I walked outside intending to sit in front row because I am a sibling of the bride. Apparently people do not understand that concept and someone had to move this rude and obnoxious lady out of my mother’s seat. Seriously that is the mother of the bride’s seat and you want to sit there? Sometimes I wonder were someone gets their manners. I was upset not to sit in front row at my sister’s wedding although I wasn’t in the wedding I thought it was right to sit in front row. So I looked for something on the second row that would accommodate me, my husband, and daughter. NOTHING on the second row.  My cousin and his friends sat there. Ok so now I’m getting just a little peeved at the situation, and I do not want to make a scene. Not that a scene would matter because everyone was drunk.  Finally I find a seat in the last row where I cannot 

see my sister get married and cannot hear anything that they are saying to each other. I felt like I had been shoved back and no one even noticed. I seriously began to wonder if I can’t hear or see the wedding then what the point of actually being there was.  My husband of course had several things to say about the situation and all I could say was it will be over soon and we can leave. Since I couldn’t hear the wedding the only way I could tell the wedding was over was when my sister walked past me hand in hand with her new groom. I looked at my husband appalled that I had missed the whole thing. No sooner than they got down the aisle the drinking was even worse. I couldn’t believe that the wedding was turning out this way.  Needless to say I traveled the whole way to sit for twenty minutes and watch a wedding that I couldn’t enjoy and had to yank my child and niece up before everyone became belligerent. It’s a really good thing she only gets married once because I couldn’t handle another one like this.

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So Saturday night I went to a beer fest wedding and had the unhappiest time of my life. I love my sister to death but honestly I didn’t feel as though she received the fairy tale wedding she had dreamed of as a kid. No one ever receives that fairytale wedding like they dream of but seriously a beer party for a wedding? So I pull up to a place in the absolute middle of nowhere at an actually really pretty ranch and I look around and find everyone including the groom outside enjoying a beer. I’m thinking ok no problem this is a western wedding and the guys are going to drink no problem. I get closer and am listening to what they say and they are all pretty well toasted and have been since the night before. Thankfully I kept my sister’s daughter the night before and she didn’t have to be passed around through everyone all the time because I was afraid of her being dropped. In the midst of all of the chaos I’m trying to keep up with my own daughter and she wants to run around with everyone else. As I’m rounding up kids I notice that the brides wedding party is standing on the porch and everyone is so hysterical it’s hard to figure out what in the world is going on and at that point I notice that the brides maids are staggering around. I am appalled and began to make my way up the porch.I thought that I would be nice and take my niece up to see her mom and by the time I get to the top of the stairs the wedding party is scattering back inside to finish getting ready. My mom is on her way into the room with my sister of course who is the bride, to give her the present of her life. Well my niece isn’t saying hello to mommy any time soon. So we walk in for a heartfelt family moment and there are more people in this room than I could imagine. What in hell is wrong with everyone I keep thinking to myself? Then I remember oh yeah everyone is drunk. My mom hands my sister her gift that is intended to be just a family thing at that moment, in a crowd of people and when my sister opens it she starts to cry uncontrollably. Amongst the gift wrap is the only picture that was taken of my dad holding my sister before he died. It was the most heartfelt moment at the whole thing. I don’t know whether she was overly drunk or just that happy. After all of that ended it was time to re-powder the brides face and finish getting ready to walk down the aisle. At last my niece finally gets to see her mom for about two minutes before someone starts screaming for her again. At this point I’m getting ready to take my place outside.

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The first bar that I ever went to in Lubbock was Bashes. There are two of them here now, but when iw wen there was only the one that is on Main street. I was only 19, and I went there for a poker tournament. They used to have them pretty often, and I assume they got into trouble for letting underage kids come in there and play for a cash prize. I did really well in the tournament, and that being so many years ago I don’t even remember what I thought of the bar at the time. But now, it’s a pretty cool place. It’s using that whole “old and shitty” motif to it’s advantage. There are a few different rooms in it, the front room is always the most crowded and has the main bar, then a little middle dark room, a game room, and the back room that has another bar. They have some decent sized screens and always show the UFC fights. They have 2 cent pint night on Mondays with a small cover from 9 to 11, which is probably the cheapest you can drink in Lubbock. They also have an “Around the world” beer club, with a pretty good selection of hard to find beers. I was in it, but you have to finish it in three months or they make you start over, so when I went in there and found out I had to start over I gave up. A few downfalls to the bar for me are that it’s incredibly smokey and sometimes it’s hard to sit where you can see a TV clearly. I am usually fine with smoke, but for some reason this place just holds it in like there’s a lit cigarette in your face at all times. And, the TV thing is bad when there’s something intersting going on, so you have to get there early to get a seat, and even if you do someone might just stand right in front of you. Fun, cheap, with a few downfalls, I enjoying going to the Original Bashes.

