Now, I went to a last-year college BBQ yesterday evening. The food was good, but I missed a bit of atmosphere.

Anyhow, that's just the setting. Afterwards, we went for a few drinks in Antwerp, spent a few hours in one pub with a few of the more fun people in my year.

As it happened, one of my friends told us there was a new pub opening near the market square, with a small party to celebrate the event. He knew one of the DJs, so he wanted to drop by there. Me and two of the girls joined him. Upon entrance, I was denied access because I was wearing... white sports shoes...

Now, I realize this is general practice in clubs and discotheques, as in the 90s, those who dealt in party drugs wore white sports shoes as an outer distinction to contact their 'clients'. Not only is that no longer so, but this was just a regular pub. Just because one of the DJs was a regular at a club, there was security and guidelines.

So there I was, at 2 AM, dressed in Summer clothes and enduring a 7 degrees Celcius temperature. My friend brought me a drink from inside, but it was still a pretty bumming note to end a good evening out on the town.

Does it bother me? Of course. "Gee, we don't like your shoes, stay out." That's one serious "what the heck?" right there. Bouncers are such nice people, aren't they?