I went to Limelight once, in 1995. I was in college (upstate, almost in Canada) and came down to visit my buddy who was taking some summer classes at Pace.

Previous to that summer, I hadn't been in NYC since 1983, when my aunt brought me down for a visit. She literally lived next door to Joe's Pizza at 6th & Carmine...but that's another story.

Anyway, my buddy is ridiculously attractive (mixed black and white) and was dating a ridiculously attractive mixed hispanic girl. They wanted to show me a good time, so we got dressed up (no jeans!) and got in line at Limelight. It was easily a few hundred people long, but we got in anyway and hoped for the best.

We'd only waited a few minutes when a fabulous little man with a clipboard and two gigantic drag queens came down the line, took one look at us, asked how many (3!) and brought us to the front. It was the best feeling ever!

Once inside, I was so excited I wanted to buy us a round of drinks. We decided on Long Island Ice Teas (come on, we were stupid kids), so I got up the the bar and ordered three. "$24," the bartender said.

My reply was something like, "No, I just ordered three drinks."

"Yeah, $24."

I couldn't believe it, because back at school a Jack and Coke was $2. $2! Anyway, I was in NYC and I didn't want to look like a dipshit, so I left $30 on the bar and said thanks.

We put our drinks away pretty quickly and decided to explore the club. Upstairs was the first place I ever saw two guys making out. The real surprise of the evening though, was seeing a guy, totally naked, being led around the club by a woman wearing all leather and holding a dog leash attached to his penis! That blew my mind. I think I probably spent the rest of the night talking about it.