Bar Tuesdays: Season Two - Week 7

Week Seven: Blue Moon Pub

Season Two, Bar 7 - I should just stop with the weeks because we don't go every week when it's not summer. Also, we don't go on Tuesdays most of the time, but we will resume Tuesdays in the summer, so the name stays. ANYHOO - so on to the Blue Moon Pub:

We hit up the Blue Moon Pub on a Monday night, which is a good night to go since you're really getting a feel for the Lovable Locals and the regulars. That's what we live for, baby. And lucky for us, there were four people sitting together at the bar when we got there and they were awesome. It was 3 guys and a woman, and they were all glued to the TV, watching Moment of Truth. It was the episode that featured the woman who revealed that she was still in love with her ex-boyfriend, thinks she married the wrong man, and has cheated on her husband. While Moment of Truth is not really my thing, it did prove for some excellent entertainment in the form of the peanut gallery of regulars at the bar. In addition to a lot of shushing of each other so they could hear everything, there were comments being yelled at the TV such as:

"I bet she was a cheerleader in high school."

"Look at the husband, he's a dork!"

"I'd KILL HER if that was my wife."

"That ex-boyfriend is a fish!" (?)

We were all sitting at a table, loving every minute of it. Especially when the show ended and the bartender brought up the onscreen guide to see what they wanted to watch next. 3 out of 4 were rooting for Family Guy, but one guy REALLY wanted to watch The Jerk, and for five minutes just kept yelling out, "Put on The Jerk! Come on, that's live action! The Jerk!" He was very adamant about it. In the end, they ended up putting on something completely different, so it seemed to please everyone. Meanwhile, some of us *cough*Michael*cough* were busy playing Keno:

We really created a monster with him when we introduced Keno into his life during the last bar stop of Season One.

It was nice to be back at the bar with the crew after a few weeks off, though - we miss our adventures:

Especially when you find people saying things like, "I would jerk off Mr. Tumnus." Ah, it's good to be back.

We also had a special guest during our trip to the Blue Moon Pub - this was our first Bar Tuesday appearance by the legendary Tim. He made sure to wear his drinking hat:

And draw obscene things on his Keno slip:

You really can't take that monkey anywhere. At least his drinking hat got around:

After we got Tim under control, Paul and I went over to check out the jukebox. We didn't want to play it earlier when the locals were all glued to the TV, but once Moment of Truth ended and they weren't all into whatever came on next, we felt safe to go check things out. Jukebox Report: Great jukebox - it was an Internet one, so in addition to playing the songs that were loaded on it, we could download additional songs for an extra credit. And download we did. At first, Paul and I were quite wary about how some of our choices would be received, but we ended up turning the place OUT. I started with Gavin's new single, which came on BLARING, making the relatively quiet bar a little out of control. We followed up Mr. DeGraw with Flat on the Floor, a great rocker from Carrie Underwood's new album. Paul always has to play some Carrie. This song led to us meeting Vera, who is the owner of the Blue Moon and who is also AWESOME. She went over to the jukebox to see who was singing the song since she liked it, which earned her a place in Paul's heart right away. When our next song came on, the night was made. For you see, Paul and I broke out See You Again by Miley Cyrus. Oh yes, we fearlessly played Miley Cyrus in a bar and did not get our asses kicked. Paul even started clapping at the beginning of the song, and encouraged people to join in. This led to Michael doing this:

"I don't know those people!"

However, our jackassery got the bar crew of regulars laughing and loving us. When Vera went over to see what we were playing, she just laughed and yelled, "It's Hannah Montana!" One guy at the bar just got up and started DANCING. It was awesome. He was jumping up and down, loving it. In fact, I managed to get a small clip of video footage of it. Here we are, making asses of ourselves singing along to our selections on the jukebox (watch for the guy in the background at the end - you'll also hear Vera yelling out about Hannah Montana):

After that, the regulars and Vera just had the jukebox all fired up for the rest of the time we were there. The night may start out quiet, but when the Bar Tuesday crew hits, it is on and popping, baby. Vera even bought us a round on the house and said she wanted to go with us to our next stop. Have I mentioned how much Vera rules? She is this season's favorite by far. The bar also earned itself a spot on our Greatest Hits night already.

Speaking of the bar, it was small and very clean, which caused a few of us to declare that it was "a little too nice in here." But it still had character and awesome locals, which is really what it's all about. Plus, 2 Jell-O shots for $5, an offer which was taken by Frito and Tommy. There were also pickled eggs behind the bar, but no one would spring for one of those. Sadly, I left before the discovery of a sign advertising pizza logs, but Tommy sent me a picture from his phone:

Oh, we WILL be getting those when we go back. In fact, that is the first thing we are going to do: walk in the door and order a pizza log. We're also going to bring in a picture of the crew since there was a frame full of all bar photos that Vera told us to bring in a picture for. We must hang on the wall of the Blue Moon!

Bathroom Report: This is where I fell in love with the Blue Moon Pub. It just has a small unisex bathroom that was very nice and clean, but still bizarre in the fact that it has bars on the window:

(Awesome, and probably the only dive thing about the bar.)

And the best thing, which is the inexplicable need for both a urinal and a toilet if it's just a one-room unisex bathroom:

Why is there a urinal if there's a toilet right there? Guys can't just pee in the toilet like they do in their homes? It's not like there's a stall in there so 2 people can be in there at once. No, it's a one room bathroom with a lock on the door with a urinal and toilet just sitting there next to each other, being best friends. (And don't think Paul and I didn't think about going in there together and taking a picture of us holding hands while he stood at the urinal and I sat on the toilet.) I don't get it - it's almost as strange as the ladies room I went in once that just had two toilets in the middle of the room next to each other with no wall or anything next to them. Odd.

Video Game Report: None. Wah waah.

But - it does have an outdoor terrace and pizza logs, so who needs any video games? Final report: Really fun bar with a great crowd and owner, (even if it is too clean for our divey tastes) and we will be back there for Greatest Hits night. Eating pizza logs and playing Miley Cyrus on the jukebox, of course.