In a perfect world your friends would never be late, traffic signals would always see your point of view and you could muse cheerfully along with the top down on your convertible or hang out the sunroof of the limousine gleefully bouncing from party to party without interruption or delay.
Welcome to the surreal life. Continue reading
No, this isn’t the Kentucky Derby. That was a few weeks back…. This is the “Mardi Gras of Maryland“…. A place where the liquor flows and the infield crowd was known to be the wildest anywhere…. At least that’s the way it used to be….
Preakness, or known by its official title as “The Preakness Stakes” is the 2nd of three U.S. Triple Crown thoroughbred horse races held in America. The first being the Kentucky Derby and the last being the Belmont Stakes.
Named by a former Maryland Governor after a winning colt at Pimlico and termed “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans,” the attendance at Preakness ranks second only to the Kentucky Derby in North America beating out the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders’ Cup and the Kentucky Oaks. Continue reading
“I wouldn’t wanna’ be standing in a bar when Jesus comes back to earth.” – Said by a bargoer in Senuna’s Bar, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Somewhere along the way bars & nightclubs got a bad reputation that’s been hard to shake. Girls say they would never date a guy they met in a bar. But the girls still go there. Guys say the only girls who go to bars are desperate or easy. But the guys still go there. Dating services saturate the public’s perception with tales from people who claim that they were “tired of the bar scene.”
It seems that everyone has an opinion about bars…. Few good…. But despite the many sins these establishments have been blamed for it seems that they’re more often the victims of bitter derision more often than the perpetrators. They’re the victims of the presuppositions that people make regarding their profile and purpose.
Whether or not we’ll admit it. Bars and nightclubs are a place we expect something to happen…. Where usually nothing happens…. But we all keep going there, so maybe they’re not so bad. Continue reading