Wednesday, March 7, 2007

"X" MARKS THE SPOT

I had the pleasure of working a rare double shift on Tuesday and it was interesting, to say the least. The afternoon was pretty slow as the frigid temps forced everyone to stay close to the office. I can't say that I blame them- it was brutal (unfortunately-we're scheduled for more of the same weather today).

When Dollar Draft Madness began, I was pleasantly surprised to notice the number of women who came in after work; By 6:30pm, if you took a scan around the bar, the ratio of women to men was easily 3-1. And when you're a guy, you gotta love those odds.


Some of the Brew Crew members stopped by after work to unwind and shoot the breeze; MR. LOW-KEY, DIRTY SANCHEZ, SILENT BOB and NAPOLEON DYNAMITE ended up hanging at the end of the bar with HIS BOY ELROY, and were engaged in debates of various topics ranging from the upcoming presidential elections, to March Madness. Here's the kicker: instead of partaking in Dollar Drafts, they decided to go the "highbrow" route and drink wine instead. It was a strange sight. Can we say "pinkies up?"


Once I finished the first half of my shift, I ran across the street to EXCEL NEWS to pick up some Mega-Millions tickets. The jackpot was at 370 million dollars at that point and I was determined to get my tickets; All day I dreamed of what I would do with my windfall if I'd won the big jackpot (starting with changing the name of the neighborhood from "Murray Hill", to "Swanfather Hill"). But when I got to the store, I was startled by the line of people waiting to purchase tickets. I guess they had hopes and dreams too. (Turns out there were two winners of the big jackpot- from New Jersey and Georgia).


After picking up my tickets, I went back to the bar to begin the second half of my shift. The evening went pretty smoothly; Not too busy but pretty steady. Groups of fans from the various schools participating in the Big East Tournament stopped in to take in the drink specials; A group of firemen stopped in as well. All was cool and then it happened:

The doors fly open and there she was: MADAME X!


She came in and said hello and tried to reach in to give me a kiss and of course, my Jedi skills kicked in and I deftly avoided the kiss by applying my Matrix moves on her and shook her hand instead. She then walked over to the bar and found a seat, laughing to herself in the process. "Great" I thought, she's in rare form.

Before sitting down, she gave me a business card; turns out she's now a Real Estate Agent. Oy Vey! I'd love to be a fly on a wall when she and her 58 personalities are showing an apartment to a naive couple from Ohio. That would be classic.


She hung out for about an hour and so and during that time, her range of personalities came out and of course, she spooked everyone that sat around her. They didn't know her like we did, so many of them were caught off guard by her behavior. While she has her "quirks", she's harmless and actually a pretty nice person.

So after a while, she decides to leave; As she's getting ready to walk out the door, a song came on over the system (I forget which one) and she froze in her tracks. She started to bob her head and began to dance in the middle of the dance floor. I seized the opportunity to take some classic photos and she loved it. It was like she was on a model shoot. She began posing as if she was making love to the camera, and I was more than willing to let her do her thing (with the camera, that is). Classic stuff.



Love the boots!



Overall, while it was a LONG day, it was an entertaining one, that's for sure!

Don't forget NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK kicks into full gear today! And ladies, don't forget, it's GIRL'S NIGHT OUT tonight, with $2.00 Mixed Well Drinks (for the ladies) and $4.00 Amstel Light, Coors Light and Blue Moon Ale (for everyone)!


nuff said