Pub Crawl Hollywood Style in Brie’s Neck of the Woods

I’d been craving a night out for a long time.  I mean a really good night out that measures up to the true definition of partying.  When we found a pub crawl that was scheduled in Hollywood, close to our neck of the woods for St. Patty’s Day, there was nothing to be considered … I was in!  I pictured the old college days where droves of people would move from pub to pub, laughing and living it up on the streets. We gathered up a couple friends and hit the town primed with excitement and high expectations.

 

 

We checked in at the Pig and Whistle right on Hollywood Blvd, and got outfitted with wrist bands, plastic travel cups, a map and free tickets to the Supper Club.  There were drink specials being offered at each pub, but only for certain hours of the night.  You had to consult the legend to figure out where to go when.  Our first stop was Hooters. Who would have thought they would have been a stop on a pub crawl, and a St. Patty’s pub crawl at that!  I think the walk to Hooters set the tone for the rest of the night!  If you’ve never been to Hollywood, I must explain that you think the Walk of Fame would be glamorous, but it is in fact the most opposite to that! There is a whole culture of ‘super heroes’ who hang out and make a dollar off everyone who wants to take their picture.  These are adults dressed up in really cheap costumes that are often saggy and quite well worn.  With that in mind, it was no oddity that our friend bumped into and apologized to Batman on the way.  It was bizarre though to have Captain America in the restaurant seated right beside us, hanging out with Spiderman, who had his costume half off and hanging by his waist.

 

 

We realized we were the only pub crawlers in Hooters, so downing our beers, we studied the map to move on.  Little did we know, that was to be our best beer of the night!

 

 

At our other stops we had to give the bartender our plastic cups and we were only able to drink Bud Light if we wanted the $2.00 pub crawler special.  One place made us go to the back of a long line of regulars to wait with hopes of even getting let in.  Pub crawlers are not supposed to wait in line! We got the feeling that the pubs were kind of annoyed to have us there, plus picture the embarrassment of drinking out of a little plastic cup while the regular patrons had fancy fun ones. I would also like to add that there wasn’t a single thing Irish about any of the bars we stopped at!  Not even one tune to dance the jig in celebration.  Who knew my small home town back in Canada would be more capable of planning big street parties than Hollywood!

 

 

Did I mention we got tickets to the Supper Club?  We decided it was time to make ourselves feel special and head over to this swanky place.  When we presented out tickets they said “Oh no, these tickets are for the Premier Supper Club … that’s around the corner.”  Well, of course it was. Not the same people … not the same! We did go check it out though, but they told us since it was past 12:30 am our tickets were expired and we’d have to pay to get in.

Added to the oddity of the night, were the new methods of guys trying to get a kiss.  Since there really weren’t the droves of party people on the street decked out in green that I was looking forward to, I would shout “Pub Crawlers!” to any we could identify.  One guy replied to me with a “Woohooo, mouth 5!”  At a separate location, another guy asked my husband if he could have his permission to fish kiss me.  These are the types of things that made this pub crawl let-down one of those best nights ever.  That, and the effect of drinking a ton of cheap beers. When you’re with the right people, anything can be fun. Having the ability to laugh at a bad night allows you to end up with some of the best memories!

I know some people who were definitely not having a good night…

 

 

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