We want to say one word to you. Are you listening? “Polyester.”
A jolly guy in a wacky suit is coming to Bay Ridge — and it is not Santa. Fashion icon Elvis Presley is not only alive — he is shaking, rattling, and rolling through the Ridge this weekend.
Get ready to welcome the “King of Rock and Roll” by doing your own Elvis shtick at one of the ‘hood’s many karaoke nights on Friday. But first, bulk up for the role by sucking down about 10 chocolate-banana-and-peanut-butter “Elvis Presley Shakes” at Bay Ridge Diner (8017 Fifth Ave. between 80th and 81st streets).
Then flip, flop, and fly over to Three Jolly Pigeons (6802 Third Ave. at 68th Street) at 10 pm to sing “Animal Instinct” or go belt out “My Desert Serenade” at Blue Agave (7215 Third Ave. between 72nd and 73rd streets) starting at 10:30 pm.
On Saturday, go see the one man who rocks a rhinestone-studded leisure suit better than yours truly — Midwood’s Elvis shrine curator and tributeer extraordinaire Carey Weiner will be the King at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center (405 81st St. between Fourth and Fifth avenues). And dads, keep your daughters at home because this hound dog is so suave the ladies just can’t help falling in love. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The pompadour and circumstance starts at 8 pm.
Of course, if you are not into speed-addled Nixon lovers, then go to Leif Bar (6725 Fifth Ave. at Senator Street) to catch The Electrix performing the acid-and-cocaine-addled noodlings of the Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers. It is sure to be a good show — they have “Captain Trips” and crew’s timbre down to a T — but you will have to get a job you dirty hippie, because tickets are $10. Drop in (and drop out) at 10 pm.
