New Years may be celebrated by most on December 31st of each year but my group of friends it has now been celebrated officially on January 1st in true style at our faveourite place on the planet. As Lee once said "If God were to walk on the earth today, he would go to DTPM". Lee Freeman, owner of the club, liked it so much that he gave me permission to use it on Tee Shirts provided I gave him one.
So at 8PM I made my way over to Marcus Chop's flat which, how fortuitus, is just five minutes walk from DTPM. We all had a drink and a catch up and met with Neil S, Woody, Steve and Mikey and Carlos. Carlos was particularly anxious. I have never seen him so keen to get going. Usually we are waiting at Marcus's for Carlos to arrive. Amazingly he was there before me. We got to the club at 11:00 as they no longer open at 10:00PM and had to queue for about half an hour to get in. Queue? I dont think I have queue'd at DTPM in five years. But as my ticket was on the Internet Collection Queue we had no choice and I saw my lovely friend who works at DTPM on the door, Kayka. From there it was upstairs, exchange Eticket for a real ticket, then the longest line for coat check I have ever seen at the club. All the way past coat check, down the stairs and into the lower lobby. Still having checked in our coat it was time to make our entrance. The club is an incredible 3 stories underground. You go down 2 stories to get to the Upper Level and there we always stop to say hi to the lovely Kerri on membership desk, then down a further flight and straight to the toilet to say hi to Marcus. This is really the club that we call home so naturally we know half the staff.
We all grabbed a drink and then made our way to the dance floor. The bar was packed, the toilets were packed, the second room was packed and the main dance floor was so crowded you couldnt so much dance as move with the wave as people moved into a mass of bodies that caused for Philip to once say that it was like a "Help Yourself Service Buffet". David N and I now refer to a HYSB as something else entirely but thats a different story.
Still exhausted from getting to bed so late on New Years Eve I didnt expect that I would last much beyond 2AM. When Woody, Carl, Marcus and Steve said they were going back to Marcus's for a chill out. I found Mikey shortly after and we made our way back to his too. It was the most fabulous night with fabulous friends. Every time I go to DTPM I think there is no way that it can be as much fun as it was last time but every time it is or then some. It was so packed but somehow just on special occasions it adds to it. There was even a PA by Amanda Wilson from the Freemasons (Sings let love rain down on me) who sang 3 songs live on the main floor. Got a free DTPM Keychain as this years New Year Gift too.
Spent all day yesterday either in bed ( I got to sleep at 930AM) and slept till 3PM so to say I couldnt sleep very well that evening was an understatement. Finally got to bed at gone 4AM. Had hoped for an early one tonight but its almost 10PM and I am still awake. Cest la vie.
Happy New Year one and all, in the words of an old Chinese proverb, "May all your dreams come true but one" (After all if all your dreams come true, what will you have to dream of?.
17 Days to go!!
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