Sunday, June 7, 2009

WEEKEND RECAP

This was a long weekend for yours truly, filled with birthday parties, full-moon freaks and busy times in general. The week overall was a good one for the bar, with good crowds pretty much every night of the week. On Friday, we hosted a party for one of our local regulars, the LAW SCHOOL KID, who was celebrating his birthday with a bunch of his law school buddies. The group seemed to have a pretty good time and brought a lot of energy to the bar. We also got a late night appearance from THE RUNNING MAN as he and his NY Met posse rolled in from a bachelor party, feeling no pain whatsoever. Luckily for us, the jukebox wasn't working or else we'd be listening to Kings of Leon the rest of the night. Not that there's anything wrong with Kings of Leon; It just gets a bit tiring listening to the same three songs all night long.


SATURDAY was spent getting ready for the Belmont Stakes and the upcoming 21st birthday party of JUNIOR, our barback. It was also SUDSY SATURDAY, our new Saturday night drink special, so I had to get the bar ready for that. I normally have Saturday nights off but since I was filling in this time around, I usually like to make sure everything is in place for the night.

The night was filled with friends of JUNIOR, some who traveled all the way from Boston, Mass to celebrate the young man's passage into adulthood. Whenever you deal with a birthday party, especially one who's turning 21, you never quite know what to expect. In this case, however, the party went as smoothly as possible as the guests celebrated our friend's birthday and no one acted like an idiot in the process. We even got a girl-on-girl makeout session, which entertained the crowd. Good stuff.

STRANGE SIGHTING OF THE NIGHT: GEEK SQUAD made an appearance last night, this time wearing sunglasses in the dark (which I never quite understood). He was flying solo again, cutting in front of other patrons to get his drink order and leaving his customary $0.00 tip. He also strolled around the bar, injecting himself into various conversations and trying to lay down that "rap" to the ladies, only to have them flee or ignore him. He's definitely an interesting person, that's for sure.

JEREMIAH WEED is my new friend. For the past couple of weeks, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and SILENT BOB have been raving about this new vodka called "JEREMIAH WEED'S SWEET TEA VODKA"; So finally we brought it in to see what the hub-bub was about. Served on ice with lemonade, Jeremiah Weed's Sweet Tea Vodka is actually pretty damn good. Deceptively strong, yet light and refreshing for this time of year, I predict that it will be a hit here at Third and Long. So next time you're at the bar, ask for the Third and Long "Twizzle Tea"! I think you'll like it too.

There's a lot going on this week. Between the NBA/NHL finals, the YANKEES/RED SOX, METS/PHILLIES rivalry matchups, and interleague baseball this weekend, we're going to have more than our fill of quality sports. We also have a lot of good stuff happening at the bar, with Beer Bingo on Monday, Pub Trivia on Wednesday, a Coors Light promo on Thursday, plus the usual cadre of great drink specials throughout the week. If the weather gods are good to us, we should have another good week.

UPCOMING EVENTS: Third and Long is celebrating 18 years of good pouring fun. With that being said, we will be hosting events throughout the year to pay homage to the milestone. Stay tuned for more details of our first event coming in the very near future!


Nuff Said