Ideas for something fun to do...Friday night

[Aloysius]

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- whatever you do, at the end of the night, be sure you are good and loaded, then break out your new Guitar Hero. You'll thank me later.

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Haha missed that - yes, Guitar Hero is good fun.

Also - Karaoke.

-Al

[4_2_it]

Nintendo Wii-athon FTW.

[Lazy Meatball]

Robby Roadsteamer @ Ralphs Diner in Worcester. It's what I'd be doing if I didn't have to work.

[27offsuit]

Tenny, I think I have an idea for you.


If you've never been, the Oak Bar beside the Oak Room at the Fairmount Copley Plaza is a pretty old-school chill spot from way back.

They usually have live jazz, etc. and the place is just great for people watching and sipping a martini or something. They charge like $15 a drink, but they bring you a little mixing glass with basically an entire other drink in it, so it's basically only $7.50 a pop.

I've gone with the wife before and just sat around for a couple/few hours doing a whole lot of nothing. Dim lights, a little jazz, a little dirty martini, good conversation. Just a relaxing good time.

Anyway, FWIW.

.....just don't smoke.


Edit: The bar is about 4-5x the size of the picture shown, with a lot of 20 foot tall windows.

[z28dreams]

Comedy club

[Alobar]

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Alobar,

Trip report please, I wanted to go there all summer but we never got round to it.

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Its pretty awesome. You go in fill out some waivers and then have to watch a safety video. You have to put on one of those fire jumpsuits (When I went in phoenix tho it was so hot they didnt make us wear them, so I think they are for more "part of the experience" than "safety". A helmet and neckbrace. You have to take a breathealazier before you get in the kart too.

When I went I remember paying for some package, it was like $30 for three races, and I remember thinking, "wow, that sucks I'll only get to race 3 times".

I never even did the 3rd race cuz I was so tired from the first 2. You are zipping along at like 25 or 30mph but its open wheeled and you are so close to the ground you feel like you are doing 60mph, so its really intense and takes a ton of concentration. I think each race was 10 minutes, but it felt like half an hour. I was actually sore the next day! When its over you get a printout with all your lap times, top speed, etc. And it compares you to everyone else in your race so you can see what rank your fastest lap was and what place you finished and all that.

The actual place had other stuff to do too, there was a rock climbing wall, a huge arcade, a little "playland", pool tables a snack bar.

I went with a group of friends (male and female) and every single one of us left excitedly talking about how it was the best time ever. I definitely would recommend it to anyone whos looking for something fun to do.

[27offsuit]

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Alobar,

Trip report please, I wanted to go there all summer but we never got round to it.

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Its pretty awesome. You go in fill out some waivers and then have to watch a safety video. You have to put on one of those fire jumpsuits (When I went in phoenix tho it was so hot they didnt make us wear them, so I think they are for more "part of the experience" than "safety". A helmet and neckbrace. You have to take a breathealazier before you get in the kart too.

When I went I remember paying for some package, it was like $30 for three races, and I remember thinking, "wow, that sucks I'll only get to race 3 times".

I never even did the 3rd race cuz I was so tired from the first 2. You are zipping along at like 25 or 30mph but its open wheeled and you are so close to the ground you feel like you are doing 60mph, so its really intense and takes a ton of concentration. I think each race was 10 minutes, but it felt like half an hour. I was actually sore the next day! When its over you get a printout with all your lap times, top speed, etc. And it compares you to everyone else in your race so you can see what rank your fastest lap was and what place you finished and all that.

The actual place had other stuff to do too, there was a rock climbing wall, a huge arcade, a little "playland", pool tables a snack bar.

I went with a group of friends (male and female) and every single one of us left excitedly talking about how it was the best time ever. I definitely would recommend it to anyone whos looking for something fun to do.

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Man, that sounds tight. I've been trying to get there for a while now.


Hey, anyone up for 2+2 night at the local F1? I'm down.

There's quite a faction in the Boston area, no?

[Tennenbaum]

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Alobar,

Trip report please, I wanted to go there all summer but we never got round to it.

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Its pretty awesome. You go in fill out some waivers and then have to watch a safety video. You have to put on one of those fire jumpsuits (When I went in phoenix tho it was so hot they didnt make us wear them, so I think they are for more "part of the experience" than "safety". A helmet and neckbrace. You have to take a breathealazier before you get in the kart too.

When I went I remember paying for some package, it was like $30 for three races, and I remember thinking, "wow, that sucks I'll only get to race 3 times".

I never even did the 3rd race cuz I was so tired from the first 2. You are zipping along at like 25 or 30mph but its open wheeled and you are so close to the ground you feel like you are doing 60mph, so its really intense and takes a ton of concentration. I think each race was 10 minutes, but it felt like half an hour. I was actually sore the next day! When its over you get a printout with all your lap times, top speed, etc. And it compares you to everyone else in your race so you can see what rank your fastest lap was and what place you finished and all that.

The actual place had other stuff to do too, there was a rock climbing wall, a huge arcade, a little "playland", pool tables a snack bar.

I went with a group of friends (male and female) and every single one of us left excitedly talking about how it was the best time ever. I definitely would recommend it to anyone whos looking for something fun to do.

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Man, that sounds tight. I've been trying to get there for a while now.


Hey, anyone up for 2+2 night at the local F1? I'm down.

There's quite a faction in the Boston area, no?

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I am also down.

Yeti, next time you're here I'll go to F1 if you want. When it was brought up this summer I was looking forward to it too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[PITTM]

i wanna go go cart racing so [censored] bad right now. too bad its like 15 degrees outside [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

rj

[The DaveR]

27o, I stayed at the Fairmont in Nov. I think the Oak Bar is much better during the day for a quick drink, largely because you can walk to the hotel lobby after and play with the hotel's pet dog.

Also, guitar hero is a terrific idea. Particularly if you include a wiseass or two.