Bus Bar Crawls and other tidbits

So since my blog is drinking around town and that town being the ATL I will tell you about some upcoming events. The major upcoming event is the Groundhog's Day Bus Bar Crawl. (Yes I know Groundhogs Day has already past but the superbowl weekend messed things up)

In case you dont know I like to plan fun events. My friends and I have done a party bus Braves outting for the past 5 years. Last year I started the Groundhog's Day bus crawl. The basic idea is we rent a party bus, put a keg on it and go to about 8 bars in the Atlanta area. This trip starts at 5 and goes to 2 in the morning. (As a side note I think some of my friends are getting old since there excuse for not going was "I just cant drink for 9 hours straight any more") This is a great event and just the looks on the bar tenders faces are priceless when you have 35+ people all walk into the bar at the same time. It gets even better when said 35+ people are all drunk.

Over the years on our various bar crawls we have developed some fun traditions:

1. You must wear a name tag at all times, but there are some rules to the name tag.
a. You can not name yourself.
b. You can not refuse a name tag that some one has given you.
c. You must be creative when naming someone (for some reasons the names almost always have a sexual induendo.

2. Another tradition is my friend BC giving the 15, 10, 5, and 2 minute warning before the bus leaves. This does not sound very funny, but imagine a drunk person at the top of his lungs yelling in a crowded bar "two minutes before the bus leaves"

3. The final tradition is placing a tic mark on the event bracelet you wear for every drink you have that night. This is interesting because the tics start out really straight and as the night goes on they get more slanted.

Well below is the rought itinerary, so if you see a bunch of drunk people out feel free to come hang out. I will post a review on Sunday.
4 pm Meet at Atkins Park in Smyrna
5 pm Leave Atkins on Bus
5:15 Pick up people at (near Howell Mill Rd)
5:30 Pick up people at (in East Atlanta)
5:45 The Brick Store in Decatur
6:45 Angel in Decatur
7:45 Get back on Bus
8:00 Earl in East Atlanta
9:00 Gravity Pub
10:00 Get back on Bus
10:15 Fontaine's side of Highlands
11:15 Atkins Park side of Highlands
12:15 Bus Leaves for Smyrna
12:45 Arrive Back at Atkins in Smyrna