In honor of the rapidly approaching Valentine's Day (hey guys- it's on Sunday! That's two days away!), we recently we put out a call for Sandbar love stories. We were looking for couples who met or fell in love at The Sandbar, or who shared some other significant milestone in their relationship with us like stopping here before their wedding.
Several of our fans responded with great stories!
Jaime said:
"My husband and I went to The Sandbar on our first date. He told me he
loved me for the first time on a dollar bill on the wall that read
"Bear loves Jaime". We partied there the night before our wedding and
it is still our favorite place to this day! We loves you guys!"
Jaime and her husband visited us just last weekend. We're still looking for their dollar bill…but it might have been covered up by a picture by now.
Ashley said:
"Bob
and I met at the Sandbar!! I was a regular, thought Pat was a cutie so
was there ALOT. Bob was always there as I was waiting in line on
Tuesday nights and we just struck up a friendship. He broke the news to
me that Pat was so old (uh, well to a 21 year old it seemed old, now it
seems like a youngin'). Bob's smear campaign worked and he won my
heart."
Bob was a long-time bartender/doorguy here (he also played drums with Sellout, for those of you who follow our local cover band). He and Ashley have an adorable baby boy who spend his early days in a Sandbar onesie. While Pat may be sad that he lost out on Ashley, we're all pretty sure he's relieved at not having a baby.
Jacki said:
"I met the love of my life there- there is a dollar bill asking to meet me
in Hawaii to get married- that was our original plan- not with him and
my heart hurts every day."
Unfortunately, not every story has a happy ending, but we were touched to hear this sweet story and know that we were part of it. We're also looking for this dollar bill.
Blair performed this Valentine's message especially for all his Sandbar fans (except he doesn't really know about it yet). As soon as I saw this personalized video option on my new favorite website, JibJab, I knew Blair was the perfect candidate. As Dave said, JibJab stole Blair's moves for this one. I used one of JibJab's pre-existing heads for the lady so none of our female staff would be embarrassed.
Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!
If you haven't met Nic, come by on a Monday night. He's behind the bar from 5-9 on Margarita Monday.
The question:
"When you and your partner travel, who does the driving?"
Nic's answer (which may or may not get him in trouble with said partner):
“I do, all the time. She doesn’t like to drive. I don’t want
her driving.â€Â
My question:
Does he not want her driving because she's a poor driver? Or because he's worried for her safety? Or is it because she doesn't like to drive, so he wants to make her happy?
I don't have an answer to that question. Ask him if you see him.
Finally, the guy manages to utter four of the scariest words ever spoken:
"I'm the designated driver."
Needless to say, eyes were on him that night. I don't think he drove anywhere and I'm pretty sure Dave refused to serve him. (Doubtful the guy could give a drink order anyway).
People, please be safe. Our employees have driven many a person home when they've had too much, and while we're not promoting ourselves as a taxi service, the bartenders are happy to call a cab, call a friend, or find you a ride.
I've discovered that there are many other Sandbar's all over the country, and it's fun to see the events and specials they have. This one, in particular, caught my eye: a Snuggie pub crawl!
This pub crawl started at The Sandbar in Scottsdale. This Sandbar is talked about a lot online and especially on Twitter. Apparently it's popular with the Iowa Hawkeye fans in Phoenix. Anyway, the crawl was a charity event supporting the Phoenix Fraternal Order of Police.
It sounded like a pretty good deal- tickets were $15-$20, and each ticket included a Snuggie! It also included a starting & ending drink at the Sandbar and one raffle ticket, but who cares about that when it includes a Snuggie!
They even had prizes for the best Snuggie, sexiest Snuggie, and probably others that weren't listed in the event page on Yelp. Most likely the prize winners brought their own personally created Snuggies instead of wearing the ones that came free with the ticket.
Just this weekend, I discovered that a Snuggie party will take place in Kansas City– this one is an Oscars Watch Party planned by a group of young professionals and will also help raise money for charity.
Who thinks this sounds like fun? If we planned one, would you be there? More importantly, would you wear a Snuggie?
I daydreamed about Sandbar logo-d Snuggies before Christmas, but after finding out the price, and more importantly how many we would have to order, it just won't work out anytime soon. Unless I buy an embroidery machine and do it myself. Unfortunately I don't think screenprinting on fleece will work very well…but we could try it.
Bob was a long-time bartender/doorguy here (he also played drums with Sellout, for those of you who follow our local cover band). He and Ashley have an adorable baby boy who spend his early days in a Sandbar onesie. While Pat may be sad that he lost out on Ashley, we're all pretty sure he's relieved at not having a baby.
Jacki said:
Unfortunately, not every story has a happy ending, but we were touched to hear this sweet story and know that we were part of it. We're also looking for this dollar bill.
What's your Sandbar love story? Share it with us in the comments, and read past love stories here.