Week Two: Eddie’s
Or, as the sign will have you know, Eddie’s: “A Drinking Establishment!”
I think that’s my favorite part of the whole place – that extra explanation on the sign. That was what drew us to Eddie’s, but we were actually disappointed when we went in because it was clean and pretty nice. We had some new Bar Tuesday participants last night, and one of the new guys said he was expecting wood floors and dirt falling from the ceiling. Weren’t we all, my friend.
Even so, we still had a great time last night. Paul had a few too many moments of being caught saying something embarrassing really loudly during breaks between songs on the jukebox. You know those moments that happen on TV and in the movies when everyone stops and turns to look at the person? That was Paul last night. There would be music, music, music, then silence and Paul finishing up, “My bedroom looks like that of a 12 year-old girl.” You could almost hear the record-scratching sound effect. I know one time he was complaining about being really sweaty, and there was another good one before that, but I don’t remember it.
Anyhoo, we had a large crew for this week’s outing (Bar Tuesdays is catching on!) and the place had one really long table that was perfect for the Bar Tuesday crew:
Unfortunately, the bathrooms were clean and didn’t have any troughs, so there’s not really a bathroom report for this week. They even had classy automatic hand dryers, although they did have to illustrate how to use them, just in case there were any cave people in attendance, I guess:
Paul was fascinated by what he called “an old school cigarette machine,” which made me feel quite old if this is old school:
About an hour into the night we ended up hijacking the jukebox, which led to some amusing looks on the faces of the regulars at the bar when some of our songs came on. Maybe it’s because up to that point, the other patrons were playing rock and alternative songs and then Paul played La Vie Boheme from Rent. When that started up, I just watched a guy at the bar turn to his wife with a classic “The hell?” look on his face. That song may have been followed up by a selection of mine:
You can’t NOT play The Gavin, people. Or the Snakes on a Plane theme, for that matter. I did, however, prevent Paul from playing Fast Car by Tracy Chapman because A) I hate that song and B) That song is a downer and should never be played in a bar setting. Poor Paul:
I think Paul forgot all about his Tracy Chapman defeat after partaking in Eddie’s “signature” shot, the Flaming Dr. Pepper (and burning his hand picking it up) because he hit the jukebox with a vengeance, starting off with some well-received Guns N’ Roses before it all went downhill with the inclusion of not one, but TWO Paris Hilton songs. No more Flaming Dr. Pepper shots for Paul if there is a jukebox in the building.
Jukeboxes seem to be a good barometer for each bar, so I think each Bar Tuesday report will come with a jukebox report. Another new Bar Tuesday feature? The Golden Tee Count. Currently, we’re at 2 weeks and 2 Golden Tee machines. Will we get the hat trick next week? Stay tuned….
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