Dec 10th, 2003
The Reef
The Reef is located at 2446 18th St. NW in Adams Morgan. Not to say that anything is wrong with the Tiki lounge on the ground floor because nothing is. It’s foresty and green and you might feel a little bit tropical when you are sitting there drinking whatever it is that you are drinking. But I wanted to go to the fish tank room. So I told the bouncer, “Listen, I write for an E-Zine called ‘Drift Reality,’ and I have to review a number of other places tonight. When can you get me upstairs?’” He responded by placing me in a “better than normal” line and I was upstairs within ten minutes. Automatically, I think to myself, “This place rocks and I’m going to write a positive review about the place.” I didn’t have to even lie because the place charges no cover and when you go upstairs, you’re surrounded by fish tanks. As I was leaving, the bouncer asked if I had been bullshitting him, and I responded that I hadn’t, which I hadn’t.
The place rocked and I’m writing a good review about it.
[...] December 10, 2003 - The Reef Web site: Drift Reality Editor’s Take: Drift Reality uses his wits to sneak past the line at The Reef. The Reef is located at 2446 18th St. NW in Adams Morgan. Not to say that anything is wrong with the Tiki lounge on the ground floor because nothing is. It’s foresty and green and you might feel a little bit tropical when you are sitting there drinking whatever it is that you are drinking. But I wanted to go to the fish tank room. So I told the bouncer, “Listen, I write for an E-Zine called ‘Drift Reality,’ and I have to review a number of other places tonight. When can you get me upstairs?’” Full Article… [...]