a scene (as if I would ever do that). That would have been quite embarrassing.
October 1st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
LOL! Still, what is black attire? Is that like “black tie?”
October 1st, 2007 at 12:53 pm
No, it was a special night where everyone had to wear all black. You’ve heard of P. Diddy’s parties where everyone dresses all in white? Like that but with black. There was a guy in a black suit that they weren’t letting in because he had a white shirt on so you literally had to have all black on. There was another guy that they let in with a black sweatshirt so it wasn’t just formal attire. Although looked like most people were dressed up.
I think the concept’s kind of cool, I just wish it had been described to me a little differently.
October 5th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Is this club in Rochester? If so, I’m very out of the loop.
October 5th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Yes it’s in Rochester. I was avoiding naming the club because I didn’t want google searches turning up this stupid post instead of their website. Didn’t think they’d appreciate that.
October 8th, 2007 at 3:59 am
all black clothes? well, then. i would clearly fit in (channels her inner robert smith)
October 8th, 2007 at 11:21 am
For some strange reason when I read “robert smith” I thought “robert palmer”. I thought yeah I guess those girls in the video did wear all black but what an obscure reference to make… and a little conceited of her too.
Then I reread it and saw you said robert smith but too late, “Addicted to Love” is in my head now and won’t go away. Thanks.