Monday, March 14, 2005

Weekend recaps....

It's a rather pleasant Monday morning and I feel well-rested after a L-O-N-G-, yet busy weekend. Over the course of the weekend yours truly literally lived at the bar, pulling a couple of double shifts along the way. To feel well-rested after all of that is remarkable, to say the least. In any case, there were some interesting highlights from the weekend:

* I had the pleasure of meeting a group of older gents from New Hampshire on Friday; they were here to see the Big East Tournament. Wonderful bunch of guys. They were longtime friends, all with ample knowledge in the sport of basketball; either as coaches, referees, former athletes- one was even a sportsrwriter for a newspaper in New Hampshire. To listen to them share their experiences and having a good time doing so, it was refreshing to see. They enjoyed hanging out at the bar so much that they came back again on Saturday, where I surprised them with Third and Long shirts to take back to New Hampshire. The sportswriter promised to write a column on his experience at the Big East and at the bar and send me a copy. Can't wait to see it.

*There were also a group of guys from the Buffalo area, also in town to see the tournament. They were also a fun group, but in a more bawdy way. They would do their pre-game partying at the bar, then head to the games, only to come back halfway through because they were having more fun at the bar. These guys have been here in years past and while they are here I always said to myself "what a pain in the ass", because they would always resort to the typical frat boy behavior one would expect to see in a sports bar; however, once they are gone you look back and can't help but to say that they knew how to have a good time.

*Then there were the group of well-enhanced young ladies who were there on Saturday night, celebrating the birthday of one of their peers. This young lady, probably no more than 22, was obviously blessed by the expert hands of a Park Avenue plastic surgeon and had no problems showing off her "pride and joy". During the course of the evening the birthday girl had been pranking her friends with chocolate body lube gel. So to get back at her, her friends asked me to make an announcement to the bar that this young lady had lost her body gel and should come up to the bar to claim it.... of course, yours truly had no problem with that. I shut off the music momentarily and made the announcement, at which point the bar erupted in whistles and cat-calls as the birthday girl sheepishly came up to the bar to claim said bottle of body gel. After she claimed her item, she went back to her seat at the back of the bar with her girlfriends, where they were whooping it up and hi-fiving each other. Then the most peculiar thing happened: practially every guy in the bar made a beeline to the back of the bar where the girls were. I wonder why....

*Madame X made an appearance yesterday after a couple of days off. I asked her where she'd been (wondering to myself if she had finally gotten onto the blog and recognized herself); she mentioned that she'd been busy working and studying of late. It should be noted that she had a conversation earlier in the day w/Jeff Gordon, Jr (the day bartender who was covering for me); it seems that she has a particular interest in one of the members of the weekday lunchtime crew. This particular member apparently struck up a conversation with Ms. X. and I guess it left a mark on her, because she SPECIFICALLY asked about him (where he was, what time does he come by the bar, etc.). Then she blurted out that she should give him her phone number...but must think about it first (at which point she began to laugh...again). Who is the member of the lunchtime crew in question? It's an interesting name (Mr.GinMan), befitting an interesting person, to say the least. Here are his specs: He's a Pisces, a lover of Classic Rock N Roll, The Incredible Hulk underoos, submissiveness, romantic walks along the Bronx River, and the occasional Tanqueray and Soda...and when he's really feeling "randy", an old fashioned bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon...is this a romance waiting to bloom? Only time will tell.

*Last night, Angel (one of my column contributers) stopped by with her new roommate. I'll call her SexyTreat. Because she is sexy and would definately be a treat for any hot-blooded male. Anyways, Angel and SexyTreat were coming back from a long day of shopping and moving furniture into their apartment. When asked what they bought from their shopping trip, they said they picked up a "few things" for St. Patty's Day. SexyTreat then pulled out a pair of rather sexy irish green bikini briefs for us to see. I never thought irish green could look so....sexy. Hmmm. The girls came to give us fair warning that she will be rolling deep with her Florida posse for St. Patrick's Day and that we should be prepared(she took off Thurs/Fri.). This should prove interesting.

It looks like the much ballyhooed Rockstar Porter World Tour has come to an abrupt halt, due to mounting financial woes. It appears that the Rockstar Porter's main sponsors, Tecante Beer and Perdue Chicken Corp. were not happy with the dwindling crowds at the various venues; they were also not pleased with the fact that the Rockstar couldn't make half of his dates b/c of the fact that he kept getting lost in Pennsylvania. Coupled with the fact that he wrecked the tour bus and went over his allotted supply of beer and chickens sealed his fate. What's next for our Rockstar Porter? They say you can always go home, but what happens if you go home and your room has been rented out to someone else? Sorry Mr. Rockstar Porter. Your room has been leased out. Good luck in your future endeavors.

That's it for now. There are errands to be run, places to go, people to see. This is a big week (St. Patrick's Day, NCAA Tournament, tourists, etc.), so "it's time to make the donuts" as the classic Dunkin Donuts commercial used to say.

NUFF SAID