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A team of researchers in the UK have discovered that the sound of loud music causes the brain to think alcohol tastes sweeter, which in turn causes bar and clubgoers to drink more. Abercrombie & Fitch's sound designers must want you to shop there wasted. More »
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Women: don't you sometimes just want to pee in their mouths? More »
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You know how when you drink a lot, your skin looks sort of sallow and mottled in the morning? Yeah, well, one bar offers cocktails that supposedly have the opposite effect. Skintoxicating! More »
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A woman was kicked out of an Illinois bar last week, where she was celebrating with her girlfriends. Her crime: pregnancy. More »
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We're more than aware that jerks exist in every corner of the Internet. Yet when they turn to Yelp, they're so darn entertaining. After the jump, our six favorite kinds of hostile (and occasionally friendly) Yelp reviewer. More »
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Men have long wondered what women do in public restrooms (besides the obvious). Sure, we gossip — but that's not all that happens in these feminine lairs. More »
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Our favorite anti-feminist lawyer is back, and for once, he's gloating rather than complaining. According to the Star Tribune, Roy Den Hollander was pretty excited to hear that the Minnesota Department of Human Rights has cracked down on Ladies' Night. More »
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Thanks to the reader who sent pictures of the advertising easel sitting outside Williamsburg, Brooklyn's "Subway" bar promoting $5 drink specials...and, it seems, sexual assault. The "Cum On In": an especially disgusting touch. [Woman Of Steele] More »
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Ladies in the UK, take note: "Booze guzzling women could be the unlikely saviors of pubs," proclaims The Sun. Except for this chick, who's been banned from every bar in the country, according to the Daily Mail. Bravo! More »
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"I'll just say that in 10-15 years when you decide to breed and discover that the babysitter's tab is three times your bar tab, and you're still working in publishing…well…good luck :)" — one response to "Baby Barflies" [NYT] More »
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"No matter what breeders might think, bars are not family-friendly. If I am out drinking and sobbing about a bad breakup, I don't want my cries to compete with those of an infant sitting next to me." [NYT City Room] More »
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Women and alcohol? Horrors! Cock-tale of woe, straight-up. More »
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What a weekend for Jezebels! For those of you on the West Coast there's a meetup in Seattle tonight at 7 p.m. at Nite Lite Restaurant on 1926 Second Avenue. Readers should meet at the room with the smaller bar and pool table. There's also a gathering in New York City tonight at Common Ground on Avenue A and East 13th street at 10 p.m. On Saturday, New York area Jezebels can head to Joe's Pub at 11 p.m. for a benefit for Voices of Women Organizing Project. There will be live bands, a raffle, and all sorts of fun. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. As always, sign up for regional Jezebel Facebook groups for more info on meet-ups in your area; if you organized a meet up, email us at tips@jezebel.com so we can post it on the site. More »
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In ancient, pre-historic times, humans most likely gathered around a lake or pond to hydrate… and say things like, "Come here often?" The watering hole has always been a part of the mating ritual, and today's "bar scene" is no exception. Men's Health has a "bartender's guide to happy-hour hookups," in which the author, Chris Connolly, announces: "Bartenders are the coolest." Really? Cooler than Nobel prize winners, firemen, rock stars and UFC fighters? Good to know! Anyway, Connolly hangs out with Andrew, "the coolest bartender at the coolest bar" in his San Diego neighborhood and gleans six tips for picking up women in a bar. And really, he should have stopped after Tip #1, which is "Don't Be A Dick." Enough said, right? More »
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Attention D.C.-based Jezebels! Megan will be hosting a commenter meet-up tonight at the Wonderland Ballroom (1101 Kenyon St, NW by the Columbia Heights Metro Station) at 6:30 until drunkenness. Come join D.C.'s unofficial curators of the Den of Iniquity, Vagina Salon for drinks and beaver-related hilarity. If you want to here about these events in advance, please join the Facebook group or email to get on the Evite list. More »
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Attention New York City Jezebels! There is a meet-up tonight in Brooklyn; go meet, mingle, and get your party on. It is taking place at 10 p.m. at a bar called Ceol at 191 Smith street in the Boreum Hill/Cobble Hill area. Have fun! More »
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The Observer's Nicole Brydson recently attempted a social experiment. She went to a bar. On a Saturday night. Alone! To see if she could strike up a friendship or maybe even a fling. She even wore a frilly dress! "While advising me about my love life, my mother always likes to tell stories about her youthful evenings spent at her local singles bar," Nicole writes. And it's true — recently I've been reading Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series, and the swinging late 70s San Francisco singles he writes about met everywhere! Not just at bars, mind you; there was even an unofficial singles night at the local Safeway where you could scope out cuties while suggestively squeezing cucumbers. But these days, it seems that stranger courtship is much more likely to take place across a DSL connection than on a couple of bar stools. Though maybe I'm just too timid to talk to strangers. More »
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Guatemala (and many other countries) bar sales of alcohol around election time to reduce poll-related violence and in the hopes that people will make better choices when they're not wasted. Makes sense, right? Well, maybe, depending on what you think "makes sense." The results of a special Jezebel analysis of voting and drinking after the jump. More »
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