"girls' night out" - i really don't want to spend a few hours nursing a drink at a bar, watching a few people play pool because that's what you do at a bar, and looking at my phone/watch wondering when i can gracefully leave. you can't really talk in a bar - it's too loud. i can't have more than one drink, because i have to drive myself home. if there's a band, that's cool but there's rarely enough seats and i end up standing all night, nursing that drink. yeah, i could ride with somebody so i could drink more (and it won't be a lot more), but then 