Luke Thompson: You should try to make the trip once a year, but you can be allowed to stay at home if you have certain circumstances. The days of Cafe Noir sitting for hours in a smokey cafe with one eye tilted just to the side are kind of dead. Lesson number two is when you have too much beer and it affects your vision in such a way that girls who might not necessarily be as attractive when you're sober become much more appealing to you.