by Debbi | May 14, 2011 | Graduation, People, Sandbar Stuff
Hey, class of 2011! Our annual commemorative graduation pint glasses are in!
This year's design features the Sandbar tiki head as a graduate, complete with a cap, gown and diploma.
Unlike most of you, however, our graduate gets to stand on a beach, surrounded by palm trees.
Long-time customer and friend Becki came up with the idea for this design, and Dave put the finishing touches on it.
The other side of the glass has the Sandbar logo.
We ordered a double batch of these; half are blue, and half are red.
Our pint glasses are $3 each, so stop by and pick one up for yourself or your favorite graduate before they're gone!
by Debbi | May 12, 2011 | Off the Wall
This poor license plate was an unfortunate casualty of a fender-bender right outside our doors.
It fell off the car- and in fact, a little part of the bumper is still attached to the license plate. The owner brought it into the bar shortly after the accident, signed it and donated it to our display.
Dave hung it near the front of the bar with some other license plates.
by Debbi | May 11, 2011 | Graduation
Last year we started a new section on the blog that features some of our favorite customers who are preparing for graduation. It was a lot of fun, and we think people enjoyed reading it, so we're doing it again.
If you're a Sandbar regular and graduating in 2011, we want to hear from you!
You're in good company. Bartender Andrew is also graduating this year. He's been mopping floors at the Sandbar since he was knee-high, and there's lots of stories we could tell. But we won't. Yet.
If you'd like to be featured on our blog, keep reading. Send us an email with answers to the following questions- you don't have to answer all of them, and you can make up your own questions to answer, we're not picky- and include a picture or two if you want.
- What's your favorite Sandbar jukebox song? Bonus points if you tell us why.
- Tell us the funniest moment you remember at The Sandbar- whether it involves you or not.
- Remember the first time you came here? Tell us your first impression.
- What's your drink of choice? The one you'll miss the most?
- Tell us what you're doing after you graduate- sticking around town? Moving on to greener pastures?
- How many hours have you waited in line?
Feel free to embellish your stories or tell us something else. And we love pictures!
Email us at sandbar@thesandbar.com and we'll feature you on our blog sometime in the next week.
by Debbi | May 10, 2011 | Around the World, KU Basketball
Our friends Phil and Kristen live in Austin. If you've seen the hurricane, you've seen Phil- he's the random guy making a cameo appearance as the bouncer. The one who throws Brother Pants out of the bar.
A few months ago when March Madness was consuming all of Lawrence, and KU played in the Sweet Sixteen in San Antonio, Phil went to the KU game:
Phil said, "I tried to represent Kansas with my Sandbar shirt. David Johanning said it's my fault KU lost." (That's not true.) It's the same Sandbar shirt he's wearing in the hurricane video, and ironically it's Texas orange.
Apparently there were some Sandbar fans sitting near Phil at the game, and they were impressed that a guy from Austin who went to UT had a Sandbar shirt.
by Debbi | May 10, 2011 | Events, Jukebox
It's been well over a week since Jimmy Buffett and his "Welcome to Fin Land" tour stopped in Kansas City at the Sprint Center, and we hope you've enjoyed our recap of the extravaganza. If you missed it, read about the pre-pre-party, the pre-party at Power and Light and our bar-dancing escapade at Pizza Bar.
Now, for the main event.
Jimmy Buffett in the Sprint Center was interesting and different. Lots of us had seen a Buffett show before, but for many of us, our previous concert experiences were outdoors in an amphitheater after a day of tailgating in the parking lot.
Dave commented that the stage setup didn't seem all that fancy. In fact, his actual words were something like "Our St. Patrick's Day parade floats are fancier than that." Sure, it was just a couple beach umbrellas and a fence, with a backdrop that changed scenery for almost every song.
I'm not going to rehash the entire set list here, mostly because I enjoyed the show instead of taking notes. If you want to read a good review of the show, check out this one. It even includes a set list.
A couple of random observations:
- Sprint Center could sell a LOT more beer if they would open up more stations. Dave and Pat were annoyed by the amount of time they waited in line for a beer. Surely there are people willing to man the stations, and the income they generated would surely outweigh the payroll cost.
- The hats were funny. The guy in front of Dave was wearing a contraption that included a plastic cup. Dave kept trying to drink out of it, and I thought it was empty. Until the guy sat down in his seat so hard the cup fell out, and the beer in it went straight into Dave's shoe. Karma?
- Our party bus crew was very good at following directions. Everyone was back at the bus right after the concert, we didn't have to look for anyone and we didn't leave anyone behind.
We headed back to Lawrence, unloaded the buses and partied on at the Sandbar. It was a great night for the patio!
