Music Jun 6, 2012 at 4:00 am

Into the Woods

Every weekend, there's a long line to get into a forest-themed nightclub above the Butterfly Lounge above Grim's. What is going on up there?

Sarah Galvin
Or at least here's the view from the dance floor. TIMOTHY RYSDYKE
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1
wow, you went like 300 feet
on June 6, 2012 at 10:43 AM Report this
2
Never ever stop, Sarah Galvin.
More, I Say! on June 6, 2012 at 1:39 PM Report this
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Thanks for the article… Now I know to avoid this place.
Erok on June 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM Report this
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Yeah...Still don't know if I want to go up there. Don't get me wrong! Grim's is awesome. And the aesthetic sounds awesome. But...The crowd in that line, man...
on June 7, 2012 at 9:17 AM Report this
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So, I gather the point of this article is that you are better than the weekend crowd, but you don't want to sound like a total ass so you make up a vague ending.
rp on June 7, 2012 at 1:53 PM Report this
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On this edition of "dance clubs reviewed by non-dancers..."
on June 7, 2012 at 3:19 PM Report this
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I actually love dancing! But I'd be the first to admit I'm just terrible at it.
Sarah Galvin on June 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM Report this
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It is actually an article about hybrid corn
Sarah Galvin on June 8, 2012 at 3:33 PM Report this
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I'd have rather wasted time standing in the line then reading this article. buttons and pinecones and a rosebush and "a little bit magic" - puke.
jack chandelier on June 9, 2012 at 11:02 AM Report this
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@jack, I'm sorry I made fun of your hat.
Sarah Galvin on June 9, 2012 at 1:07 PM Report this
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Sarah, if you want to be respected as a writer, please try to avoid going to the comments and writing snarky responses to negative feedback. Better to consider them, then accept or dismiss them as you see fit to try and make you a better writer. Commenting back just makes you look amateurish.
rp on June 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM Report this
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@ rp You have completely missed the point of my hybrid corn article
Sarah Galvin on June 9, 2012 at 4:14 PM Report this
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Sarah, reread @11. It's true.
Erok on June 9, 2012 at 4:35 PM Report this
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...I didn't want it to come to this...
http://www.balloonwarehouse.com/images/b…
Sarah Galvin on June 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM Report this
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Lol just read this and I'm really not usually a hater, but you need to tone down your writing. This sounds like a high school newspaper piece

"They gradually collapsed on the sidewalk in a way that reminded me of dilapidated barns by the freeway."

Also, I agree with 11. You shouldn't respond to this comment.
on June 10, 2012 at 9:50 AM Report this
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What a bunch of haters! I liked the way it was written.
K X One on June 10, 2012 at 12:56 PM Report this
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It amused me enough to finish it and read the comments. What more do ya want?
mike in oly on June 10, 2012 at 1:11 PM Report this
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Maybe I'm easily entertained, but after that quip about Tecate, I'm yours.
Brooklyn Reader on June 10, 2012 at 1:14 PM Report this
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Great article! Also whats up with the "how dare you reply to an comment I made on the internet". Commentors are starting to think they're special. Also why comment if you don't want a response.
j2patter on June 10, 2012 at 1:27 PM Report this
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according to official Internet troll protocol, your allowed to trash a writers article, but it's thought of as amateurish to respond to the haters. Please Sarah if u want to be thought of as a respectable writer in the eyes of these basement dwellers please follow the advice of true professionals like the commenters above.
ryjan on June 10, 2012 at 1:53 PM Report this
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@20 *you're *you
on June 10, 2012 at 3:10 PM Report this
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Galvin/Whiskey 2012!
yelahneb on June 10, 2012 at 7:19 PM Report this
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this reeks of hipster elitism. Sarah, you are sooo much better than those weekend people - after all, you're a WRITER.

