LoT Pub Crawl-A-Rama

[MickeyD]

I went out Saturday night, with the sole purpose of doing what I can to add to the LoT Pub total. I'm a giver, I am.

First stop was a place called SoHo, because my friend liked the band that was playing, Delta Nove. I was somewhat unimpressed, but they were ok. I was feeling a bit drained after a long day, so I decided to forgo my usual V & T for something with a little caffeine and had a couple or four Red Bull & Vodkas.

It was kinda a weird night. First when I was standing outside lamenting with some random people over having quit smoking (with cigarettes in our hands) "Believe it or not, I quit smoking." <drag> "Me too!" <drag> "No, I'm serious, I quit, this is my first in weeks." <drag> "I'm serious too, it's just when I drink......" <drag> "Yeah" I looked inside and saw a kid I used to know. I probably haven't seen him in 13 years, so he was 12 when I saw him last, but he looked exactly the same (only much bigger.) As I was standing there staring at him in shock, I heard someone say, "Hi Heather!" It was his older brother, who I hadn't seen in about nine years. I used to be friends with their older brother, who was killed in a car accident when I was in high school. I had lost track of them, and it was really weird to see them. I mean, they were really weird. I don't remember them being weird as kids. It made me feel really melencholy.

Then a little bit later, an older dude came up to me and just said, "You're all grown up!" Then, luckily for him he said, "Remember me, I'm Tom!" (I say luckily for him because I was with my guy friends who are like a cross between a doberman, a rottweiler & a pit bull, and they're protective of me like I am their master ) Anyway, he had been the finish carpentry guy when my parents were building their house, 14 years ago. He remembered me from when I was sixteen, and hit the side of my parents garage with my car, a week after we moved in.

Anyway, we stayed there for quite a while since my friend was groovin' on the band, then we headed down to The Sportsman which you can always recognise by the crowd of smokers outside it. It was around 1:15am, and very crowded, and luckily, just as I was opening my mouth to tell my friend what to order for me, I remembered that they serve ridiculously strong drinks, and changed my order to a bottle of beer. My memory is a bit fuzzy from all the Red Bull & Vodkas I had earlier, but I seem to recall a brown bottle with a green label, so I think I had a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I could be wrong, though. What I like best about the Sportsman is the heavy metal music that is constantly playing, as well as the ESPN & Fox Sports that I can zone out to.....We had a couple of beers, then headed out the door after last call, and that was the end of a very odd evening.

[mistyisjafo]

As you all know, I went on vacation last month and had a great nite at Sharkeez in Newport Beach. When we were there last they insisted I complete their little "Win a VIP" party form. I did and of course I received a VIP party. The party was for 10 or more people, drinks were you call it/well/ beer/wine 2 for 1 and a huge party platter of food.

I can honestly say that if you get the opportunity to go to Sharkeez to sign up for that party because it certainly was worth it!! Good sized drinks and great food plus they reserve a booth for you. The place really gets to jumping around 10 but we had an early Happy Hour and didn't need to drink once it was over. Can't beat that!