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PubClub.com Newsletter:
May
Day, May Day! 2004
The party is
on at JazzFest
one of two parties this weekend at a horse track.
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Great – then here we go! So read on.
In
This Issue
• The Month of May means huge parties & festivals
• Looking back at the Long Beach Grand Prix
• No June Swoon for socializing
– Denver music festival and a Party Bus to Estero Beach
• Backpacking Through Europe: Our college correspondent combs the
continent
• Athens Update If the Greeks aren't ready for the 2004 Olympic
Games, our PubClub guide to the ancient city is ready for the world
• New Friday Nights at Harry O's
• South Beach hotels to check out
• Party News – Badgering the Badgers
May
–The Month of Party Events
Maybe it's the start of Spring and the shedding of winter
coats (at least in half the world). Or maybe it's some type of innate
(party) animal instinct that brings out humans to large events. Or maybe,
May is simply a traditional time for huge party events and let's just
leave it at that without the analysis.
In fact, there's two this weekend:
• The Kentucky Derby. This is the 130th Run
for the Mint Juleps (why run for roses when there are mint juleps to
be had)? And the place to party is the infield. What's it like? We can
tell you and show you. (Here's an excerpt: "Absolute chaos is the
way some would describe it. I have to call it the biggest drunken orgy
I've ever been to in my life.") Use it if you are going, or think
about it when you are watching with a group of friends and a bar or
house party and ask yourself: "Why the heck aren't we THERE?"
The infield is where
it's at for Derby Day.
•
Kentucky Derby Party Guide & The Infield
For more on the drink of the day, check out
this story we found in the Cincinnati Enquirer about the
Myth of the Mint Julep.
• JazzFest New Orleans.Harry Connick, Jr.,
Santana, Smokey Robinson, the Neville Brothers and Pete Fountain play
this second of two weekends. But there's so much more to be enjoyed.
This huge outdoor music, food and beer festival is a party from noon
until dark. At which time, things move over to Bourbon Street because,
well, it's in New Orleans! Sleep is secondary, naturally.
•
Jazz
Fest Guide & Photos
•
Know
New Orleans
Now, with these two events backed up against one
another in a relatively small geographic area, what would you think
the Ultimate Double-Party Weekend would entail... And then there's this
on the horizon:
• Cinco de Mayo. To celebrate the Mexican
Revolution, states bordering Mexico hold fiestas in cantinas. Mainly,
it's an excuse for Gringos to party on a day they would otherwise be
doing nothing (the Mexicans barely recognize it in their home country).
And who doesn't enjoy blowing out of work early to join a bunch of strangers
out for multiple margaritas? Salud!
• Bay to Breakers. This 7-mile run/walk/cocktail-toting
extravaganza – give or take a stumble or two – makes its annual
appearance on Sunday, May 16. Unless you're hot, we suggest leaving
the nude running to others. This starts the summer of events in San
Francisco where there's some type of cool street festival every other
weekend.
•
Bay
to Breakers Guide
•
Bay
to Breakers '03
• Memorial Day. Everyone has their favorite group gathering
place, and it usually involves being around water. And Lake Travis outside
of hot Austin, Texas, is so great we have devoted not one, but TWO pages
to the party. And it could be 3 after this year:
•
Lake
Travis Party Guide
•
Lake
Travis on Memorial Day
Looking
Back to April
The party bus crew
arrives after bloody marys and mimosas at the GP.
• Long Beach Grand Prix and Party Bus.
This annual event once again proved to be an awesome PubClub trip. We
started with bloody marys and mimosas on Saturday morning, April 17,
at Harry
O's, then we took a bus trip to the Grand Prix. Few people
managed to enjoy the Celebrity Race (won by Italian Stallion driver
Max Papis with Lil' Kim bringing up the rear) because they preferred
to go straight to the bars. "It seems to me," one rookie commented,
"that it was a $50 entry fee into a pub crawl. I didn't see any
race cars but I sure had a great time. Save me a place for next year!"
Many did make it out to the free concert by Everclear and the Miss Grand
Prix pageant, of which PubClub has spectacular photos.
Thie fomer Barker Beauty got high marks from one judge, PubClub's Bartender.
Looking
Ahead to June
• World Music Festival, Denver (June 11-12)
A celebration of music from all over the world: Latin jazz, Asian fusion,
Afro-Cuban, Celtic, global electronica Caribbean reggae and more. Tickets
$20 in advance, $25 at door.
•
Event
Web Site
•
Denver
City & Bar Guide
• Estero Beach & PARTY BUS!!! (June 25-27).
A regional event that's a staple of the Southern California volleyball
and party community. Really, who wants to sweat on the beach all day
chasing down a little white ball when $2 cervezas, a poolside bar and
Jacuzzi are available? Well, about a thousand people, that's who, but
a couple more thousand just go for the latter. And this year, PubClub
has teamed up with the Marissa & Chris Club for a PARTY BUS to Estero!
$120 includes the bus (Friday-Sunday), booze for the weekend and transportation
to/from an Ensenada hotel (rooms extra but can be reserved in the block).
For info, click on the link below. And check out PubClub's Party Guide
to Estero.
By the bar or on
the beach, Estero is one big party.
•
Estero
Beach Party Guide
•
Estero
Beach Party Bus
Backpacking
Through Europe
• Our college student, Amy, has completed her winter
courses in London and is now backpacking her way through Europe. She
just left Munich for Prague and next has Austria
in her sights. After that it's the Greek Islands (including Corfu
and the legendary Pink Palace; does she know what she's getting into??),
and Athens, where she fact-checking our ancient city guide and
getting the latest scoop on the party places and more for the 2004 Summer
Games. Follow her personal journals, and also look for new content party
guides to these and other European destinations.
Keg party anyone?
•
Backpacking
Through Europe Travelogues
•
Worldwide
Party Events Calendar.
Party
News
Interesting items from the world of partying:
• Friday Nights at Harry O's. This legendary
Manhattan Beach (CA) party spot has started Skyy Fridays. The traditional
live bands have been replaced by a DJ who actually plays good music.
It's a combination of dance, fun tunes and occasional rock 'n roll.
In conduction with Skyy Vodka, it features NO COVER for girls, $5 guys.
And anyone who knows Harry O's knows the place makes killer cocktails,
so it's always a good time. The bands are still there on Saturdays,
by the way. Harry O's is at 3600 Highland Ave. (310) 545-4444.
• Hot Hotel Deals in South Beach. Here are
three hip hotels to check out.
• Miss USA &Tom Cruise. PubClub was invited to attend
the Miss USA Pageant recently at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Check
out the photos on the Shot
of the Day page. Oh, and for the girls, we saw (and snapped)
Tom Cruise at the Long Beach GP.
• University of Wisconsin Tries to Eliminate
Happy Hours. Our #8 Top
Party School so honored because of the students and alumni,
not the administration – has somehow persuaded 20 Madison bars
to eliminate Happy Hour. Okay, they are college bars in Wisconsin, so
drinks are cheap anyway but no more boots full of beer for $2 and the
like? We think this is unfair " badgering" of the Badger students.
• Here's Something We Can Drink To. US beer interests
are lobbying for a rollback of the federal excise tax imposed on their
products. According to Congress Daily, beer wholesalers are preparing
for a massive lobbying push later this month on Capitol Hill for their
policy agenda. The group is also said to be joining the Beer Institute,
which represents brewing interests, in funding up to $30,000 in radio
and print advertising to promote the industry's agenda. Cheers to that,
we say!
We appreciate your time and hope to see
you out on the town!
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