At some point, it will become clear that vapid, self-absorbed bros and gurlz are the EXACT same people as the vapid, self-absorbed hipsters; just following different fashion trends. In the end, they're all just middle-class white people raised in the suburbs who do their best to ignore people and places not engineered to suit their tastes. See you at the food co-op.
fetish on June 10, 2012 at 7:22 PM Report this
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The internet comments about whether it's suitable or not to post an internet comment are a Portlandia episode just waiting to happen.

Sarah, is the person in the photo you? If so, why the blase' attempt to hang yourself with your outfit?? Is that how you dance??
MacGruber on June 10, 2012 at 7:31 PM Report this
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Because I've regularly dodged those collapsed barns, it would have never occurred to me to try out a Thursday. Now I'm excited in that, "ooh, did you hear a new gay bar is opening up this week?!" sort of way. Helpful and thoroughly entertaining article..
G g on June 10, 2012 at 7:39 PM Report this
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I like it when writers respond to comments.
Michael H. on June 10, 2012 at 7:57 PM Report this
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Sarah Galvin, I heart you, and your writing, and look forward to more in depth analysis of hybrid vegetables.
@24: You are sooooooo spot on!
Lissa on June 10, 2012 at 8:22 PM Report this
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The woods sucks rhino ASS! A line of wack meat head douchers from kirkland and Bellevue. Awesome! Clubs like the woods and Baltic room are bringing a lame Belltown crowd to Cap Hill every weekend. It's way too hot up there and it takes forever to get a drink. Ya the Djs are sometimes good, but the crowd that goes there doesn't give a fuck! There's better places to dance in Seattle.
Burger Slime on June 11, 2012 at 1:03 AM Report this
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I liked this article very much- Sarah, thank you!
Andrew Chapman on June 11, 2012 at 8:27 AM Report this
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P A R T Y
Grant Brissey, Emeritus on June 11, 2012 at 9:59 AM Report this
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@24 it isn't, but why you hatin' on the girl's dance moves anyway?
More, I Say! on June 11, 2012 at 10:02 AM Report this
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New York’s hottest new club is Slash! This place has everything; glass, steam, bear-traps, and just when you think the fun is over, knock knock, who’s there? it’s black George Washington. All of that in a party room filled with human bath mats.

What are human bathmats?

It's that thing when, like, midgets have dreadlocks and they lay face down on the floor.
wilbur@work on June 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM Report this
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@24 Exactly! Hijacked by writer etiquette. haha
Erok on June 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM Report this
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This place was awesome before the http://pterodactylgroup.com/ displaced artists by taking over their lofts.
light_2000 on June 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM Report this
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This place was awesome before the http://pterodactylgroup.com/ displaced artists by taking over their lofts.
light_2000 on June 11, 2012 at 2:44 PM Report this
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Saw a man wandering the Woods until he found an unprotected purse, then he snatched it and rushed out. Hide your purses yall.
edie murphy beverly hills have eyes cleary on June 11, 2012 at 3:36 PM Report this
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I have zero interest in dance clubs or drinking and this world described in the article is so completely foreign to me (and very unappealing. If hell exists, mine would look something like this club, on any of the nights described). Normally I'd never read an article like this because I don't care about the subject. But I started reading it and I continued because I enjoyed how it was written. It held my attention. I was entertained. I then read the comments and was further entertained. I liked that the author commented and talked back to those creepy self-righteous people telling her to be quiet.
Thank you for entertaining me on my lunch break.
on June 11, 2012 at 3:45 PM Report this
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@24 wins the internets today.
wishicould on June 11, 2012 at 5:14 PM Report this
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What? I finally won something? @31, I didn't mean to be hatin', that dance move is dope, yo. Unless it's already got a name I'd like to call it "Hanging Around".
MacGruber on June 12, 2012 at 9:06 AM Report this
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@32, if I don't know you already I would like to. I just laughed so hard.
Sarah Galvin on June 12, 2012 at 4:32 PM Report this

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