Friday, May 20, 2005

"LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF...."

Famous words uttered by NAPOLEON DYNAMITE as he came face to face with one of our newer members of the blog family, THE LADY IN BLACK. NAPOLEON and I were in the middle of a conversation when she walked into the bar with her roommate. She immediately punched me in the arm for mentioning her antics on Tuesday night here on the site. NAPOLEON, never missing an opportunity to make a new "friend", immediately introduced himself by his real name (at which I then clued her in on his moniker). It turns out that she met w/a colleague of his about a potential job opportunity a day earlier; the colleague realized that both NAPOLEON and THE LADY IN BLACK both frequent the same watering hole and mentioned it to her. So he's been chomping at the bit to meet her and as coincidences would have it, last night they finally met. Of course, NAPOLEON was smitten w/her (or as smitten as one who's been goosed/groped by MADAME X could possibly get). What happens next? Stay tuned....

Last night we hosted a Team in Training Happy Hour fundraiser. Team in Training is a program that raises monies for various charities via triathlons. Last night's sponsored charity was the Leukiemia Society. There was a fairly large turnout for the charity and a nice tidy sum was raised for a good cause.

We also noticed (well my barback SULLY and I anyways) that the female/male ratio was rather favorable for a change. It's always nice when you have a plethora of lovely ladies to engage with as opposed to the proverbial sausage fest.

ANGEL tumbled into the bar with a small posse of friends; first thing I noticed about her was that she was wearing a Striped Shirt. I said to her, tongue in cheek: "nice shirt", to which she burst out laughing. She obviously got my reference to my hatred of said fashion disaster. We caught up on things for a bit before she stumbled home. Bless her heart...

IMPORTANT NEWSFLASH #1: This Sunday will be the last Sunday we're open before closing for the summer hiatus. What does that mean for you? No more NASCAR races/betting; no more people watching; no more watching NAPOLEON/GOOD SAMARITAN/ANGRY BLACK/OLD FART/UCONN/ANGEL debate over the topic of the day and getting drunk in the process; What does it mean for me? Sleeping in for a change; re-learning the fine art of ordering Sunday Brunch; No more bloody marys; getting to debate over the topic of the day with NAPOLEON/GOOD SAMARITAN/ANGRY BLACK/OLD FART (well, maybe not OLD FART)/UCONN/ANGEL (and any "friends" that may happen to be around that day) and getting drunk in the process... But no fear: We will re-open on Sunday just in time for SUNDAY FOOTBALL MADNESS!!!!

IMPORTANT NEWSFLASH #2: 6 DAYS UNTIL NURSES NIGHT! Need I say more? *grrrrrroowwl*

WEEKEND HAPPENINGS: FRIDAY: AFTER-WORK SINGLES HAPPY HOUR (5pm-9pm); $3 Domestic Drafts/$5 Cosmos/Appletinis/Margaritas. DJ GRIMMACE and Yankees/Mets Subway Series.

SATURDAY: "Kick the Keg" ($2 mugs all beers on tap until the keg kicks- 12pm-8pm); The Preakness Stakes & Yankees/Mets.

SUNDAY:Chill-Out Sundays ($3 domestic drafts, $5 Cosmos/Appletinis/Frozen Margaritas - all day long).

That's it for now. The camera will be out in force this weekend...wonder what i'll catch? Hmmmm...

NUFF SAID