Sandbar friend Donna traveled to Hawaii Waikiki, to be specific and of course she took a Sandbar shirt with her.
Donna told us that she's moving to South Africa in a few months, so we're hoping to get more great pictures from her!
A secret that Donna told us: she's the mystery woman in this picture with bartender Phil, from their college days at Kansas State University. We're impressed, Phil!
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Exciting news for fans of outdoor events in downtown Lawrence!
Next weekend, July 1-3, the Tour of Lawrence returns to town. The event features a weekend of Pro-AM USA Cycling races, children's races and events, and live music. Events take place downtown on Friday and Sunday and on the KU campus on Saturday.
Friday night, July 1, features a street party with live music on 8th Street in front of the Sandbar! Here's all the details:
Eighth street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire will close around 3 p.m. on Friday so we can get ready for the party.
You know how much we love costumes. Whether you pedal or rev your engine, come dressed in your best biker gear!
Be sure to check out the Tour of Lawrence website for the full schedule of events, there's a lot of great stuff besides the concert on Friday night.
Special thanks to the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau for letting us be part of the excitement! Be sure to come out and support another great event in our wonderful city.
RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends! Help us spread the word about this fun event.
Some of our friends left the bar one night. Sober friend was leading drunk friend to her car so sober friend could drive drunk friend home.
They turned the corner and saw a girl lying near the street. An ambulance had pulled up. Apparently, the girl fell or passed out and her friends called 911 (that's the right thing to do, people).
Our drunk friend exclaimed as they walked by, "I may be drunk, but I'm not ambulance drunk!"
And that's a good thing.
We're excited to announce that our beloved webcam is back online!
The webcam has been down for months. We had a minor incident in February a few freaky phone calls that led to the camera's disconnection. Then, once we hooked it back up about a month ago, it worked for a day and died.
Our webcam is old. We've had a webcam in the bar since the mid-90's when bartender and technology whiz Josh suggested it. (Here's an article from the LJWorld in 2002 that mentions our webcam.)
We purposely haven't upgraded our webcam in years. In fact, the current camera is probably only the second one we've ever had. The reason? We don't want advanced technology that makes it easy for people to clearly see who's in the bar. Our webcam is about checking out the atmosphere not stalking people.
When the camera died last month, we thought we'd be forced to upgrade. Dave tried one last thing; he unplugged it from its usual perch and plugged it into a different source behind one of the TV's.
One night when I checked Twitter, I saw a tweet about the webcam asking why it was hidden behind a keg. I checked, and lo and behold! The webcam was working again!
Apparently the hub it was originally plugged into had died, not the camera.
The webcam is now back in its corner, with a great view out over the bar. It's still fuzzy, and it always will be, but it gives a good idea of how much activity is happening in the bar.
Check it out: https://www.thesandbar.com/webcam/
Sandbar friends Nate & Sam traveled to a tropical locale a few weeks ago, and they took Sandbar shirts with them. Anyone who goes somewhere tropical should have Sandbar shirts with them, so they can take pictures and taunt us with them, since the only beach we get to see is upstairs.
Here they are, posing in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, a place we desperately want to visit.
You can learn more about Nate and Sam on their blog. Thanks for the great picture, and we hope you enjoyed your trip!