Men Behind the Bar, Part Two

Some of the pictures from Dave's infamous Christmas gift made an appearance yesterday. Today, after a few more of the boys granted permission for their pictures to be posted here, I bring you a few more.

January-Joe

January: Joe, looking sharp with all his classy accessories, including the Rolex.

May-Danny

May: Danny, looking all hot and sweaty on a trail run.

August-Fyler

August: Fyler. This might be the month where the calendar started to go downhill.

November-Frank

November: Frank. Everyone utters a collective "Whoa, Frank!" when they flip to this page.  He's our resident tech expert/website host/Guinness drinker.

There's obviously a few more pictures in the calendar. And they're certainly not more outrageous than these, but the boys haven't given permission for them to be posted online. If they do, I'll post them.

So, we're thinking of doing something like this every year now. Danny suggested a fundraising calendar. What do you think? Would you buy one? Would you prefer that the ladies be included? Let us know!

The Men Behind the Bar

The Sandbar boys put together a fairly amazing gift for Dave this year: "The Men Behind the Bar," a calendar full of fun and sometimes outrageous pictures of the male bartenders, along with a few regulars.

We've talked about making a Sandbar calendar for a long time. Andrew finally came through and accomplished the task, and it was a huge hit. A second copy of the calendar made its way into our white elephant gift exchange, and we've talked about ordering more copies to sell.

Here's a glimpse at a few of the pictures in the calendar.

April-Justin

April: Sandbar art director Brother Pants, painting himself. He also conveniently marked his birthday in that month so Dave would never forget it. Even though their birthdays are a day apart.

July-David

July: Dave himself, floating the day away in his pool with his dog.

September-Tyler

September: Tyler, our fearless bar band leader posing with his instrument of choice. For his white elephant gift, Tyler brought an autographed copy of this picture, along with the robe he wore in it.

December-Blair

December: Blair. I wasn't sure if I wanted to share this one, since the joke is on me too. But I figured it's funny and fairly harmless. This picture is from our staff Christmas party a couple years ago when everyone wore ugly Christmas sweaters and other stuff.

So, there you have a peek at four of the pictures from the now-legendary calendar. I was nice and asked the boys for permission to put their pictures on the internet. Of course, these were the first ones who said "Yes! Show it to the world!"

Perhaps we'll post more later.

Merry Christmas from The Sandbar!

We love Elf Yourself so much we had to do it again- especially when we saw the new surfing elves video they added this year! It's perfect for the Sandbar!

We hope you're all enjoying the holiday season and spending time with your loved ones. But when you get tired of them, or if you're tired of hanging around the house, remember that we'll be open at 8 p.m. Christmas night. Bring your family out, or come out and meet your friends!

Phil & Heather’s Annual Holiday Party

Here's a quick guest blog from long-term Friday bartender Heather. She kindly included a few pictures she snapped at Friday's holiday party. You can see more pictures on our Flickr page or our Facebook page.

Every year Phil and I like to celebrate the holidays with a little holiday cheer.  For us that means adult egg nog and snacks. This year our Sandbar friend, Vicki, was kind enough to bring some homemade cookies and they were yummy.  Don’t feel bad if you didn’t get any because I ate over half the plate!  Enjoy the pictures and we hope to see you soon.

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Thanks to everyone who came out last Friday for Phil & Heather's annual party! It was a great night and a full house, and we appreciate your business!

All I Want For Christmas…

Is more funny videos of Dave dancing around the bar dressed as Elvis Santa.

There was much dancing at Sunday's staff Christmas party. Fortunately a lot of it was caught on video. Unfortunately, some of the video was either too dark to be able to see or the subjects of the video really don't want their antics on the internet. Dave, however, doesn't care- so enjoy:

I particularly love the moment when Tyler dances his way into the video as if on cue.

Some of the other hilarious dance moments of the night:

  • Andrew, Tyler, Fyler and Dave singing and dancing behind the bar
  • Andrew and Dave doing their best Soulja Boy imitation on the bench
  • Fyler, Tyler and Andrew dancing to "Jump On It" behind the bar
  • Ken's rendition of "Old El Paso" that only comes out late, late at night

Of course, the ladies dance too. But somehow the boys dancing is funnier.