Sparks the new 'ipster crack...
Sparks. Sparks is on everyone's minds lately, everyone being inclusive of the Wicker Park, Bucktown, Near West & Gold Coast, possibly all of Southern California glory. It has now decided to go from the streets to near west downtown train. The Funky Budda is having a FREE Sparks night on Monday, all night.
The first time Sparks made a blip in my world of old-man drinks (scotch neats, dirty-tinis & vodka sodas) I was still in San Diego. This kid, La Roache, a strange bohemian skater, who periodically popped up at our (shopninja & I) home to take a load off, shower, sleep with this other girl who was living with us at the time, and talk about meditation, brought the sweet, citrus flavored, energy/booze drink on in. He had just been bunking under the freeway in some mysterious part of SD, when he showed up at our house with a Sparks in hand. I remember him shoving the can underneath my nose and said to give it try, I declined. It smelled like Vitamins and Tang. I barely drink orange juice, nonetheless TANG.
So, I get back to Chicago, and what does coloringisfun bring? Sparks. We sit down, on my porch, I drink beer, he drinks Sparks. He tells me about this time he and some girl drank 3 cans of Sparks and stayed up all night on the porch talking. Probably made some reference about crack.
2 weeks ago a friend of mine started carrying Sparks in his car, for those you-never-know-kinda-occasions. We ended up at the Lava Lounge for hip-hop night, and half the chicks we were with ended up pouring cans of Sparks in their empty glasses underneath the table.
I mean, I thought that it was a silly drink, a drink you drink as some sorta slumming it schtick, like when Schlitz and PBR made their comeback 6 years ago.....Do you Spark? Does everyone Spark??
The first time Sparks made a blip in my world of old-man drinks (scotch neats, dirty-tinis & vodka sodas) I was still in San Diego. This kid, La Roache, a strange bohemian skater, who periodically popped up at our (shopninja & I) home to take a load off, shower, sleep with this other girl who was living with us at the time, and talk about meditation, brought the sweet, citrus flavored, energy/booze drink on in. He had just been bunking under the freeway in some mysterious part of SD, when he showed up at our house with a Sparks in hand. I remember him shoving the can underneath my nose and said to give it try, I declined. It smelled like Vitamins and Tang. I barely drink orange juice, nonetheless TANG.
So, I get back to Chicago, and what does coloringisfun bring? Sparks. We sit down, on my porch, I drink beer, he drinks Sparks. He tells me about this time he and some girl drank 3 cans of Sparks and stayed up all night on the porch talking. Probably made some reference about crack.
2 weeks ago a friend of mine started carrying Sparks in his car, for those you-never-know-kinda-occasions. We ended up at the Lava Lounge for hip-hop night, and half the chicks we were with ended up pouring cans of Sparks in their empty glasses underneath the table.
I mean, I thought that it was a silly drink, a drink you drink as some sorta slumming it schtick, like when Schlitz and PBR made their comeback 6 years ago.....Do you Spark? Does everyone Spark??