Last night I attended my first “Lates” night at the London Science Museum. For anyone who doesn’t know what that is “Lates” is an interesting concept where you combine a museum with adults, drinking, DJ’s, and a variety of different pop up stations based on the theme of the night. The theme last night was Bio-Revolution. I can’t say I really learned all that much about Bio-Revolution last night, but I can definitely tell an Elvis Lego man from a David Beckham Lego man!!
Although I had been to the science museum a couple times before and really enjoyed it, it was a nice change to be at the museum in the evening with all adults and able to explore the different areas of the museum and hands-on displays without feeling like you’re taking time away from the kiddos also wanting a turn. It was also a lot less busy and touristy which was a HUGE plus!!! I feel awful even saying “less touristy” seeing as how less than 5 months ago I was a tourist myself.. and I still consider myself a tourist whenever trying anything new… but sometimes I just want to get to where I need to be without slow walkers and people who don’t know where they are going :S And do not get me started on people taking pictures with their gigantic IPAD’s!!! But let’s nip that rant in the butt before I go off on a tangent 😉
Back to the event! The prices were very reasonable which I found to be a pleasant surprise. With free admission and only 5 pounds for a cider the size of my head, It was a nice evening out with friends without spending a fortune sitting at a pub. You also felt like you were getting a little bit of culture and were just that tad bit more civilized 🙂 Instead of saying I went out drinking last night, I can say I was educating myself at the Science Museum 😉 Ok, who am I kidding…
Anyhow, I experienced my first “pub quiz” last night at the Science Museum as well. Fun but a little lengthy, and aside from knowing who “Cavity Sam” was… i really had nothing to contribute to our team’s answers.. If it was 90’s music trivia I would have ACED IT! A tip for those of you planning your first trip to the next Lates night, SKIP THE PUB QUIZ and head straight to the SILENT DISCO!!!!! The pub quiz was fun but it starts at 8 and lasts an entire hour! And with the event itself ending at 9:45 that wasn’t a whole lot of time afterwards to see any of the other exhibits… I really wanted to try out the flight simulator but I think I’ll have to plan a separate trip.
The music playing throughout the museum was eclectic and fun and I think there should always be DJ’s playing music at the museum!! From Dirty Dancing’s “Be My Baby” to Nivana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit”, you’re doing the mashed potato and moshing all within a span of 10 minutes! And that was just the music that everyone could hear!! Now to the most interesting experience of the night.. the Silent Disco!!
I had heard of silent discos before but wasn’t quite sure what to expect. From what I knew of it, everyone puts headphones on and dances to the music playing on the headphones… cool concept but I thought it might be a little bit awkward to be dancing in a room with a hundred others with headphones on while being in a silent room. And when we had first walked past the silent disco area and I’m watching all of these people busting a move on the dance floor I was blown away by their confidence and ability to dance REALLY well and perform for the rest of us all walking by!! I did not think I’d be able to do that myself.. It takes me a few drinks just to get onto a regular dance floor!! Let alone one where only I can hear the music that I’m dancing to!!!
Unfortunately we made it to the silent disco about 10 minutes before they were shutting it down for the night but we were still able to dance to a few songs.. the first one being the theme to GHOSTBUSTERS!!!! That was enough for me to throw caution to the wind and start dancing!!! And surprisingly once those headphones are on and everyone else is dancing you really do forget that the people who don’t have headphones on have no clue what you’re dancing to… until the chorus of the song comes on and everyone’s shouting “WHO YOU GONNA CALL.. GHOSTBUSTERS!!!”
All in all, another fun night out in London, and another tickbox to check off of different things to do in this crazy city! Highly recommend it, and I’ll definitely be finding another Silent Disco to go to in the near future… I ain’t afraid of no ghost 😉
Goodnight London!! Krismas xxx
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