Tuesday, March 2, 2010

18 DAYS TO GO....

The countdown to Spring has officially begun. Today is March 2nd and on March 20th we officially say good bye to Winter (hopefully once and for all). T-BILL and I had "that conversation" yesterday about that annual rite of Spring: "The Day". What is "The Day" you ask? It's when women in NYC come out in full warm-weather fashion mode on that first day when it's exceptionally warm out. No jackets, no sweaters, just full-on winter shedding outfits with everything out for all to see. It's a day that the fellas at the bar really enjoy.

Right now, the over/under date of that taking place is April 15th. What do you think? It's supposed to be in the 50's this weekend alone, so..... What say you?

Still recovering from that crazy Gold Medal game on Sunday.

Time to start focusing on what should be a pretty busy month of March. This week, for example, aside from the usual weekly events scheduled at the bar (Beer Bingo, Pub Trivia, Hockey Night, etc.), we have our Annual Oscars Night Viewing Party. It's a fun night where we sit back, check out the Oscar telecast (complete from the Red Carpet show to the post-show comments), and do our own Oscar predictions contest (guess the winners).

From there, it becomes College Basketball central as we roll into Championship Week, where all of the conference tournaments take place, leading into Selection Sunday and the beginning of March Madness. Then of course, St. Patrick's Day takes center stage (it falls on a Wednesday this year), followed by the tip-off of the craziest two weeks in sports: the NCAA Tournament. Once the smoke clears on this, we're already into April, so as you can see, it's back to normal here at Third and Long as we shake off winter once and for all. And not a moment too soon!

In the meantime, we say goodbye to the Winter Olympics one last time with a special Dollar Draft Madness celebration with $1 mugs of BUD/BUD LIGHT, $2 Molson Canadian Drafts and $3 Molson Golden bottles all night long! We also have a visit by the MOLSON CANADIAN MODELS as well as plenty of NHL games on tap:

NY RANGERS vs OTTAWA
MONTREAL vs BOSTON
VANCOUVER vs COLUMBUS
TORONTO vs CAROLINA
NY ISLANDERS vs CHICAGO

Should make for a great night!


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