I wish Jilli and Pete were coming. I bet I could get her to drink absinthe with me the way it's meant to be drunk (1/2 absinthe, 1/2 water with a sugar cube dissolved in it) instead of as a flavor accent to a cocktail.

Is it likely that the bar the hotel provides for prom will have Peychaud's bitters, or would I be wise to bring my own to forestall the use of Angostura? I'm assuming that rye whisky and cognac aren't so rare as to need special arrangements...

I'm not sure how well stocked our party bar will be. They're gonna have to set it up in the hosp. suite for us, so I'd assume they'd bring up all the staples, and then anything out of the ordinary they're going to have to go down to the main bar and retrieve.

Think the bartender would object to people doing body shots as the night wears on?

Think the bartender would object to people doing body shots as the night wears on?

If he does we need a new bartender.

(just make sure they are the non-hurty kind of darts)

Yeah, nylon tipped darts are pretty much the standard. Also as drinking progresses it's really nice to have the machine do the scoring.

Huh. Spoken like complete wuss-ass dart players. a) real metal darts are always better, and fly straighter. b) real dart players' aim gets better with more beer. c) real dart players can still keep score even after they can't stand or speak without drooling.

Think the bartender would object to people doing body shots as the night wears on?

If he does we need a new bartender.

Yes this.

Huh. Spoken like complete wuss-ass dart players. a) real metal darts are always better, and fly straighter. b) real dart players' aim gets better with more beer. c) real dart players can still keep score even after they can't stand or speak without drooling.

Sure thing Sean, only we're talking about dealing with folks that are throwing darts for fun, and I for one don't want some of our wonderful Buffista friends armed with a sharp dart after they've had a dozen or so drinks.

Also, I'll probably be bringing my own darts so that they'll have at least some kinda weight behind them, unlike bar darts. Even with the nylon tips they fly mighty straight.

Heck, even most of the dart leagues use nylon tips now.

Sure thing Sean, only we're talking about dealing with folks that are throwing darts for fun,

I've never played for anything but fun.

Heck, even most of the dart leagues use nylon tips now.

Not back in Michigan. There wasn't a single bar I frequented back home that used those. All my bars had boar-bristle.

Gotcha. I'll be playing with the auto scoring boards, I'm a lazy ass.

I for one don't want some of our wonderful Buffista friends armed with a sharp dart after they've had a dozen or so drinks.

This is what I meant. I grew up using the real darts, on a real board, since my parents had one, and the others feel wrong, but not as wrong as turning someone into a Xander.

There was a pool table in the hotel bar at the first F2F. That's all I've got, so I'm going the stand with Sean in the real darts corner. (Not that I play, it's just the principle.)