One night, when I was about twenty-three years old, I found myself at a small party with some friends. It was a time in my life when I imbibed heavily and lived from one good time to the next. The party was pretty small, eight or nine people for most of the night in my friend, Andy’s, modest apartment. A few of the people had left as the night went on and it was just myself, my two male friends, Andy and Shawn, and two im...

Just a few days after Shawn and I spit-roasted Amber, I found myself at a party hosted by Andy’s mom, Allie. Allie was going through her second divorce. At forty-three, she had birthed three kids, one of them being my friend Andy. Her youngest was a seventeen-year-old boy, they had a sister, Alexa who was twenty-five. Allie was hitting her mid-life crisis; she wanted to be hip and was starting to host parties, dressing yo...

If I think back to some of my most memorable parties from my early and mid-twenties, this story always comes to mind. My friend Adam had rented a trailer for the summer; it was only a twenty-minute drive out of town. I found myself spending a lot of time there that year. It was excellent, summer nights drinking and celebrating not having to grow up yet. One day I left work, picked up some alcohol, and made my way straight...

The bachelor party - the ultimate celebration before one of your friends leaps into the commitment of marriage. My friend Shawn was about to be married, and I was one of his groomsmen. My good friend Andy would be his best man, and for the bachelor party, we planned to go to the Holy Grail of bachelor party meccas – Las Vegas. I was twenty-eight years old and spent the months leading up to his wedding working all the over...

Despite getting mugged, I was now having the best time in Las Vegas. I had experienced a romp with an escort for the first time and in general, I was having a blast. By the third day of our bachelor party, our bodies had caught up with us from all of the heavy drinking and long hours spent absorbing sin and vice. There was a never-ending supply. I opted for some more low-key fun in the casino. It felt like afternoon, but...