8:30 AM — 5:00 PM  |  5:45 PM — 9:00 PM  |  10:15 PM — 4:30 AM

6:00 pm
Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern
(188 Bedford Ave between North 6th and 7th Sts, Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Everything is in its right place when we arrive at Rosemary’s. Gigantic beers in Styrofoam cups are poured (ten hours after my first hankering), and we are finally rewarded with a moment of peace. It doesn’t last for long, as the Kentucky Derby kick-starts and—oh shit, did they just euthanize that horse on the track? It doesn’t really get more ominous than that. After we pour out some Bud (Rosemary’s doesn’t sell Olde English) for Eight Belles, our own race continues…

7:30 pm
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
(307 W 26th St between Eighth and Ninth Aves)
After an arduous L train ride (when is the Hipster Express working correctly?) and improvised crosstown bus foray, we aptly find ourselves at the temple of extemporization. The Let’s Have a Ball crew (which includes writers from 30 Rock, the Cone Zone and Colbert) is on its game, our laughter is invigorating, and when an audience member suggests Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing,” we knew we couldn’t. This happy bonding lasts all of five minutes, until we get outside and it’s raining.

8:30 pm
A New York City taxi cab
Saturday-night traffic sucks. Believing put on notice.

9:00 pm
Parkside Lounge
(317 E Houston St at Attorney St)
We finally get to a Mexican restaurant for some Cinco de Mayo festivities, but the long wait postpones our celebration, so we give our names and then walk down the street to the closest bar we can find, which just so happens to have Ms. Pac-Man. Brian, who has abandoned booze for the time being along with Katie (aww, are you guys sleepy?), is quite handy with the joystick. Meghan and I stay within our skill set: drinking.

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