Bars In Helsinki

So, I did go out last night and it was okay. It would have been better if I could've danced coz they were playing some pretty hip music at one bar... ho hum... soon I'll be fully mobile again.

Helsinki has some pretty cool bars. They all seem to be small, dark and smokey, employ cute bar tenders to flirt with and bouncers to guard the door against underagers and those not hip enough (how did I make it in, I hear you all wonder). And all these bars have decks because the DJ scene is pretty big here. Most of the music is not really my thing, but it's better than the usual crap cds you hear. Of course, I would prefer to hear and see some more live music... however, most of these bars are really small so I'm willing to forgive them.

Last night we went to Oujee (pronounced "Oh, yeah") and Errotaja (prounounced "er oh ta ya"). Oujee is a very small bar that fits maybe 80 - 100 close friends and is suitable dark and smokey. It also has very hard to find toilets, the doors look deceptively wall like. The DJ last night was playing some very hip tunes from Sly, Curtis Fuller and other soul classics. The lack of seating and shit house white wine drove us from though.

Then on to ye old faithful Errotaja. Errotaja is where everyone cool hangs out. Once again, why I find myself here so often is a mystery! However, now that I have discovered the cute bartender here is actually the boyfriend of a friend, and my drinks are being poured far more liberally, I will continue to hang with the cool people. The music here was also good, but nothing to write about... in fact, to be honest I can't remember at all what they were playing because I spent most of the night distracted by the Gael Garcia Bernal look-a-like near the window. *swoon*

However, I am happy to report that there are at least two world class hip bars here and even happier to report that they let me into them!