by Debbi | Dec 31, 2009 | Cool Stuff, New Year's Eve, Specials
Goodbye 2009, hello 2010! All of us at The Sandbar wish you a wonderful new year!
Tonight, the last night of 2009, features not only a full moon but also a blue moon. What's a blue moon? Well, according to my fine sources (Wikipedia!):
A blue moon is a full moon
that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern. Most years have
twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to
those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains an
excess of roughly eleven days compared to the lunar year. The extra
days accumulate, so that every two or three years (7 times in the
19-year Metonic cycle),
there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a "blue moon."
Different definitions place the "extra" moon at different times.
What does this mean, really? Well, the moon won't be blue. It's just a second full moon in December. (Great. Please don't tell Dave this. He already believes that full moons bring out the crazies, and he might hide in the basement if he knows it's another full moon tonight.)
According to CNN, the last time a blue moon happened on New Year's Eve was 1990. It's pretty cool that it's happening at the end of a decade this time.
Have a blast tonight, whether you celebrate with us in Lawrence or Ottawa or choose to do something else. And be safe!
Don't forget, if you're in Lawrence, you can call 842-TAXI or send a text message to TAB4CAB and Tipsy Taxi will give you a free ride home. However, we also advise that you have alternate plans in place in case Tipsy Taxi is really busy and can't pick you up when you're ready to go home.
Update:
I forgot to mention our specials tonight!
Since it's Thursday, we'll still be running our normal "Tropical Thursday" special, but with a slight change. The special includes all of our specialty tropical drinks (minus the Shark Attack, sorry!), and tonight will also include Trashcan Punch.
Tropical drinks are $3 tonight. Buy your limited edition New Year's Eve pint glass for $3, or bring back one you already have.
Also tonight, we will have $2 Blue Moon shots, in honor of tonight's blue moon.
by Debbi | Dec 27, 2009 | Events, New Year's Eve, Ottawa
Wow, 2009 is almost over. Where does the time go?!? That means it's time for yet another legendary Sandbar New Year's Eve party! With costumes, of course.
We've got three different events for you to choose from this year.
The Sandbar, Lawrence:
- Ring in the new year, white trash style!
- Grow out your mullet, dig out your best tank top, or make some Daisy Dukes out of your old favorite pair of jeans.
- $10 cover charge at the door, includes snacks, party favors, midnight champagne toast, and prizes for best costumes.
- Go bobbin' for cheap beers and enjoy trashcan punch!
The Sandbar, Ottawa:
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Frankie Diamond will help us bring in the New Year with all your favorite songs!
- $5 cover charge includes party favors, balloon drop, and midnight champagne toast
- A rented taxi will provide FREE rides home to everyone! Contact us for more details.
The Lodge of Baldwin City:
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The Jay Eudaly Band begins at 8 pm, playing all your favorite dance songs. Come meet Kansas City's Master Guitarist!
- $30 per couple/$15 per person includes appetizers, champagne, and party favors
- Spend the night! $99 includes the party and a motel room
- $150 includes the party and one of our fabulous motel suites.
- Reservations requested, contact the Lodge at 785-594-3900
RSVP to the Sandbar events on Facebook (Lawrence or Ottawa) and share them with your friends!
Thanks to all of our loyal friends and customers for another great year at The Sandbar. We couldn't do it without you!
by Debbi | Dec 4, 2009 | Newsworthy, Ottawa, Sandbar Subs
I cannot BELIEVE I forgot to post this.
The Sandbar Sub Shop was featured in the October/November issue of Kansas City Fitness Magazine. Peach gave me a copy, I scanned the page, and promptly forgot all about it.
I have no idea how the magazine found our little sub shop, but it's a cool article. And very bright and Sandbar-like, which makes us happy. It even features pictures of a few of our sandwiches and salads!
Check it out:
If you haven't been to the Sandbar Sub Shop yet, you need to go. It's located in downtown Ottawa, Kansas, at 127 South Main Street. The menu has a great selection of healthy subs, salads, and smoothies.
And of course, there's lots of Sandbar decor!
