It was the 2nd Annual Snuggie Pub Crawl in Uptown Dallas that served both as a time to hang out with friends and have a drink or 12 and also a fundraiser for the Make A Wish Foundation. So once again, I will be drinking for a cause, a charity, and a tax deduction. Oh and lets not forget all of the cheap drinks that all of the bars offer.
A group of 8 of us ventured to Uptown Dallas from Plano via Plano where we were introduced to the world's douchest cab driver. The cabbie was was over 30 minutes late and constantly told us that we had to tip him pretty good because he has gone out of his way to pick us up. Nobody in the group liked this because it is his job and we would have taken care of him if didn't tell us how much he needed as a tip per person for "inconveniencing" him. The ride from Chelsea and Eric's house was kind of scary. The cabbie only had a small area of clean window shield piece to look at the road. Although he was constantly using his wipers, he would never turn on the window shield liquid on to clean even more of the area.
We finally arrived at our first bar and met up with the rest of the people who were participating in the Snuggie Pub Crawl. Our first stop was a bar called the Idle Rich Pub. They are known for having different types of beer from over the globe and some pretty damn good liquor as well. We only stayed for a drink because the Idle Rich Pub was the first place on the Pub Map and was quickly becoming over crowded. So our group of 8 paid the bill and made it over to our next destination.
The Black Friar Tavern was our next bar to visit on our pub crawl list. The was a pretty cool stop on our quest of saving kids lives because we got some great seats on the patio. Even though the weather had been pretty crappy all week with snow, sleet, and bitter cold, Saturday ended up being a great time for some patio drinking. Again, we only a had a couple of drinks here before we headed to our next destination. The reason wasn't because it was too crowded, but it was because everyone needed to get something to eat before it gets too late and too many drinks were being had.
We moved out party to the M.A.T. (or the McKinney Avenue Tavern) and the weather went back to shitty cold weather once again. There was no room in the actual building, so we had to hang out in a tent to was located next to the side entrance of the M.A.T. It was becoming so that as you talked to anyone, you could see your own breath.
I know for a fact that everyone in the group got a little overzealous with the drinking at the M.A.T. because for some reason, 6 pitchers of beer were ordered for the guys and a ton of mixed drinks were ordered for the ladies. Even though a decent amount was consumed by each person, everyone was feeling the effects of the 6 hours of having too good of a time. We thought we were going to call it a night but we were wrong.
Our final stop of the night was a bar called Christie's which was directly across the street from the M.A.T. I am pretty sure that everyone had a good time at this place because it seemed much more relaxed and carefree compared to the other bars. The things that were mostly responsible for that feeling was the couches we got in front of the big screen TVs and the endless games of Connect Four that we were playing.After an hour later, it was time to call it a night. We took a cab back to Eric and Chelsea's house in Plano with a much cooler, laid back cabbie. The driver was aspiring to become a rapper, or so I remember at least. When we got back the to their house, it hung out for a little longer until we all had to depart our separate ways and head home.
It was a pretty good time and everyone seemed to have a blast with their awesome Snuggie.
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