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Favorite spot in Lubbock for me personally: Blue Light. Not only because it’s Blue Light, but because it’s connected to another bar that I love, Tom’s Daiquiri, that I’ll write about later. Blue light has it all. You sit inside and watch awesome bands play, you sit outside in the front and can drink on the sidewalk or walk right into Tom’s with your drink, or you go outside in the back and they have a seating area and sometimes a band out there too. Their drinks are never expensive, and if you go early they have really good specials. They have a staff that never changes, so you actually get to know the door people and the bartenders because they are always the same. That just says that these people have a really sweet job and never want to leave it. The crowd is always good, it never seems shady, and everyone just wants to have fun. There’s a small dance floor right in front of the stage so you can dance to the live music. It’s just one of those bars I feel comfortable in, like I feel at home when I go there. And, being able to enjoy two completely different bars legally with the same drink is a lot of fun too. So, this one definitely gets my approval, because it is one of my very favorite places to go to. So, good job Blue Light, you win.

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A relatively new bar in Lubbock is called Fire House. It’s located where Bleachers used to be, down in the Depot district. I went there for a Halloween party, and it was pretty crowded. There are a few different places to hang out, they have an outside area and an upstairs, a game room, and a main room with a dance floor. But, they only have one bar. One bar, where you have to wait at least 20 minutes to get a beer if there are people there. This is the only time I went, and before then I had heard pretty bad things about the place. One of my biggest pet peeves is being in a bar that thinks it’s okay to charge cover and then makes it impossible to get a drink the first half hour you are there. There were only two bartenders behind the one bar, with a mob waiting to be served. I didn’t much care of the place. I remember going there when it was Bleachers, and how cool it was. They had live music going, places to sit instead of a dance floor, and you could just go upstairs and get a drink at the bar there. So, I don’t think this is going to be a place that I frequent. I don’t really think this is a place that I’ll ever go to again unless I get drug along by some friends that want to go for some reason. Sorry, Fire House, you just didn’t do it for me.

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Another bar in Lubbock that I tend to frequent is Chimy’s. It is one of the coolest bars in Lubbock, because it started out being so small and they continue to add on more and more areas to accommodate the crowds. They have really good food, I love their fajita nachos. The orders are generous and always good. Then, what they are most famous for, their margaritas. Famous, because for me, I shouldn’t ever have more than two. One of those things will do the trick, but two and I’m done for the night. They taste different than most margaritas you would be used to, but once you get over that initial taste, they become better. The original margarita, frozen or on the rocks, costs less than six bucks. And let me tell you that six bucks goes a really long way, as opposed to six dollars worth of beer. They close at midnight, so it’s a place that most people like to meet at before they make their concrete plans for the night. I like to head out there pretty early and make sure to get a table, then usually get some nachos as a snack and a margarita to start the night off right. There’s never a cover, the lines don’t take long to get a drink, and the one bar has many atmospheres to choose from, like sitting on the deck, sitting outside, or staying in. Only complaint is that they can get pretty crowded and you won’t have anywhere to sit. And, just a warning, if you haven’t had one of their margaritas then… make sure you have at least three in the first hour you’re there.

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Back awhile ago, Crickets used to be one of my favorite bars to go to. They have over one hundred beers on tap, pool tables, shuffleboard, Foosball, and awesome live music. Their don’t have the best drink specials around, but the atmosphere was great. You can tell a lot of locals like to go there, because they have numbered mugs hanging on the ceiling, where you can sign up and pay a fee and get to have your own mug to drink from while you are there. You also get a small discount on each drink you purchase with the mug, and are inducted into the “Mug Club”. They also have a selection of cigars you can purchase while there, not that this matter to me at all. When I was first legal to go out, I loved going here. They have really good food, and it’s a good spot to catch a game because they have lots of sitting room. There are a few set backs to the bar though, other than the drinks being more expensive than most college bars. They only have one actual bar, so get ready to wait a bit before getting a drink. Out of no where here recently, it has been completely taken over by the “greek” of Texas Tech. It has became insanely popular, mostly because they let minors in too unlike most bars here. Most of the time, you can’t even find a seat.. It has eventually turned as bad as you can’t even go in with out waiting in a line, so I’ve just stopped even trying. The only time I go there anymore is if we go out on a random weekday, and it’s not going to be too crowded to even get a beer. It still gets my approval, though, for having such a large selection of draft beers. So go on a Tuesday and enjoy it without the crowd.

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Here in Lubbock, I frequent the bars… quite often, to put it nicely. I love going out. I love bars, I love clubs, I love anywhere with live music, I just love being out on the night scene. I’ve worked out on the night scene here in Lubbock at a few places, and I’d say that I’ve been to around 90 percent of the bars that Lubbock has to offer. So, I’d also say that that gives me a little bit of an expertise in what is decent here, what nights are the best, how the drinks are, what the specials are, all that crap that people care about. So… I’m going to give the low down on each of the bars here that I have attended, what it was like for me and what I think about going back there. I’ll start with writing about all the ones that I frequent, to the ones that I go to sometimes, the ones I’ve been to once, all the way down to the ones I’ve never been to if there’s a legitimate reason. Just check out the category “Bars of Lubbock”, and see if they get my approval or not. This is going to be fun for me and hopefully informative for some of you, if you’re not familiar with Lubbock. So, onto the first bars we go!

Check out the category by going Here. Hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I enjoyed attending them.

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