FR: OMG Austin is so fun

I can't believe I lived in Austin for 5 years and was too hopeless of an AFC to have fun on 6th Street. I went back Friday night to show my cousin around and man, what a difference.

The night started pretty slow, and as a matter of fact, it was pretty slow overall because the college crowd were mostly out of town. But the girls in Austin were super easy to open. I had an astonishing 90% hooking rate with the sets I opened... and all the girls were gorgeous.

Warm up was at a bar full of dudes. I spied a 3-set of girls that took seats on stools around a table. The live band was really loud, so I waited until they finished before I opened. Opener was rather mundane, and it was just banter and chatting about what to do, got a bit personal. Pretty soon I ran out of stuff to say, and I asked too many questions. But the thing is, girls in Austin are super polite, even when they don't want to talk to you anymore. So it never feels awkward.

Bounced to The Library, and I was still feeling cold. I saw a two set, one girl really cute. After some hesitation, I went up and opened. Again, lame opener, but the set hooked. Turns out the girls are from California, so I had a lot to talk to them about. It was nice friendly conversation, but nothing too edgy. The girls are sisters, and the cute one lives in Austin now and "kind-of seeing" somebody. I decided not to pursue much further.

Then I opened direct on a blonde sitting in a booth with 4 of her friends. Again, it opened nicely, and even when she didn't want to talk (logistics made it impossible to isolate), she was super nice. That really warmed me up.

The best set of the night was outside. A 6-set of girls, one of them wearing a sash. I ran up and said happy birthday, she turned around and told me it wasn't her birthday. She's getting married.

Me: Oh... congratulations. So did you guys make a list?
Her: A list?
Me: Yeah, you know, a list of things you have to do before you get married tomorrow.
Girl Friend 1: No... we don't have a list.
Me: Okay, I'll start the list for you... let's see... you have to get 3 out of state phone numbers from strangers.
Girl Friend 2: Oh, this is fun...
Me: (turning to the girl next to me) Now you come up with one...

So we went around the circle and I had each of the girls make one item of the list. They were super into it and the bride-to-be was having a blast. She asked me if I wanted to tag along, while she completed the list, so I said alright. In retrospect, it would've been a lot better if I had a wing or two with me. One of her friends was really cute, but I couldn't isolate and it was too chaotic. I did see her complete every item on the list though, and I left the set because they were all underaged and I couldn't get them into any bars.

Opened a tall hot brunette (hottest girl I opened all night) in a loud hip-hop bar. Again, super nice, huge smile when I opened her. Couldn't talk much with the loud music and she was soon swallowed by her huge group of guy friends.

Lastly went to Pure, a very swanky dance club. And I discovered how easy it is just to go up and dance with girls in Austin. They are super friendly, I got to dance, kino and grind with some really cute girls. It was super fun.

Early on I spotted a two set, HBtall and HBhot. HBhot was on the dance floor getting mobbed by guys, and HBtall, I noticed was wearing a big diamond on her wedding finger. It was a while before I got next to HBtall and I started talking with her.

Me: (seeing she was standing there watching the dance floor) So, why aren't you in there dancing with your husband?
HBtall: ha... my husband is at home.
Me: Oh... he's no fun at all.
HBtall: But my recently single girlfriend is in there having a blast, making out with all the guys.

So we started talking and it turns out her friend HBhot is going through a divorce and wanted to come out and have a bit of fun (ie. external validation), and HBtall was there to make sure she didn't go home with an asshole. I basically charmed HBtall. But I had difficulties getting to HBhot because she was surrounded by guys all making out with her. I didn't want to become a part of that. I did however run into them outside and introduced myself. But I had no idea how to proceed with the PU at that point, and logistics made it impossible.

That night was a lot of fun. I think if I stayed in Austin longer, my night game will improve by leaps and bounds. The environment makes everything super easy, but the logistics this time was difficult. I didn't do a lot of things right, among them, I should have been a bit more aggressive on the dance floor. I should have kino-escalated to making out, but I didn't know how to do that without having established some sort of rapport (I basically opened on the dance floor and just proceeded to dancing with them).

My focus right now is still daygame, but if anytime I wanted to have fun at night or improve my night game, there's always Austin.