The cool cats from the Current recently stopped by Rogo’s bar at 734 Willow Ave. in Hoboken to sit down and talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Rogo’s bartender
Name: Bill Airey
From: Nutley
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Kettle and pineapple
Most popular drink at the bar: Irish Car Bomb
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"Caught people having sex in the bathroom at a bar in Jersey City about five years ago."
Do you think Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez will last?
"It’s just a front. He’s gay. Him and Matt Damon are going to hook up. They’re more than friends."
Last words:
"I love watching the girls get silly and the guys get sillier. It’s all fun in the end."
Name: Douglas Corleone
From: Hoboken
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Irish Car Bomb
How drunk are you now?
"Not yet."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"This past summer, I got thrown out of an English pub for ordering an Irish Car Bomb."
Do you think Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez will last?
"Who’s Ben Affleck?"
Last words:
"It’s all right to drink alone."
Name: Andy St. Clair
From: Clifton
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Dewars on the rocks
How drunk are you now?
"not"
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"About four years ago, I was at Cockeyed in Scranton, PA, and I took a shot of Tabasco sauce and fell out of the bar."
Do you think Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez will last?
"I give it nine months to a year. J. Lo’s a little loose and Ben’s a little stupid."
Last words:
"Cheers, f___ face."
Name: Kelly Hutchinson, Casey Stevens, Lauren Camisa, and Jenn Reppy
From: Rutherford, Manhattan, and Hoboken
Status: single (except for Lauren)
Favorite drink: Vodka tonic
How drunk are you now?
"Not"
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"Hooked up with a guy in a bathroom at Mad River in New York City about a year ago."
Do you think Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez will last?
"I hope they don’t last, ’cause she’s been around."
Last words:
"I’m not responsible for anything I do after an Irish Car Bomb….go Nets!"
Photos by Gerald Cadena