23/01/16: At this time of year, you could be quite forgiven for making like the real bears of the wild, and hibernating your way through the weekend (read: watching The Good Wife on Netflix for 22 hours consecutively without speaking to a single soul).
However, I must contest that this is not the best way to be spending your Saturday night. The best place, is in fact, in the welcoming warmth of XXL, surrounded by all the men you can shake a stick at.
There’s an exquisite ecstasy to handsome, masculine and muscly beauties cutting shapes, topless and titillating! After a customary lap round the entire venue (a workout in itself, in this labyrinthine lair), and a miserable attempt at flirting with a gorgeous man at the bar, I settled down to do what you’re supposed to when you go to XXL – dance like no-one is watching, drink tequila, and basically channel your inner Janet Jackson at the SuperBowl, but with hairier nipples.
All of this, sound tracked by expertly spun tunes from Wayne G makes me certain in my belief that we should make lest like the bears of the wild in the winter months, and more like the bears of the dancefloor.
Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, South Bank, SE1 9UF
Words Mark Hamill
Photos by Joel Ryder
