We figure if you're already on ClubPlanet, you've had your fair share of cab rides home at dawn, wincing at the first rays of sunlight. But sometimes the clock strikes midnight on a Saturday night and dammit, you just don't feel like staying out late. You look around the sea of faces, flushed with fun and frenzy, and you feel kinda lame for wanting to bail. Obviously you've got two options: trudge home to your empty apartment and heave yourself into bed.. or remind yourself how much Monday through Friday sucked at work! You've earned this night! But how do you regain this lost energy without stumbling out of a bathroom in a Battery Park with crusty nostrils?
Caffeine Nap
Obviously this only works if you feel your energy lagging before you're stuck in line at the bar, but it's a neat little trick to have on hand when you can't decide whether to go out or stay home and watch another episode of Twin Peaks: just when you feel yourself nodding off for good, drink a cup of strong coffee and sleep for no more than 15 minutes. The coffee clears out the sleep-inducing adenosine in your system and leaves you fresh as a daisy for the night ahead.
Step Outside
The warm lull of recycled breathing and shared body heat that accumulates in packed bars could make anyone long for sweet, sweet sleep. Escape the hot breathy sauna, even if the bar just has a backdoor patio or balcony with a whiff of cool fresh air.
Try the Tequila
Unlike every other form of alcohol, tequila restores rather than leeches energy. This might go a long way in explaining the parallel between tequila body shots and dancing on tables in Cancun...
Lay off the Beer
Beer has the lowest alcohol content per ounce, and combined with its carbohydrate-rich make-up (12-30 carbs per pint), it's hard to sustain energy for schmoozing and mingling after four stouts. Plus, you try dancing all night long with the alcoholic equivalent of a loaf of bread in your stomach. And most of your party clothes aren't equipped to accomodate a temporary beer gut.
Just One Energy Drink Cocktail, Barkeep
Yeah, advising lagging partygoers to drink a can of taurine and caffeine is pretty obvious, but the precarious balance between a caffeine-high and a caffeine-crash are worth noting. Even if you can barely suppress yawns at the bar, only load up on one Redbull and Vodka, then let it sink into your system over the next half hour. Too many fading patrons guzzle three or four peppy drinks only to discover they're more tired than before. Few people other than Lindsay Lohan can process that kind of jolt to the system, so their bodies overload and crash.
