by Debbi | Feb 5, 2010 | Ottawa, Specials
Fan of our Ottawa location? If you haven't checked it out yet, you should! They have some great specials going on for the month of February. And they have food- which we don't have in Lawrence, unless popcorn is your idea of a meal. (And there's nothing wrong with that. I've enjoyed popcorn for plenty of meals.)
Monday: Pitcher of beer & wings for $10
Tuesday: 99 cent draws
Wednesday: $1 tacos and $2.50 double margaritas
Thursday: 2 for 1 Bahama Mama's
Friday: 2 for 1 Burgers
Saturday: Double burgers for $6.95
Sunday: $2.50 Bloody Mary's
I think I need to head down there on Wednesdays…that taco & margarita special is calling my name! Who wants to go with me?
by Debbi | Feb 4, 2010 | Around the World
Our recent call for Sandbar shirt pictures produced one from the exotic city 30 miles to the west of us- Topeka.
Our friends at the Dutch Goose, a neighborhood bar and grill, sent this picture to us via their Twitter account.
It's a little fuzzy, that's okay! We love to see where our shirts show up, whether it's halfway across the world or just down the road.
If you've got a picture to share, email it to us (sandbar{at}thesandbar{dot}com), or tweet it to us @thesandbar!
by Debbi | Feb 2, 2010 | Events, Valentines Day
Even though February just began, Valentine's Day will be here before you know it. Do you have plans with your sweetie?
The Lodge of Baldwin City (also owned by Peach & Ted) is hosting a special Valentine's Day dance, and you're all invited!
- February 13, 7 pm
- $25 per person
- Hors d'oeuvres included
Live music provided by Mark Valentine & The Ticklers- the headline band from the Sandbar's 20th birthday party last summer.
This is a singles and couples dance, so if you aren't bringing your love, come and find one!
Interested in spending the night? Add a motel room or suite to your evening of fun!
- $99 includes motel room, hors d'oeuvres, and dance for two
- $149 includes motel suite, hors d'oeuvres, and dance for two
Call now for reservations! You can reach The Lodge at 785-594-3900. You must be 21 or older to attend.
The Lodge is located at 502 Ames in Baldwin City, KS. They also have a lovely new website created last fall by LangfordSevier of Lawrence. Thanks Jacinta & Jesse!
by Debbi | Jan 30, 2010 | KU Basketball, People, Specials, Stories
Once upon a time, long before he mixed fruity concoctions or danced on bars or poured towering glasses of shots, Dave played basketball. His long, winding road through the land of college basketball eventually brought him to Lawrence and the Kansas Jayhawks.
(If you missed the fantastic story this fall about his path from backboards to surfboards, you can find it here.)
Anyway.
The KU-KSU Sunflower Showdown is always a heated rivalry, and Dave's playing years were no exception.
When his team traveled west to beat down the purple kitty-cats one year, Dave came home with more than a win. I've heard that Greg Gurley was talking about this on the radio yesterday, and it's been mentioned on the KUsports.com message boards, but I'm the only one with the exclusive story from Dave himself!
"I can't remember if it was '91 or '92, but I think it was my junior year ('91). We won the game, and afterwards the students started throwing crap at the court. I got hit on the forehead with something- to this day I don't know what it was. Maybe a quarter, a piece of ice…who knows.
Anyway, my forehead had a bleeding gash on it, and Coach Williams actually told the trainer not to fix it up right away. He wanted the media and everyone else to see the blood on my face so they wouldn't minimize the whole incident.
Of course the trainer fixed it before too long, but at least there were a few pictures of it, to prove I really did get hit. There's still a small scar on my forehead from it.
I think someone else, maybe Rex Walters, got hit with something the next year."
This picture was taken shortly after the game before Dave's head was fixed. Doesn't he look young? (And skinny?!?)
The adorable little girl? His cousin Mariya, who has since graduated from KSU, is working on her master's degree and teaching, and recently got married. That makes Dave (and me) feel really old.
The KSU fans are still throwing things from the stands. Recently, their projectile of choice has been rubber chickens, which is particularly amusing to us at the Sandbar. If you've seen our hurricane videos, you know that rubber chickens play a prominent part.
Let's hope that everyone can stay classy today and that no one gets hurt.
If you're looking for a place to watch the game, we're giving away free chili dogs at both Sandbar Lawrence & Ottawa locations during the game. We may not have big-screen TV's, but our chili dogs can't be beat!
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
by Debbi | Jan 29, 2010 | Events, KU Basketball, Ottawa, Random Holidays, Specials
Our great state turns 149 years young today! Kansas became a state on this day way back in 1861. (And the coolest university in the country was created four years later, to borrow a line from KU Info.)
One of our Twitter followers wondered aloud if we would have any drinks in honor of Kansas Day. To be honest, this had not yet occurred to us, but we love any reason to celebrate- so yes, we will!
All day today, you can enjoy a Sunflower Shandy for $3.50. It's Boulevard Wheat and lemonade. And yes, we realize that Boulevard is actually made in the state that sits directly east of Kansas, but pretend it's made somewhere else for today. Focus instead on the fact that Kansas usually leads the nation in wheat production.
And looking ahead…
Is it ironic that the big in-state rivalry basketball game is the day after Kansas' birthday?
I know we aren't really a sports bar and don't have huge, fill-the-whole-wall sized TV's, but if you're looking for a place to watch the game tomorrow, stop by our Lawrence or Ottawa location. Both places will have free chili dogs during the game!
