CWS night 3, 6/19/11

Playing catch up here on my posts. Okay, it finally took three nights of being down there to actually hit the different tents in the TD Ameritrade ballpark area. Slowdown has a tent with live music, Old Mattress Factory has a really sweet setup, and Union has one set up also. The most fun one? Probably the one at Old Mattress Factory. It is also the busiest. There are food vendors lined up on the side, beer carts galore, and a few major bar areas to get your drink on. They have the biggest music stage setup (besides the permanent one inside of the actual Slowdown bar).

Jena and I hit up CWS night 3. I did Rollin to Colon that morning and went home to nap. True, CWS is only in town for two weeks out of the year and it is one heck of a good time! How can I say no to going? Lemon Fresh Day was planning to take the stage that night. Some girl got hit crossing the street, blah blah blah. There are are lot of drunk people crossing streets and who knows about the people driving the cars. Be careful out there folks!

Sarah and others from Greenstreet helping out with the bike parking

One of the coolest things about the CWS this year? Omahabikes is hosting free bike parking in front of Greenstreet. As many of you know, Greenstreet closed it's doors during the CWS and rented out their store to a sports souvenir store. Well right outside, they have a few parking spaces blocked off where you can park your bike for free! Gotta love the idea and definitely helps to give Omaha that greener image! Awesome ideas guys!

Check out this Coors Light bar at Old Mattress Factory parking lot. It is actually a traveling trailer with sides that flip up, complete with bar and tvs already setup and wired inside. Pretty cool. 

As you'll see in the video below, there was a small drum band that came through. They were really good and stealing the show before LFD was ready to play. But check out the guy dancing at 2:44. Yes, he needs to take dancing lessons. I wish he would have danced longer, could have been one of those crazy dancer type videos on youtube where they get 1million hits!


CWS 2011 - drummers and drunken dancing fool from Misterlime on Vimeo.

 

 For $2, you can use the crane arm to try and catch a lobster. If you succeed, they'll grill it up for you. This machine was conveniently placed behind the long line waiting for the ATM. Brilliant!

CWS night number 2!

Stretch limo, good eats at Goodnights, and dancing at Capitol. Probably a good thing that CWS is only in town 2wks out of the year, because both my body and wallet can't handle all of this fun!

Why take the free shuttle (which was a nice feature this year) 

 When you can take the stretch limo!!!

 

I hate the fake fog and blast of cold air/ice from the ceiling!!! Yes, little chunks of ice hit you in the eye and face!

 Can you say dancers on the walls and even from a swing next to the bar?

Lack of updates CWS night 1

Sorry about the lack of updates folks! Been busy and sick. I also seem to be taking more photos than I know what to do with!

College World Series is in town and it's killing my sleep. Opening weekend, we were out three nights in a row. Add into that the Rollin to Colon and you can guess why my body hates me. I've been feeling really run down and tired lately. Anyway, on to the festivities! CWS night round 1, Friday June 17

Buddy John in the middle was back in town. Good times and stories!

CWS 2011. Crazy times, good friends, lots of drinking. My good friend John whom I went to junior high, high school, and Creighton with was back in town for Father's Day. He managed to slip away from the family for one night and party it up with us. Last Friday, we hit up Parliament midtown, Roja, Havana Garage, and Stiles. Good times. Roja had $1 Coronas. By 7pm, it was rumored that they had gone through 1200 Coronas! By 10pm, 2400??? Is that even possible? Between the 15 of us or so in our group, we had ourselves gone through 3 to 4 bottles each. And the place was packed inside and out. So 2400 sounds feasible!

$1 Coronas at Roja was music to my ears! 

Those Benji's can buy a lot of Coronas! 

The next night, it was Jenny's birthday. They rented a limo. Not just any limo, but a stretch expedition limo that held 24. Wowsers, that thing was huge. So big that you couldn't even see who was on the other end of the chairs. Yeah. Too bad that my boy Jeremy forgot his ID. Went to the new danceclub next to DJ's Dugout downtown. Pretty cool place to break it down. The DJ sucks though, playing throwback hip hop jams like MC Hammer. Seriously?

Even with the hawk up, I still don't compare to John's height! 

Live jazz band at Havana Garage.  

My friend Julie getting a picture with Suh (in red)