Friday, July 11, 2008

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A REUNION TO GET THE PARTY STARTED.....

Last night we hosted a party for the young alumni of IONA COLLEGE and I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the turnout. A large number of the guests went to school with FRENCHY, and it was interesting to watch the interaction between former classmates.

As I observed the guests reminiscing about the past, I could distinctly remember some of the faces in the crowd. Many of them used to come to the bar years ago when they were still at IONA, so it was interesting to see what they've become since graduation.





FRENCHY holding court with a few former classmates...


I found myself wondering what these guys were thinking to themselves as they saw their former classmates entering the bar. "Did so-and-so get married?" "Wow, I didn't know he'd gained so much weight!" or "Wow, she turned out well!" were probably some of the thoughts going through some of the minds of the guests. It made me think of my own college reunion that just passed by. I regret missing it because it would have been cool to see some of my former classmates. Watching the activity last night proved my point, because to be honest with you, most of the guests were genuinely happy to see one another.






One of the funnier moments of the night took place when T-BILL entered the building. He'd just come from a work-related outing and wanted to get a couple of drinks before heading home. We began chit-chatting when all of a sudden, he whips out a bag of candy; Not like a bag of M&M's or jelly beans. I'm talking OLD SCHOOL joints like Twizzlers, individual caramels and most importantly:

BIT 'O HONEY!!

He then went on a long, hilarious tirade about the virtues of BIT '0 HONEY and I couldn't help but to laugh with him- I could totally relate to what he was talking about. I guess that officially makes us old. At one point, he even asked me to take a picture of his "prized possession, which led to yet another funny moment: The two of us trying to come up with the perfect picture:




























After like the fifth take, I finally gave up. WTF. Nevertheless, it was still funny watching patrons watching us in bewilderment while we tried to set up the "perfect shot".

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was expecting a visit from my favorite Canadian Model, ANIA. She ended up showing up a bit later than expected, but I was glad to see her nevertheless. She came by with her best friend, DEE and we hung out for a good hour or so, while all of the guys drooled in the background.



Speaking of another humorous moment came when I noticed some new tattoos that my friend had. As she began to show me the different ones that she'd gotten on her neck and her lower back, she raised her blouse to reveal a pretty cool tiger going down the lower back area. While doing that, she pulled her pants down ever so slightly to show me how low the tattoo went; As she did that, NORBIT (who'd been standing there the whole time taking in the conversation) gasped for air and I thought the poor guy was going to have a stroke. What can I say? Can't blame the guy; The girl is STACKED! Gotta give credit where credit is due. In any case, it was great seeing the two.


**Voting ended yesterday in AOL's poll for NYC's Best Sports Bar; The official announcement of the winners won't take place for 12 more days, however, based on what I saw late evening before the end of the voting, I think we got it in the bag! I saw the vote at 37%- 32% (ESPN ZONE), right before I came to work. Now unless ESPN was able to employ all 500 of their interns to start voting over and over again, I'm fairly confident that Third and Long will get the approval as NYC's Favorite Sports Bar.

Whatever happens, I want to thank each and every one of you for your support and tons of votes! It tells me that you really care about "the little guy"; you really care about us! I'll keep you posted on what happens with the voting result as it comes down. We may have to plan a celebration!!!

FRIDAY NIGHT:

"Weekend Happy Hour" (5pm-10pm), $4.00 Mixed Well Drinks and All
Draft Beers!

Welcome to any ALL-STAR GAME visitors, in town for next week's MLB All-Star game at Yankee Stadium!


NUFF SAID