ESPN Super Bowl Madness

The Madness of the Super Bowl is taking over Arlington, Dallas, and Downtown Fort Worth. Due to the recent inclimate weather, I had to take the day off and decided to check out all of the festivities in Downtown Fort Worth.

In the middle of Sundance Square, ESPN had set up a stage so they could broadcast live all week long. A group of us showed up at 4 and the place was already becoming packed with Steeler Fans who wanted to meet their team. The reason for this was the the Steelers were staying at the Omni Hotel that was only about 5 minutes away from Sundance Square.

We decided to do a little bar hopping and just see who we could run into. Our first stop was the Fox and Hound Bar. We knew it was going to be a crazy night because it was only about 4:15 and the place standing room only. Somehow we managed to get a table in a corner and had a couple of drinks.

We were there for about 30 minutes when out of nowhere a group of Steeler Fans started to chant "Lets Go Steelers, Lets Go!" that never seemed to end. After about 20 minutes later, we decided to check out another bar and meet up with the rest of the group at Pete's Piano Bar.

We only met to stay for about an hour or so, but that never seems to happen when we go to Pete's. The place can be a time vampire and just suck any and signs of time right out of the place.

We were one the first people in the bar and they didn't charge us cover because we beat the piano employees there. As the mature adults that we are, the first thing that we ordered were a round of shots for 10 of us. I should of known that this would be our downfall.

To be honest, we only meant to stay for a couple of hours at the most until we would move to another bar. This never happened. Part of the reason was that the Jim Beam girls were there passing out free shots and the majority of us haven't eaten since noon and it was almost 7.

We decided to get order some pizza from a local pizza joint that was down the street. And let me tell you, when you have a couple of drinks, this is the best pizza in the world. Everyone in the group quickly devoured all of the pizzas and garlic bread and were ready to sing some more songs at Pete's.

During our time at Pete's, we got Meredith on stage to sing a couple of songs and awesome conversations with some Steeler Fans. The place then became a competition between the Steeler Fans and Packer Fans on who could chant the loudest. I am pretty sure that the Steeler fans won because almost all of the Steeler fans stayed here since their team was just down the street.

At one point of the night it became the unofficial shot time hour of the evening. Shots were just being dispersed all over the place. Surgeon shots were being passed out as well as whiskey, jello and and my arch nemeses tequila.

I had to call it quits at one point of the evening because I knew if I didn't, I would regret in the morning and I did not want that at all since I had plans for the next day. Oh and also my ride wanted to leave and miss some off the ice that was reforming on the streets.

We decided that it was a good time to leave since the night was becoming very expensive for some, I only spent $60 while some spent over $200. The roads were not that bad but people still had to be cautious just in case of any black ice or what Texas were calling "Ambush" Ice.

By the time I got home, I was beyond tired and ready for some sleep. But before I could get any sleep at all, a small amount of what my Cousin Dan calls "Farming" in the snow and streets had to be taken care of. Finally it was time to get some sleep and get ready for the next day, which was the Snuggie Pub Crawl Day.