THE 6 GUYS YOU'LL MEET AT THE BAR

The city has so much personality. Most of the times you'd just be lucky enough to meet someone who isn't a total nut job! The more you experience, the more new discoveries you'd come across including new bars, new neighborhoods, and new people. Sometimes, these things can even inspire you -- like the time I shared an UberPool with a complete stranger, who surprisingly turned out to be a life coach. However, even though I was born and raised in New York, I learned that people here can be somewhat selfish and very competitive. I wouldn’t blame them though. People come from all over to this city to do big things, and I cannot be any more proud to bred from the one that never sleeps.

1. THE RANGERS FAN

You’re out with your girlfriend on a Tuesday night, grabbing $1 craft beers at a sports bar in Lower Manhattan. Somewhere mid evening, you're approached by a guy in a tatted Wild West themed arm sleeve. Real estate is what he says he does, and claims that he is very good at it. He came with a friend to watch the hockey game, both rooting for the NY Rangers. After the game ends, he treats you and your girlfriend to pizza and invites you two to watch the final Rangers game the following week, with him and his buddies at McFaddens. After a week of texting you learn that he's a jerk. So, you end up seeing the final game with your own friends instead at a bar by Washington Square Park. By the end of the night, you are drowned in a sea of upset Rangers fans. Salud.

2. THE BAR TALE

Mid way sipping through your amaretto sour at a bar in the West Village, a tall guy approaches your group and insists on ordering a round of fries for everyone to share. Your disinterest keeps you from snacking on the fries, but your friends have already had their hearts won over by the free food. Eventually you and your girls escape the dry conversation and make way to the rooftop to grab another drink. A few moments later the same guy finds you girls, but he is now with a group of friends. As he introduces his crew, your attention is caught by his Colombian friend with the lion tattoo. You tell him that you're from Cali and are here completing a summer med program before moving back. He tells you it's his birthday next week. You slip him your number before you leave, and he shoots you a text. Eventually he finds out you're not from Cali because your bar tale was a terrible one, especially if you know nothing about Cali to keep up the lie.

3. THE CALI GUY

His sarcastic tone and humor catches you off guard every time, that you are left speechless. He also has a super defined jaw line. You meet at a bar in the East Village and make way to another one a few blocks down for a second round of beers. He talks about his retro lifestyle back at the west coast and you listen in fascination of how he's made his way to NYC. Your girlfriend tries to help you make convo to save you from looking like a complete idiot. With basketball currently in season, he talks about his favorite players. You tell the guy you're an interior designer, hiding the fact that you are just an assistant at this time. Your girlfriend's date actually takes your lie seriously and asks you in depth questions on how he should remodel his new apartment. The four of you have a debate on cats and dogs. Your guy, of course, has a dog back in Cali. Eventually, the two of you become snapchat friends and you wonder every now and then, when he will revisit the city.

4. THE COLLEGE BOY(S)

You're with some girls ordering shots at the bar when two guys approach your group and insists on buying you all another round. They tell you guys that they're from NYU, and asks how you all met. You each exchange playful glances, knowing the protocol. Your friend tells them that you girls used to date in college while the other was your hot yoga instructor. In such fascination by the response, they ask you girls to kiss. You tell them that you are all modest and don't like showing affection in public. Thrown away again by the response, they low key walk away.

5. THE INTERN

He walks into the bar wearing an un-tucked red plaid shirt and carrying a skinny binder. You would think he's just finished with his day at work, but he tells you that he's in New York for the week running through some interviews. He's from Cincinati, Ohio and had just graduated from undergrad. He gets you and your girlfriend two glasses of Chardonay and a Budweiser for himself. Before you can even ask him how his day was, he opens up his binder, lays out his resume, and starts talking about how his interview went. For the rest of the night, the guy is too self-absorbed in his awesomeness, that the only thing you can think about is taking his bundle of resume copies and throwing it across the bar.

6. THE DJ KHALED LOOK-ALIKE

He does not know the keys to success, but he sure embodies the physical features of DJ Khaled. Similarly though, he works as a music producer, and he did end up sending you a LinkedIn request a few months later (not understanding how he found you). His table is by the bathroom line you're waiting on, and he comments on your fleeky nail polish. Since you're already waiting on line for the bathroom, you both have a brief conversation about tattoos. Moments later, you walk out of the bathroom and he's right there, waiting for you. Mildly creeped out, you shimmy through a tight squeeze in the crowd nearby and take the long way around the bar back to your friends. Unfortunately, this experience leaves you on a bad note with Williamsburg, especially since this is your first time bar hopping around here. At the end of the night, you and your friends are about to leave until he ends up finding you. So, you make a quick reach for the exit and speed walk around the corner to escape the scene.