The Current‘s entertainment crew recently stopped by the Lamp Post Bar and Grille at 382 Second St. in Jersey City to talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Lamp Post bartender
Name: Sean Fitzgerald
From: Jersey City
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Beer
What is your favorite type of music?
"U2, rock, hip-hop and pop."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"I slept at a bar I was working at to avoid being late for my morning shift three years ago."
What is your favorite movie?
Rudy
What three things can’t you live without?
"Friends, family, music."
What is the last book you read?
Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
What makes you smile?
"Other people smiling."
What celebrity do you look like?
Nick Nolte
Last words:
"S___ happens."
Name: Kristen Musanti
From: Jersey City
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: SoCo and sprite
What kind of music do you like?
"NSync."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"One of my friends got picked up by a drag queen six years ago at a New York club."
What is your favorite movie?
The Goonies
What three things can’t you live without?
"Family, friends, my boyfriend."
What is the last book you read?
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
What makes you smile?
"Dancing."
What celebrity do you look like?
Winona Ryder
Last words:
"I’d rather fail at something I love doing than succeed at something I hate."
Name: Samantha Rider
From: Jersey City
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Beer
What kind of music do you like?
"Emo and punk rock."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"A guy puked at the bar four weeks ago after doing a shot of tequila."
What is your favorite movie?
Dream for an Insomniac
What three things can’t you live without?
"Cheese, coca-cola, computers."
What is the last book you read?
American Psycho (Vintage Contemporaries) by Bret Easton Ellis
What makes you smile?
"Other people smiling."
What celebrity do you look like?
Molly Ringwald
Last words:
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it." – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Name: Jessica Tormos
From: Jersey City
Status: "I don’t know."
Favorite drink: Amaretto Sour
What kind of music do you like?
"Merengue, bachata and R&B."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"We met two weird Englishmen at a bar in Jersey City that talked about their girlfriends and laughed awkwardly."
What is your favorite movie?
My Girl
What three things can’t you live without?
"Pork chops, family, friends."
What is the last book you read?
Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit by Charles Bukowski
What makes you smile?
"Making people happy."
What celebrity do you look like?
Shakira
Last words:
"Don’t knock it until you try it."