The Blah Blah's a good-looking place, alright. And not just because it's housed in a magnificent two-storeyed Victorian pile in a fairly trendy part of the city, slightly above the lower Kloof Street hurly burly, but because it shares premises with the Erdmann Contemporary gallery. There's a fair smattering of interesting pieces hanging upstairs and downstairs, offering much food for thought as you drift among the aesthetes, looking for a conversation to join.Refrain, however, from something completely naff, like "I don't know much about art, but I do know a cheap wine," and everything will be hunky dory.Actually, Carsten Rasch, who opened the bar last year with wife Heidi Erdmann, does serve up a rather decent house wine, so one really needn't waste too much time with the fairly extensive wine list. There's a good range of cocktails, too, which are discounted along with a few other drinks during happy hours and proceedings usually swerve off excitedly into the evening from here on in. There's a two-for-the-price-of-one tequila deal between 8pm and 10pm. For these who take their food on a plate, pizzas are half-price on Tuesdays.The Blah Blah, according to Rasch, is a "performance bar". He wanted to open a space where a community of creatives could have a good time and to this end the bar continues to host a number of dynamic musical acts. Tomorrow, for example, it's the folk-punk outfit Buckfever Underground and on Friday, the Josh Hawks Band. They do parties, too. On Saturday it's a Valentine's swing thing. Which, knowing them, will be unlike any other swing thing you've ever swung before. But, really, anything goes - poetry readings, DJ sets, slide shows by photographers, stand-up comedy. And drinking. It's a good idea to get on their mailing list.84 Kloof Street, Gardens. 082-349-8849. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 3pm until late..