The Bitter End

Last night we went to the ball game. Ken agreed to meet me for a drink first, so I picked this little spot right next to the ball park. Cute little courtyard similar to the place across from the convention center in Tucson. I rode my bike down from work and found a back way that popped me over a hill, saving me at least 15 min. Had a hefeweizen on tap and then met Adam & Emily. Paid the $12 each for the good seats (turned out to be a waste; the $7 general admission would have been more than sufficient. Brian's right; the stadium is beautiful. Kind of like a mini-major league stadium in the heart of downtown. Each got a microbeer ($7 -- ugh -- but they do have thirsty thursdays each thursday when domestics are $2 and microbrews are $3.50.) Will definitely have to go back then. We each grabbed some food too... was taco tuesday (tacos were $1 each), but Ken grabbed a cheeseburger, emily had a burger, Adam had a bratwurst with kraut & I had a hotdog. Game was good; the beavers ended up winning 2-0.

After the game, we went across the street to another bar called the Bitter End. Ken ordered a porter and when he went for his wallet, he realized he left his card & tab open at the ballpark. He ran back over to learn they gave his card away. Apparently, the waitress called "Kenneth" and someone said "that's me". Oops. They gave him a $20 bar credit next time he came in, but Ken was in frenzy mode running back to us to get the phone number off of my card to cancel his card. Crazy. Last charge was for $8.40 at the ballpark... strange since both Ken & I got a beer but nothing else. No more than 5 minutes later, we got a call at the bar from the ballpark saying the card was found and had 'mysteriously reappeared under suspicious circumstances'. A girl walked the card over to us and told us how they've had some problems with that waitress, etc., etc. Adam figured out that the $1.40 was a 20% tip on Ken's beer; strange since the person who signed the bill didn't take the card AND the back of Ken's card says 'ask for ID'. Both seem odd. Ken's tempted to ask for a carbon copy of the receipt just out of curiousity; don't know if he will. So his new card comes in 4 days at which time he can change ALL of his online billing info. He's mighty happy about all this. So we had a great time at the game, but I suppose that the Bitter End turned out to be just that.