"He wandered around the bar, trying to figure out what to do. Then he happened on a laptop on the bottom shelf of the D.J. booth. ‘I checked my e-mail,’ he said, ‘which was completely not helpful. My friends were planning a get-together. And I wrote back, “Yes, this will work. If only I could figure out how to escape from the bar I’m trapped in.”’"

A Night Out That Became a Night In. In the Bar.