The ghost made another appearance late at night a few weeks ago.
Tyler called Dave at home after they closed up the bar and told him the ghost had been particularly active that night; Emerson even claimed to have seen the ghost standing over by the jukebox.
Dave pulled up the webcam online to take a look at the bar, and he noticed that the guys had left the "open" sign on. He called Tyler back.
"Hey, you guys left the "open" sign on."
"No we didn't," Tyler said. "I know we turned it off, because I had to go back in and unplug the specials sign."
Dave was positive it was on, so he actually rode his scooter down to the bar- and the "open" sign was on. He was too freaked out to go inside, so he went back home and pulled up the webcam again.
This time the sign was off.
Dave really freaked out, until he found out that Tyler had gone back to the bar and turned it off, apparently during the short time Dave was driving home.
But, they all still swear the ghost turned the light on in the first place.
The staff loves dreaming up new concoctions and then coming up with fun names for them. The latest tropical drink to join our lineup is the Afternoon Delight.
According to Dave, it tastes like an Orange Julius. That should bring back lots of fond mall memories for you.
Bartender Tegan named this drink.
Like all of our tropical drinks, it comes with a toy surprise.
Stop by and try it soon, and don't forget tropical drinks are on special on Thursday nights!
One of the highlights of last weekend's Shark Fest block party was the giant, 40-foot-long inflatable shark slide.
We first spotted the shark slide last year when McDonald's on 23rd St. rented it for their grand reopening celebration. Not really sure how McDonald's and sharks go together, but the slide was perfect for our party.
The slide went up on Saturday afternoon and the kids swarmed. Their parents couldn't believe the slide was free. We had no intention of charging people to slide, but if we'd charged a buck a ride we could have easily paid for probably the entire party!
Dave and Curtis raced each other down the slide. The rules said only two adults on the slide at a time, but the rules probably didn't expect two giant men to ride at the same time.
Bartender Tegan escorted a baby down the slide. We didn't get a picture of that one.
Our slide supervisor Ken informed us that local downtown legend Dennis even took a ride on the slide. we aren't sure if his baby doll went with him, or if someone held onto it for him. No picture of that one, either.
Overall, the slide seemed to be a big hit with kids, parents and party-goers. Now what can we do next year?
If you've followed this blog for very long, you know we have a ghost in the bar. And you may also know that we're actively researching the ghost to find out who he was in his former life. You might say we've become a little bit obsessed.
Our good friend Emerson is leading the investigation. He's also a history buff, and he's spent countless hours poring over old maps, pictures and other information trying to figure out who our ghost might be. At one point, he was convinced that it was the ghost of a soldier killed in Quantrill's Raid.
So, when we saw that Paranormal Adventures USA had a history tour scheduled for Lawrence this weekend, we jumped on it. A group of us are going on the Quantrill's Raid tour on Sunday. It starts at the Eldridge Hotel- another local spot known for having a ghost- and lasts for two hours.
Who knows, maybe we'll find out something interesting about our block or even our building!
A few of our favorite local Lawrence bloggers partied with us at Shark Fest last weekend and then wrote about it on their blogs.
Check out I Heart Local Music's review of the first two bands, Blue Orleans and The Magentlemen, along with a video clip they shot of The Magentlemen:
Video by I Heart Local Music
The snarky but fun Larryville Chronicles shared their experience at the block party here. Apparently our popular pirates ended up down the street at the Burger Stand once they made their appearance at Shark Fest.
And Peaty Romano shared a bunch of pictures he took at Shark Fest. You can see them in his Facebook album. We're glad he did, because we were so crazy busy at the party that we didn't have time to take pictures.
