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!
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5.31.2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
WEEKEND RE-CAP
We're reached the end of May and we are fully into summer mode now (even though summer doesn't officially start for about three more weeks), or at least it feels like it. You see more business casual outfits during the weekdays now, and really quiet streets during the day and lots of tourists and the usual B&T crowd on the weekend nights. A strange, unpredictable mix, but one that I like nevertheless.
FRIDAY night was a busy one for me. We had a charity fundraiser on tap for the Happy Hour time frame, followed by a live music set by the duo of DANNY and BRIAN. We've hosted both in the past and they usually come through with a good crowd and once again they did not disappoint.
The surprise of the evening for me was a visit from a childhood friend that I hadn't seen in quite a few years. It turns out that he had been living in Brooklyn the past few years and while I'd heard that he was living in the area, we somehow never got around to re-connecting. So it was a bit of a shock to see him walking through the door, but a pleasant shock as we ended up catching up for hours, over the chaos of live music and dancing patrons. A true highlight of the weekend.
SATURDAY I found myself up earlier than normal, which sucked ass because I felt like I'd just gotten to sleep a mere hours earlier. I, along with some of the staff were signed up to take a certification course for the bar and the course was taking place that day. It was gorgeous outside, which made going to this course that much harder. Who in the hell wants to sit inside a classroom setting on such a beautiful day? But duty called so we sucked it up and went at it. It was only four hours, but still, you get my drift.
After the course, we got back to the bar and while the boys set up for the evening's activities, I retired to my place, spent from a long week. I turned in early but couldn't really sleep because of the hustle and bustle of the street. However, I got the sense that was a pretty good night.
SUNDAY was a day to relax. As beautiful as it was outside, I chose to stay inside and catch up on some paperwork; programming ideas, scheduling, etc. Since I'm opening up on Monday, I figured that today would be a good day to do what I need to do before then. I finally got to catch up on some movies ("There Will Be Blood" and GOAL II: The Dream Continues), and got a good nap in as well.
Overall, it was a pretty good weekend.
On a side note: Happy Trails to PETER ZEZEL, former NHL player who had a long and distinguished career with teams like Philadelphia, St. Louis and Toronto (among other teams) and had one of the coolest names in hockey. He was also well-regarded throughout the league for his off-ice charitable efforts. He passed away last week at the age of 44 of a rare blood disorder.
Nuff Said
We're reached the end of May and we are fully into summer mode now (even though summer doesn't officially start for about three more weeks), or at least it feels like it. You see more business casual outfits during the weekdays now, and really quiet streets during the day and lots of tourists and the usual B&T crowd on the weekend nights. A strange, unpredictable mix, but one that I like nevertheless.
FRIDAY night was a busy one for me. We had a charity fundraiser on tap for the Happy Hour time frame, followed by a live music set by the duo of DANNY and BRIAN. We've hosted both in the past and they usually come through with a good crowd and once again they did not disappoint.
The surprise of the evening for me was a visit from a childhood friend that I hadn't seen in quite a few years. It turns out that he had been living in Brooklyn the past few years and while I'd heard that he was living in the area, we somehow never got around to re-connecting. So it was a bit of a shock to see him walking through the door, but a pleasant shock as we ended up catching up for hours, over the chaos of live music and dancing patrons. A true highlight of the weekend.
SATURDAY I found myself up earlier than normal, which sucked ass because I felt like I'd just gotten to sleep a mere hours earlier. I, along with some of the staff were signed up to take a certification course for the bar and the course was taking place that day. It was gorgeous outside, which made going to this course that much harder. Who in the hell wants to sit inside a classroom setting on such a beautiful day? But duty called so we sucked it up and went at it. It was only four hours, but still, you get my drift.
After the course, we got back to the bar and while the boys set up for the evening's activities, I retired to my place, spent from a long week. I turned in early but couldn't really sleep because of the hustle and bustle of the street. However, I got the sense that was a pretty good night.
SUNDAY was a day to relax. As beautiful as it was outside, I chose to stay inside and catch up on some paperwork; programming ideas, scheduling, etc. Since I'm opening up on Monday, I figured that today would be a good day to do what I need to do before then. I finally got to catch up on some movies ("There Will Be Blood" and GOAL II: The Dream Continues), and got a good nap in as well.
Overall, it was a pretty good weekend.
On a side note: Happy Trails to PETER ZEZEL, former NHL player who had a long and distinguished career with teams like Philadelphia, St. Louis and Toronto (among other teams) and had one of the coolest names in hockey. He was also well-regarded throughout the league for his off-ice charitable efforts. He passed away last week at the age of 44 of a rare blood disorder.
Nuff Said
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