An Evening At Brookhaven Pub and Possible Weekend Fun

My return to mid-week drinking continued last night at Brookhaven Pub in East Memphis. Tired of the same old Midtown establishments and the desire to watch West Virginia and Louisville play at the Oven inspired us to take the trip out East. We contemplated going to the Downtown Saucer, but everyone agreed that its not a good place to watch games.

Brookhaven had a great crowd going for a Thursday night, including a bachelorette party and a cameo appearance by the Swingers. The bachelorette party had potential to be big fun for us, but they seemed to only want to talk about work. One benefit from the party is that A Friend To Be Named Later (AFTBNL) snagged a free beer for threatening to show his junk to members of the group. Luckily for us, he kept it in his pants. Props go out to NL for providing AFTBNL the line to get in with the party. Simple, but effective..."Do you want me to take your picture?"

We knew the bar would be fun when the Swingers walked through the door. The line of the night was from Swinger Man. All we heard was "I get belligerent and competitive." I'm not sure what that has to do with the swinging lifestyle, but it doesn't sound like fun.

There was a push to change venues and go the Windjammer, but I went home since I had to work the next day.

So what's on tap for the weekend?

I'm pondering heading to Newby's tonight to see the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. These guys are a great jazz/blues/jam band from New Orleans. I've listening to them for years and I know this will be a good time.

Saturday will be reserved for much needed house cleaning, yard work and college football. Not sure about Saturday night plans just yet.

Sunday evening will be the 57th Black and Blue Bowl. The game will be played in Memphis at Liberty Bowl Stadium. This is a series dominated by Southern Miss, but Memphis has had the Golden Eagles' number the past few seasons. The Tigers have struggled this season and are sporting zero wins against 1-A competition. USM has struggled this year as well, but I look for the boys in Black and Gold to have breakout game after suffering an overtime loss to East Carolina last week. Southern Miss 28 - Memphis 10