15 Hour Bar Crawl

Friday (2/13) was definitely a recovery day cause I was pretty hungover. Luckily I don't have classes on Fridays so I got to sleep in and relax.

Saturday (2/14) was without a doubt the most interesting Valentine's Day of my life. By 11:45 Trev was a bustling sea of white t-shirts; the 15 hour bar crawl was about to begin. There were about 150 people participating, and we were split into 2 groups. Everyone was armed with markers and they were taking turns writing on one another's shirts. Just after noon it was time for Group 1, my group, to head to the underpass and catch buses into town. The group being as large as it was, we had to take 2 buses.

Our first stop on this journey was a bar called Varsity, which I had never been to. I was on the first bus to arrive, so I got right up to the bar and got a pint then joined some friends at a table. About 15 minutes later the rest of Group 1 showed up and filled the bar. There were obviously small groups of people who hung out together for the majority of the time, so I made my way around saying hi to as many people as I recognized. We stayed at Varsity for about 1.5 hours and then it was off to the Lounge. This was another place I'd never been to. I went up to the bar and grabbed a drink and while I was there the bartender told me that they would be passing out free champagne in a few minutes so I hung around till I got some. With my 2 drinks in hand I went and sat with a new group of people and chatted with them for the rest of the time at this bar. The next stop was Revolutions. At Revs we went straight upstairs, which was a part of the bar I'd never seen. There was a dance floor up there and another bar. With everyone a few drinks in it was time to do a little dancing. I grabbed a drink from the bar and hit the floor for a bit. After dancing for a bit I sat down to talk to my new friends Keir and Marc until it was time to move on. Next stop on the crawl was WalkAbout. At WalkAbout we decided it was the job of us pool team members to educate some of our fellow bar crawlers in the ways of the boat race. We did a few of those, then some people ordered food so we sat down and snacked. After WalkAbout it was off to Hustle. I decided to break off from the group and go grab some food of my own at Subway. I wolfed down a footlong sub to soak up the booze and then rejoined the group at Hustle. Everyone was getting pretty well drunk at this point so we did a few shots and then went to the dancefloor. After Hustle it was off to Cuba where we reunited with all the people in Group 2 whom we hadn't seen since noon. Cuba was great. The music was good and we were catching up with all of the Group 2 people. The markers definitely came out as well and t-shirts were being obscenely decorated all over the place, which was hilarious. After Cuba it was off to Toast. Toast was kinda lame so we only stayed long enough for 1 round and a bit of dancing. After Cuba it was off to the final stop on our epic bar crawl, Sugarhouse. We got to Sugarhouse around midnight, which meant we had been going for a solid 12 hours to this point. The sub I ate helped with my intoxication level a bit, but I was still pretty wasted. I think I only had 1 more drink during the 3 hours I was at Sugarhouse, the rest of the time was spent dancing and making an ass of myself. At 3 am, having completed a full 15 hours of bar crawling madness, we headed out of Sugarhouse to catch a free bus back to campus. Back at campus we did our usual stop at Sultan's for some curly fries and then crashed.

The bar crawl was an absolute blast and I'm sad I won't get to do another one with this crowd, cause they only do it once a semester. Below is a link to some photos from the evening:

Bar Crawl Photos