Thursday, May 7, 2009

ARE WE IN LONDON? OR IS IT SEATTLE?

With all of the rain beating down on us this week, it's very hard to tell if I'm still in New York City. I cannot recall ever living through such a long stretch of rain like we've had so far, and it's only Thursday. And from what I'm hearing, we're supposed to continue to get rain until SUNDAY!!! I wonder how many folks have gone "Seattle" on us and jumped out of their windows from being depressed by all of this rain. Of course, one can only imagine how many babies will pop up nine months from now. And it certainly hasn't helped business- face it, who wants to trek out into the pouring rain to meet up with friends? Seriously?

That being said, I was impressed by the diehards who braved the crappy weather to participate in our Pub Trivia night. We had a few newbies in attendance, and once they saw the monsoon taking place outside, they figured their better option was to hang out and when in Rome....

We had a new team Johan Jobs (get it?) win last night's trivia challenge and the $30 bar tab that came with the win. An interesting group of guys that bordered on funny/annoying for most of the night. In spite of that, the night in general was pretty cool. You can check out the pics from last night on our FACEBOOK PAGE. And while you're there, if you haven't already done so yet, sign up to be a fan of Third and Long.

During the course of the night, I was talking to some of the patrons about the upcoming Star Trek movie and how it's gotten pretty good reviews (really good reviews actually). We began to discuss the box office possibilities and began making predictions on it's opening. And that gave me an idea. I would like to invite you, the readers of the blog to chime in with your predictions for Star Trek box office opening. And I'll go one step further: If any reader can predict the opening number for the movie (i.e. how much it will make), I'll buy you a drink. Just leave your predictions in the comment box by 12 noon on Friday and you'll qualify. Good luck!
TONIGHT: $15.00 Buckets, Miller Lite/Coors Light (5-10pm)!