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Saturday night, I made a triumphant return to the Idle Hour following my debacle there last weekend.
The same bartender was working, and one of two things happened:
1) He didn't recognize me
or
2) He did notice me but let me stay anyway this time around.
Either way, it was a good move, because I rolled deep Saturday night.
Me and about a dozen friends (it was my birthday party) strolled into the place, automatically doubling the size of the crowd.
If the bartender jumped the bar at me again, we could have taken him.
(Elizabeth Malby/Sun Photographer)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
For some reason I get this odd Road House imagine in my mind of you and your cronies getting all Patrick Swayzed by the cooler.
Happy B-Day, S-squared, you bring me countless minutes of joy, dithering away the work day!
Posted by: JTK | December 10, 2007 11:58 AM
Happy belated birthday!
The Idle Hour is an awesome place to celebrate.
Posted by: anica | December 10, 2007 12:15 PM
Happy b-day Sam! I had a similar incident happen back in college while out for a female friend's birthday celebration at the Greene Turtle in Fells. Nearly got into a fight with the bouncer (and I'm a lover, not a fighter) but settled for flipping off his backwards sweat-stained South Carolina "Cocks" hat instead. That got some laughs from passers-by. That was about 7 years ago and I still haven't been back to the Turtle...and don't feel like I'm missing out on anything!
Posted by: Greg S | December 10, 2007 12:27 PM
Sam. NO ONE cares about your Birthday. Just tell me about the bar. I don't log into the internets to hear about your life! DO NOT elaborate on anything. Just the facts!
PS: do a fab five Best bar story in 60 words or less
Posted by: J.M. Giordano | December 10, 2007 3:12 PM
Thanks for the kind words, guys.
Especially you, JM
Posted by: Sam Sessa | December 10, 2007 9:25 PM
i bet JM doesnt get invited to many birthday parties..... :o)
Posted by: a | December 11, 2007 1:19 PM
Oh, so that was your crew asking the bartender what he had "that was cheap"? $2 Boh, $1.50 PBR.
Posted by: j | December 11, 2007 2:04 PM
J,
Heh, yes, it must have been.
I have a friend who only likes to drink Boh, and he ended up buying us all a round of Boh bottles.
Were you the bartender or a patron that night?
Posted by: Sam Sessa | December 11, 2007 2:17 PM