Become a fan of the Sandbar Sub Shop on Facebook.
by Debbi | Dec 2, 2009 | Bar Band, Halloween, Ottawa, Web/Tech
It's been awhile since I posted about the keyword searches that internet surfers do that lands them on our lovely little blog. Okay, it's been a whole year. I'm sure you've been dying to know this information, too.
I can always tell when hurricane season is upon us- the real, actual, weather-related hurricane season, not the perpetual hurricane season at the Sandbar. How? Because people all over the internets start searching like mad for "what happens during a hurricane." It's easily the most popular phrase that lands people here.
Somehow, I don't think our answer is quite what they are looking for. It's probably more fun than the other answer, though.
Some other fun phrases that have popped up lately:
- Wore heels all night Halloween. This search was probably done by Dave. And he was probably looking for the ladies who continue to wear spike heels and dance on his fancy benches and pound little dents into them. Thanks, girls. He'll probably want to re-do the benches soon now.
- Actual volleyball team. This one made me laugh out loud. Wrong blog, people. There's no *actual* volleyball team here, just a bunch of wanna-be's.
- Andrew, KU Bar Band, Tuba. We talk a lot about the Bar Band and our doorboy Andrew. Apparently there is also a tuba player named Andrew in the Bar Band, and someone is looking for him. I hope it's a cute girl.
- Joe's Sandbar Ottawa. Another one that made me chuckle. We poke a lot of fun at Joe, but it's all in good fun, and he knows it. At least I think he does. He's now been elevated to the owner of the Sandbar in Ottawa by the internets.
- How to add fan photos on Facebook. This search actually shows up a lot. I'm rather proud of the little instructional post I wrote about this- it was actually pretty difficult to figure out how to do this, so I hope this post helps someone out there.
There you have it, the search phrases I deemed most interesting. Or at least the ones I had something to say about.
by Debbi | Oct 31, 2009 | Events, Halloween, Ottawa, Pub Crawl
Last night was our inaugural Rocky Horror Picture Show party bus extravaganza, and judging by the amount of fun that was had, it might become an annual event!
The party started at The Sandbar in Lawrence, where about 30 of us gathered to wait for the bus. A majority of us were dressed in costume from the movie- lots of Brads and Janets and french maids.
We posed for a group picture before boarding the bus:
And then we were off! We traveled down the country roads to Baldwin City and made several more stops to pick people up. We even drove right by Tony and Robin's house near Baldwin- after they had made a crazy effort to meet the bus in Lawrence on time. Next time we'll pick you up on your corner!
The bus continued on to Ottawa, bouncing over potholes along the way and inspiring more than one person to beg the driver to stop alongside the road so they could have some "relief." The begging didn't work.
We finally made it to the Sandbar in Ottawa, and our crew partied with the folks in Ottawa for about half an hour. Of course there was bar dancing:
If you can't tell from the picture, Dave is sort of doubled over. The ceilings in Ottawa are much shorter than the ones we're used to and he barely fits up there!
Everyone loaded back up on the bus and we headed downtown to the Crystal Plaza movie theater. The Sandbar rented out the place for a private showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with props like water guns, party hats, and newspapers.
I've never seen the movie in it's entirety, but I was relieved to find that more than a few other attendees were newbies too. One of the funniest stories from the night was about the person who kept asking everyone to be quiet, because she was trying to watch the movie!
Half of the crowd ran to the front of the theater and danced to the Time Warp song during the movie:
Kudos to Movie Dave and Scotty Mac, who kept the crowd entertained during the entire show with their constant commentary. They've apparently seen the movie more than once. And we can't figure out why Movie Dave won't dress up for Halloween or any other holiday, but yet he's willing to go out in public dressed like Brad…
After the movie everyone loaded back up on the bus and we retraced our route home, dropping folks off at random corners in the country. The ride home was a little more subdued- perhaps because the coolers were pretty empty.
The bus got back to the Sandbar in Lawrence before closing time, so we had a few minutes to catch up on the happenings of the evening with those who had to stay behind. Lots of people in the bar were excited to pose with some of our characters.
All in all, it was a fun event filled with Sandbar staff and regulars, along with some new faces we hope to see again!
More pictures from the event are available on our Facebook page or Flickr photostream. We also created a Whrrl story during the event, but because the iPhone has such a poor camera, the pictures aren't very good quality.
