We headed to Echo Lounge on Friday to catch some holiday burlesque, "“House of Heat's progressive Burlesque,The Red Velvet Revue is Torchy Taboo's latest concoction, mixing the best of Atlanta's Burlesque performers..."
Unfortunately, when we arrived the guy at the door said Echo couldn't serve booze that weekend due to some mix-up down at Atlanta City Hall. We were too confused and disappointed to get details, but he said they'd be back in alcoholic action on Monday. I peeked into the room and saw a few people lurking about waiting on the show, but we were barely motivated to go out, much less to hang around sober in a near empty room through a long show. Instead, we headed up to Flatiron and had a nightcap with friends and called it a night.

But there was another night of burlesque to be had on Saturday at The Star Bar, so after desert and socializing at Carol Street Cafe, we cruised out of Cabbagetown and into L5P. Moments after I grabbed a beer, The Helgas started up - perfect timing.