In January one of my friends group texted a bunch of women we had worked with to invite us to happy hour in the middle of the week. We were all job hunting so we had plenty of time and she wanted to get us all out of our houses to hang out and catch up. The first happy hour went so well and was so much fun that it’s turned into a little tradition over the past few weeks. Every Wednesday a group of us will meet at Silo for Ladies’ Night. Instead of the usual creepy club Ladies’ Nights where it’s a group of women and lots of creepy men trying to hit on them, happy hour at Silo is almost all women, which is ideal. The special is also ideal: bottomless champagne when you order an appetizer!
There’s a group of four of us who are the core group and try to make it every week. Of course, none of us make it every single week, but there’s always a group there on Wednesdays. All of us have also brought other friends to the bar to join as well. These happy hours are a great way to decompress after the stress of job hunting all week and to get out of the house and be social without spending a ton of money–the appetizers are shareable sizes and very affordable so it’s a great deal. And it’s been extremely helpful for both my morale and my mental health to talk to other people in a similar job hunting position every week. It’s like a more fun version of a support group and with champagne!
My favorite thing about this happy hour is having a time and place that I know I can show up to and someone, likely more than one person, will be there to hang out and talk. It reminds me a little of living in my sorority house in college–the fact that I could walk in and know that someone would be there. Especially because the group rotates and grows and shrinks as people have other things to do (or it’s just gross and snowy outside) and as other friends come to visit or just stop by on their way home from work. It also makes me think of basically every TV show set in a city where the main characters have a go-to bar or coffee shop where they gather. It’s true that this isn’t a bar that I’d gather at on days that aren’t Ladies’ Night, but it’s perfect for Wednesdays.
It’s something that I hope to continue even after we all get jobs because it’s such a great way to break up the week and be able to touch base with friends.
xoxo,
J
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