The evening started at the same place where my parents first met, Joe's Place.
Jay Parsons and Kelly were there enjoying some Leinie's...
...as were me and Ryan. (I know proper grammar is "Ryan and me", but I'm going left-to-right.)
Some of the fine graffiti from the men's room...
...(Screech was way down the list).
Then we hit the Dublin.
Ryan, Jay and Kelly at the bar enjoying some Millstream Wheat.
The cool-ass sign behind the bar.
Jay and some guys he knows.
Me with "The Record Collector Guy". (We think his name is "Dave". He was good to us back when Ryan and I worked at KRUI.)
Then we hit The Deadwood. (This shot is dark and out of focus...which pretty much sums up The Deadwood.)
You never know who yu'll run into at The Deadwood, like former KRUI Music Director Dave Gephardt...
Or Cedar Rapids Gazette music columnist Sarah Epstein (who was also my yearbook editor my Sophomore year at City High).
And now...DEADWOOD BATHROOM GRAFFITI!!!
STEVIE RAY VAUGHN!!!
(Man, there's a lot of graffiti in there...)
Jay next to a sign promoting a drink special.
From the same people who bring you "Angry Hour".
My only regret is that I didn't get the Steve Kanner caricature in the shot.
Next stop: Brothers.
Ryan and Jay salute the dance floor.
Me and Ryan gettin' fun-kay.
Jay joins us.
Jay. Is. Drunk.
Our final stop: One Eyed Jake's. (If the Cedar Rapids Media Elite were founded at the Fieldhouse, then this is where the seeds were first planted.)
Fieldhouse=The Constitution
Jake's=Articles Of Confederation
Me with Random Babes.
Kurt LeClaire (AKA "Curly") makes a surprise appearance.
Ryan looking sad, with Jay and Kelly in the background.
The infamous Jake's dance floor. (Check out the guy in the hood.)
Me and Jay argue over who can smoke more crack.
COPS!!! COPS!!! COPS!!! (Or a cop, anyway...)
Me, Ryan and Jay must now leave as we're pushing towards 2am.
People milling about on Clinton Street after 2am.
After I took this, some guy said something sarcastic like, "Why don't you take more pictures?"
So I did...of the guy who said it. And believe it or not I didn't get my ass kicked!
Although Ryan wanted to start fights with random people periodically throughout the night. "I want to punch that guy", "Can I punch that douchebag over there?", etc.
Jay enjoys some Steak 'n Shake on the ride home.
The End..