I woke up at noon on Saturday so I don't really consider the daytime ever happening. The day seemed to progress immediately from Lunch to evening. I'm ok with that though, the only thing the mornings are good for on the weekends are large breakfasts. But you can have those at noon too, so it really doesn't matter if you miss the morning.
A few months ago we had organized an outing with my family and a two of my aunts and uncles to go see B.B. King in Downtown Buffalo. My sister and brother in law even flew in for the weekend to see the show. The show itself was absolutely incredible. B.B. King live is a whole different experience. He's not quite as mobile as he once was due to him now being 82 years old, but his voice is still as strong as ever.
The show, as mentioned was great. However we ran into a little bit of a conflict because we were having our St. Patty's day parties at both bars that night. The parties started at 10 and the BB King Concert started at 8. So obviously there would be a little bit of an overlap. Not a problem with Riley's as we are pretty well staffed there and can handle events and bands and the such.
However, the Glenwood Grill is a much smaller venue and we normally do not get big crowds there. So when we do have something large happening, I like to be around in case something were to happen. And by something, I mean, fights, underagers trying to sneak in, people who have been band trying to come back in, or maybe give an extra hand behind the bar if we get too busy, or in the worst case scenario, an un-expected visit by the police.
We had the local band the Schnells play for us. They plated from 10pm - midnight and unfortunately I made it to the bar at 12:10am. Completely missing the entire show, but luckily the partying continued for a couple more hours after.
To the left is a picture of some of the patrons enjoying the night. This picture was taken around 2:30am. The husband of the girl in the middle was trying to get her to make out with the others two... hence the boob grabbing. If it looks like she is falling down, it's probably because she was. I actually witnessed many people fall down on this night. Some accidentally and some forcefully.
At one point in the night, I was talking to a wife of an old friend of mine from Highschool when suddenly she slipped off her barstool and ended up laying on her back on the floor. She popped right up, only to slip and fall again (it was raining, and the floor by the front door was a little slippery). Luckily she was ok and I would have felt bad for her had she not accidentally burnt my hand earlier in the night with her cigarette.... another reason why I'm not a fan of smoking. Cigarette burns are painful.
The best line of the night though, came out relatively early. My guess would be 1am. I was sitting at the bar talking with a friend and another guy when the guy stopped mid conversation to work some magic on the female employees.
And I kid you not, this is exactly how the dialect between the girls and the guy went.
Bartender #1 comes down to our end of the bar:
Guy: Excuse me are your legs tired?
Bartender 1: huh? no...
Guy: because you've been running through my mind all night long
Bartender 1: -blank stare, then turned and walked away without saying anything-
not more than 30 seconds later, bartender #2 comes down to the register to ring something up and the guy calls her over... and asks...
Guy: Excuse me, are your legs tired?
Bartender #2: What? My legs?
Guy: Yeah, are your legs tired?
Bartender #2: Why are you going to say something gross?
Guy: Because you've been running through my mind all night.
Bartender #2: yeah, thanks -then turns and walks away-
A female patron was sitting next to him as he attempted these lines, and just watched in disbelief as did I.
After his two attempts drastically failed, she asked him:"you can't be serious"
Guy: Just wanted to let them know that I've been thinking about them.
Girl: Well, you should probably ask them if their father was a thief next -then this girl walks away as well.-
The funnies part of this whole situation though was that I don't think this was meant to be comical in anyway. I think it was a sincere attempt at a pickup. All the power to him if it ever does work.
But all in all, it was a good night both business wise and in terms of having fun.
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