El Cielo Party
Mood:  party time!
Topic: R&R
Last night Stefan threw a party at the rooftop (El Cielo) of the new Andalucia Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara.

There were a LOT of people there, the majority of whom I didn't recognize. I saw a few whom I remembered as undergrads when I first arrived at UCSB, all graduated long ago. The "Norwegian group" was also present: Gustavo, Jorgen, Eirik and Christian. Even Bob C. was there, looking different without his usual sidekick pug, Beaulieu :-)

Allan, Bob G. and I went to Ruby's Diner halfway through the party, since we hadn't really eaten before, and by the time we got back at 10:00pm, all our CS friends were there-- Ingrid, Golnaz, Sara, Steve and Matthew. We hung out in the downstairs bar (the rooftop bars closed at 10:00) for a while, where JK and Justin joined us.

We made our way to Elsie's after a while, and had a good time hanging out there. I actually found a beer that I -- surprise, surprise! -- liked! It was a Belgian beer called Stella Artois, and though it was somewhat bitter, I could stand it and managed to down 2 glasses of the stuff while we were at Elsie's. I'm happy to have finally found something I can actually drink at Elsie's, considering that all they serve is beer and wine :-D

It was interesting to see everyone so jolly and drunk, including me, I suppose :-) We ended up staying there until we were kicked out at closing time, 2:00am. Some party-goers made their way to Stefan's house, but Bob and Allan and I decided it was time to call it a night.

Once we got home, it took me about another hour to sober up. Allan fixed me some Ramen noodles, I drank lots of water and we watched Nick at Nite until I was sober enough to go to bed.

All in all it was a pretty fun night. I never did get any pictures taken, too bad :-( And I brought my new bikini on the off-chance that I might hit the jacuzzi at the hotel, but that didn't happen. Still, a good time was had by all, and it was nice to enjoy myself and not have to worry about driving, hehe :-)