Bartender Danny recently traveled to Colorado for spring break and decided to climb a mountain. He had never climbed a mountain before, but since he's an Ironman, he can do anything.
Danny and his friend Delaware climbed a 14,000 foot mountain: Grays Peak. It's the ninth highest peak in Colorado. You can read all about his adventure on his blog.
Like a good Sandbar employee should, Danny took along his Sandbar shirt for a photo op.
Last night, the Lawrence Police Department conducted bar checks around town. What does this mean? Basically, police officers go to bars, walk around and ask to see customers' identification. They're checking for fake ID's and no ID's.
A young lady was sitting at the bar celebrating her 21st birthday. She was having fun with the birthday attention, and Dave was entertained. He decided to have a little fun.
He caught the officer's attention, and slyly asked him to card the birthday girl.
The officer walked over to the girl and asked for her ID.
Officer: It's not her birthday!
Dave: What?!?
Apparently, her birthday was actually Wednesday and she was celebrating on Friday instead. Or, more likely, in addition. She stumbled around a bit explaining to Dave that she wasn't intentionally lying about her birthday.
At least the officer didn't say "She's not 21!"
We LOVE events taking place in Downtown Lawrence, and we especially love events that take place in our block.
This year, the Kansas Relays is trying something new: they're bringing three track and field events to downtown Lawrence!
April 20:
The elite men's shot put will be on 8th Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The street will close at 6 a.m. to allow for set up of a shot put area. The competition starts at 6 p.m. and will end around 8 p.m. The street will reopen at 11 p.m.
We love that they chose our block for the shot put. We've already made all kinds of jokes about where we'll be putting our own shots that night.
Our friends from Richard's Music next door will also be playing a concert later that night, and beer will be available for sale also.
April 21:
The elite men's long jump will take place on the other side of 8th Street, between Massachusetts and Vermont.The street will close at 11 a.m., the competition starts at 6 p.m., and will end around 8 p.m. Again, the street should be open by 11 p.m.
Also that day, the Kansas Relays Street Mile will start in the 700 block of New Hampshire at 5:30 p.m. and finish in the 700 block of Vermont.
This event will impact several areas of Downtown Lawrence. The route wll go down New Hampshire, turn right onto 11th St., cross Massachusetts, and turn right on to Vermont. The intersections will temporarily be closed until all the runners pass through. The organizers anticipate the event should be completed by 5:45 p.m., and all streets will be reopened at 6:15 p.m.
We're super excited about these unique events being held downtown. The Kansas Relays take place every year, but many people in Lawrence never have a reason to be involved or even know it's going on. Bringing some of the events downtown is a great way to involve the whole community, and it gives us all something different to do for an evening!
We hope you'll all come out and help support these great events!
We got a nice mention in a KUSports.com column about the event by Tom Keegan today. Check it out!
Former Sandbartender, current draught specialist on call and man on the street Pat uploaded this fantastic picture to our Facebook page awhile back:
Yes, that's our boy Blair. Bartender extraordinaire and apparently a fraternity rush chairman in his past life. We're pretty sure Blair could sell anyone on joining his fraternity…as long as you don't make him angry.
Things Blair doesn't like: people who order fourteen different drinks at the same time for the various members of their group, people who order drinks with fourteen different ingredients and people who yell his name at the bar. Especially people who yell his name to get his attention and then do one of the above; or worse, realize they actually have no idea what they want to order.
Our dear friend Rheva, who tended bar here briefly several years ago, sent us information about a benefit event coming up this weekend.
Super Tucker's Benefit is a tribute to Tucker, a 9 year old boy, son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend. In 2003, at just 15 months old, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He manages his illness with help from the doctors at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
There will be a delicious buffet available for a $10 charge, and a $5 entry fee for the games. Every penny that is raised will go to the charity; all items have been donated and all time is volunteered. Hope to see you there!