Retro Night @ Telawi Street Bistro

T'was, a Thursday afternoon, seating in the office right after lunch, and struggling desperately to keep my eyes open. This is what I've become. Old before my time. All I do is sleep, work, eat and bum around at home between these three main activities. Had I really lost all colour in my life? Was I really to grow to be the exact person I always told myself I would never be - dull and ultimately boring? Arrghh!!

Well that was about when my phone started to buzz - a text was coming through;
"Re-live the 70s with DJ Jay tonight, 10.30pm at Telawi Street Bistro. Come in your funkiest outfits and receive a cocktail FREE! Call 03 22843168 for more info."
How cliché. I guess my whole life is a cliché come to think about it.

But thats pretty much when, I decided I was going to throw on some colour, practice my hustle and hit the dance floors that Thursday night. I was in Telawi Street Bistro at aproximately 10.30pm (+/-) and already the place was so lively. There's just something about us and all things retro that just kicks us right in the derrière. I was almost instantly bobbing my head and swaying my body, when there weren't that many people present yet. But nobody that was there cared, everyone was bobbing and swaying just like I was. Not a care in the world, reminiscing the good old days, all social walls brought down temporarily. (Note:operative word being temporarily)

Cute. The staff of Telawi Street Bistro were all decked in a funky 'fro' and aviator shades. Really cute. And they were pretty enthusiastic about the event too, which is refreshing considering the fact that most others would've done it just for the sake of complying with the job requisition.

DJ Jay started spinning his evergreen mixes from the 70's and the crowd trickled on to the dance floor. I just loved the atmosphere that night. More than just another night out dancing, this was more magical. Everyone knew the words to almost every song, and we were all singing out loud in unison! It must've looked like a big reunion to those who didn't know better.

Everybody eventually got their grove on, and we were all just rocking it up at TSB. It didn't matter if you were on the dance floor or not - if you knew the song and you felt like dancing you just when ahead and did exactly that. I had to take five, and headed for the ladies. Half way through they started playing Eurythmic's - Sweet Dreams, and I just went berserk right in front of the mirror! Another one of the crowd's favourite that night was September by Earth, Wind & Fire.

This is definitely a night to re-visit. I almost can't wait for Thursday to come. Bring on them bell bottoms!