definition of sundown.

so i've been wanting to start this blog ever since I first learned the term "sundown" last year. a few friends and I were working on writing a script into the wee hours of the morning and I started to notice the term "sundown" commonly interjected into our late-night delirious conversations. fed up after feeling out-of-the-loop for far too long, I finally asked: "what does this MEAN?? this SUNDOWN thing??" and with the answer, my life was changed.

as i have now explained to the several hundred people that have now since asked ME what sundown means, I will commence this blog by explaining to you..

it all started with falafel.

and not just any falafel. lenny kravitz's favorite. l'as du falafel in paris' hip and jewish marais district. and apparently it wasn't just lenny kravitz who loved it. so did a blonde, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed american study-abroad student characterized by her tendency for getting a little lost and consequently, a little in trouble. (but more on that later.) so with hopes of preventing a failed-falafel trip, this blonde, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed american study-abroad student went online to inquire as to the closing hours of l'as. once she arrived at its website, she was a little surprised to see that the hours listed were: "10am to sundown." SUNDOWN? but what does that even mean? the sun sets at a different time every day and what, am I supposed to figure that out using a sundial and shit just to get some goddamn falafel?? extremely unclear, right? and that's exactly what sundown is.