Initiation Dear Diary: It was the early 2000s. I had been resisting my friends’ invitations to join them in a night of dancing at one of those only-in-New-York, late-night parties held in the kind of dark, crowded clubs that were tucked into quiet streets along the Hudson River at the time. Intense, sweat-soaked group experiences … Continue reading ‘A World-Wise Waitress Came to the Table and Scoped Out the Group’