Dear TonicUltraLounge,
At first I didn't want to like you. I'll be honest, I thought you would come slamming in on Park Central East with your hip vegas style club, your really cool decor and your ultra way of doing things. I thought you would be shallow and pretentious. I thought you would be all flash and no substance. I thought you would be just another diamond in the seemingly cookie-cutter club scene that downtown springfield is somewhat turning into. I was wrong. I didn't want to like you, but i do. My friends and I are making it quite a ritual to hang out at your place every weekend for only a few minutes and when they first suggested it... i laughed. I saw it as a lark, or a joke, or a way to guffaw at the pretty people in a new way. But your friendly staff and great atmosphere changed it all. I like you. I look forward to your sweet embrace every weekend.
The several times ive been in there your staff has bent over backwards to make sure our trip was ultra. its more than a lounge to me... its an ultra lounge. From your waterfall as you come into the door to the chroegraphed light display, to the open feel of the seating. All of it has been a pleasant surprise. My friends and I were trying to figure out your light display timing the other night and the best we could come up with was that you simply hired a person to work it while reading a book and everytime he comes across a word he doesn't know, he changes the lights. that signals one of the staff and they come and help him out. this is one of the things that makes you so ultra, not only do you have really freaking cool lighting... but you're helping people learn to read.
i could go on and on about who i thought you were going to be and who you turned out to be. but i won't. i'm excited that you're in my nieghborhood and I'm looking forward to where you're going, but please don't get to uppity. We need lounges that are nice and accesible. You make us feel sexy. Well not as sexy as Kai does, but Kai is a sushi place and you're a lounge. An ultra lounge.
ultraly yours
Jeff Jenkins
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Great stuff... more! Light up the blogosphere...
I went once with Sniderman and we hated it. Couldn't get served a drink. Maybe we were there on a bad night and should try it again.
Wow... I'm surprised by this, because, like you, I thought that Tonic would be like the Icon and "Icon Jr." (next door) and that it would be one more nail.
You're honestly the first person I've heard say they like it that much. Maybe it's your "celebrity." ;) Or, maybe not.
I will rethink my judgments.
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