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We ended up having our holiday party at the Clift instead of Supperclub, which is fine...we've been there before.  I guess I had just hoped for the new venue, but I think "the walk" is ultimately why the Clift stayed top choice.  After mingling, eating, drinking for a few hours, everyone heads back up Geary to Slide/Ruby, we turn on the music, and it stays open bar until the last person standing.  There's a lot of "lettin' loose" since after everyone works in a nightclub and has to watch everyone else party all year, this is our time to do what we want.   
The bad part about this is alcohol.  I don't really drink that much, if not at all as of late, and when I do, it's always nasty the next day.  Seriously nasty.  The last time I drank was at the Mansion party back in November.  I had six shots of Patrón in four hours.  Sunday night I had two vodka-crans, two shots of Jäger, and a shot of chilled Ketel in about five hours.  I don't know what I was thinking...but I spent the entire next day in bed and it totally sucked-ass.  I can't imagine how people drink every weekend.  When I worked at Ruby we'd sneak a shot or two in over the weekend, but since working at Slide I don't drink a drop.  No particular reason why...I could if I wanted to, just don't.  Maybe it's the fear of slipping on the wooden floor in my stilleto boots.  "Moderation is key", I tell myself, and apparently since I don't know how to imply it, hence just going for it like I'm fucking invicible.  That's how I think of it, too, "I am super-woman, bring it ON!".  I remember the last time I actually threw up was years ago in Vancouver on NYE, where I had one-too-many leeche martinis and a shot of fucking hypnotic that the cocktail waitress gave us.  I still hate her for that.  While Ford and our friends were off shopping the next day, I was in bed watching bad Canadian television and eating whatever I could muster from room service.  I felt really bad, forcibly anti-social. 

All in all, the party on Sunday was a blast, but I'm sticking to weed next time.  I've never had a hangover from that.

For more photos, see my drunkeness, and more awesome shots from the Clift by Daniel Kokin.