Harry Potter and Big Drunken Shindig
Book 7 came out on Friday, and I decided it was high time I'd attended one of those midnight release parties. After all, this is the last of them, and this is also a major current collective pop culture phenomenon that I'm happy to participate in. Furthermore, I like the Harry Potter books and I couldn't wait a few more hours to get my hands on the last installment. Like so many others around the freaking WORLD, I am a Potter-head. I wish I had a magic wand and can cast lots of awesome spells. Who doesn't wish that, really?
So I dragged my non-fan friend to a "Harry Potter Party for Grown-Ups," meaning a party at an independent bookstore in SoHo full of 20 and 30-something urbanites and some alcohol. It was PACKED, and also lots of fun, and short, because at the stroke of midnight everyone hurried to get their books and go home.
Book 7 came out on Friday, and I decided it was high time I'd attended one of those midnight release parties. After all, this is the last of them, and this is also a major current collective pop culture phenomenon that I'm happy to participate in. Furthermore, I like the Harry Potter books and I couldn't wait a few more hours to get my hands on the last installment. Like so many others around the freaking WORLD, I am a Potter-head. I wish I had a magic wand and can cast lots of awesome spells. Who doesn't wish that, really?
So I dragged my non-fan friend to a "Harry Potter Party for Grown-Ups," meaning a party at an independent bookstore in SoHo full of 20 and 30-something urbanites and some alcohol. It was PACKED, and also lots of fun, and short, because at the stroke of midnight everyone hurried to get their books and go home.
posted by Amy Francis at
4:06 PM
3 Comments:
Did you dress up? I'm waiting on Donnie to finish the book before I read it but that was only because I was reading another series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. R. Martin. Excellent read!
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Jasmine, at 6:06 PM
Hey I kind of remember that night!
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John, at 1:01 AM
No, didn't dress up. It was too last-minute for that kinda thing.
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AmyF, at 2:02 PM
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