Club Crawl - Sand Lake/I Drive : Le Rouge, Cricketers Arms, Bravo (Closed), Blue Fin, Alchemy, Senior Frog's

I tried a few bars around Sand Lake and I drive on Saturday

9-9:15pm: Le Rouge Wine Bar and Tapas - A really cute and chic place next to Saffron. Good selection and ambiance. Mostly empty.

9:15-9:30pm: Cricketers Arms - Moved from I Drive to this old Twisted Burgers and I think the original Vines location in the strip mall that has Moonfish. They did a great job remodeling. It seems as most of the sots that peopled the old spot did not make the transition (Thank God). About 20 people.

9:30-9:45pm: Bravo - In the strip mall that had City Fire (shuttered) and has Fleming's. A chain looking Italian eatery that I shunned in favor of Saffron. Bread crumbs on top of ravioli? Come on! It was also a bit pricey for the bitch sister of the Brio family of restaurants. It's not bad. Just chainy. Nobody at the bar. Some still eating.

9:45-10pm: Bluefin - In the same strip mall higher up. It's a Blue Fin. Done one. Done them all. A few people at the outside bar. Mostly leftovers from dinner service.

10pm-10:30pm: Alchemy Wine and Hookah Bar - A really good DJ with video mixing tools. I hate smoke and smokers, but, this place had a great vibe. Most of the patrons insulated themselves in their hookah circles. Many were underage. They said they could let in people 18 and up. I was going to clubs at fourteen. Too bad today's youth has to settle for hookah lounges.

11-12pm: Senior Frogs - On I Drive near Bahama Breeze. A poor facsimile of the original. It still has the same Spring Break crowd as the original. Too bad it is the original Spring Break crowd (ie everyone over thirty and then some). You can tell because they still dance like it's a scene in Can't Hardly Wait. One arm in the air twisting back and forth. Fat ass backing up like they are in a Sisquo video. There are also some youngsters who can't afford the original experience and think this is close. It's a big place. All new. The DJ was horrible. He wouldn't even get out of a track (usually some Latin piss) after everyone stopped dancing. He even seemed to take delight in his inability to connect with the audience. I would fire him asap. It was about half full of all the same people your parents spent good money on college to keep you away from and yet you still hooked up with on Spring Break. The party was dying at 12.