It was my first time in the club Bangaluu, I knew it was supposed to be chic, colored in all white with beds for seats, but I had always been too preoccupied going to Maxxim or Dante to visit last year. Plus I assumed the crowd would be more like Adagio’s, pushing the thirties. But I was wrong, it’s actually mixed twenties which is perfect. Bangaluu is in my opinion the best club in Berlin…
I live less than 15 minutes from it, and so I took a train around quarter to one, to arrive at optimal time. I couldn’t find the entrance at first so I asked two men if they knew where it was, they told me they were going there and that I should follow them. So I did, and this is Berlin so when they led me around a corner it wasn’t to molest me, it was because that was really where the entrance was located. I automatically followed them into line, only to realize at the last second it was the VIP side. I was about to turn around and exit when the bouncer finished with the men, and asked me if I was with them. I said yes, so I go straight in without even having to pay entry.
Inside the bathrooms are labeled “prince” and “princess” although they are not divided by a door. Cute, kind of.
I made my way out onto the dancefloor and began dancing alone, towards the right center. I noticed a really cute boy near me right away, but pretended not see him. I couldn’t tell if he was with friends or not since he did not move from where he was dancing, and eventually we began looking at one another and smiling. He had these amazing cheekbones, and this cheerful smiles than won straight through to me. If you smile at me with a certain childishness, I will do the same back. Then I feel comfortable to be myself, and so we were grinning at one another and giggling intermittently. It was early in the night so I was not trying to commit myself to dancing with anyone, but it was really sweet and he kind of won my heart early one.
There was one guy I was attracted to, with whom I exchanged looks for awhile, who kept moving closer and closer to me. I wanted to keep my options open so I was not trying to start dancing close with him. After a couple more hours of dancing and flirting with various people, the first boy with the cheekbones and I began to dance together and again we kept giggling and smiling and started doing funny dances. Then him and his friend asked me if I wanted to go outside and get air. We chatted and I learned he was another perfect German…wanted to be a pilot, was very gentlemanly etc. It is very hard to resist.
He made a move and put his hand on my waist when we started dancing again. I did not want to dance that closely so I took his hand off, which he took as a sign that I wasn’t interested. He was very sweet and he backed off. I had not meant to do THAT, because I in fact was interested. But Bangaluu is very visible, and there was someone else in my vision who I was trying to flirt with still
Then the stalkerish guy I had initially flirted with appeared right next to me and “bumped” into me. Then a little later…the one I was dancing with gave me a kiss and left, and then another guy tried to dance with me while the stalker-one in white also closed in. So I fled to the “princess” room. I was overwhelmed. Its not that there were so many guys going after me, you can get that at any sketchy club, but that I was kind of attracted to them all.
I came back and started dancing on a platform away from where I had been, only to have both guys appear on it minutes later. I have to admit I was still exchanging glances with the stalkerish one in white since he was cute, but I was kind of disturbed by his persistence. Then a really cute guy started dancing next to me trying to grind with me. I wouldn’t grind with him but gradually let him dance with me. Then he told me he’d be back, and came back and brought me up into VIP. Then up there we danced and then he left so I went somewhere else, then we started dancing again and talked and I could tell he was one of those guys who is hot and knows it. He told me he admired me for coming to a club alone. Then we separated and there was this commotion with the DJ putting the lights on during David Guetta’s “Love is Gone” and everyone was really upset, although I couldn’t make out if it was a joke or not. Then I started talking to my friend’s ex-boyfriend (she broke his heart) and he made me want to laugh and cry at the same time by asking me if he would see her again. Probably one day yes he will, probably in Maxxim or Bangaluu…
Finally I spent 30 minutes dancing alone refusing to dance with anyone else , and ended another night of Berlin. I can have fun nights out alone, even though I wish that I had a friend there with me to share it. Last night was the best night I’ve had since coming back to Berlin, if only Rachel had been there…but I can’t think like that.
Tags: bangaluu, berlin nightlife, flirting
