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Blue, grey, gold, black, and red heels covered tan, olive, and bronzed legs, while skin-tight dresses exposed women’s best assets. Make-up concealed and improved every “pretty” face as hundreds of eyes scanned the room. This was just a party right? Yes, but if you didn’t know any better you would think it was an X-rated version of a beauty pageant. The men with their best suits and dress shoes on…the women with their designer bags and drastically long hair weaves, and everyone else in between who faded into the background because they hadn’t been informed that this was such an extravagant event.
“I bet twenty on Ortiz!” Brandon Lamy shouted into the herd of men surrounding the bar. His declaration was greeted by “Bet Ortiz get knocked out by round 6!”, and “Mayweather about to punish this dude man”. There were so many heated conversations going on about the upcoming fight that it was hard to hear the music playing inside the club. The women-to-men ratio was about 4-to-1, but every man in the club had managed to find a way to dodge every woman and find a man to discuss the fight with. “I don’t care about a fight” says Monique Durrant, flipping her jet black eighteen inch bone straight hair, and shifting her legs to accommodate her feet, which were probably burning from the elevation of the five inch heels one her feet. Monique was just one of the many women dressed to kill and not being noticed by even one man. On any other night the men inside of Bar7 would be swarming the women with drinks in hand, and slurring drunken pick up lines in an attempt to get a phone number, but not tonight…there were more important things going on like the much anticipated Mayweather vs. Ortiz fight. To view the intense weigh in of the two fighters click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdQ7WQrBF5w.
The management of Bar7, one of the most elite clubs in Washington DC, knew what they were doing when they decided to host a fight party for the boxing match. Their twenty dollar admission price and their tempting food menu were sure to lure a large crowd hungry and eager to see this historical event. Check out bar7’s website: http://www.bar7dc.com to see the Ortiz vs. Mayweather event flyer. What I found most interesting about this event, was how could there be so many women enclosed in this small space surrounded by men…and the men not even notice the women’s presence? It shocked me to see men crowding the bar, drinks in hand, and eyes glued to the wide screen TV. While the women were lingering in the back arms crossed, faces twisted with looks of disgust printed across their faces. There was no need for the women to dance… you could barely hear the music over the men’s chattering, and if the men weren’t watching you what was the purpose of dancing? This is a fight party! What did you expect ladies? “Food and sports tend to distract almost any man and nothing else seems to be existent. Next time ladies, stay at home” says John Thompson, a regular from Bar7.
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