Mary turn 27 on October 1st and her friend Justin came in from Wisconsin to celebrate with us. Whenever friends come in town, it's always pressure to make them think you live this crazy fast paced party life, so, that's what we made Justin believe. Lucky for us we had this bar mission so had plenty of bars to hit up.
Friday night, we went to Downtown Phoenix to check out the nightlife, I must say, after this night, I really love going out in Downtown. It's such a laid back fun vibe. Our first stop on the bar tour was
Seamus McCaffrey's. I've been here before, as Ryan frequents this place Fridays after work some
times. Anyway, we got here probably around 9 and bellied up to the bar...haha had a couple of beers at Seamus, waited for the entire party crew to arrive and celebrated Mary's annual celebration of life. We like this bar, it's a prime spot for hanging out with friends. I think we agree it's not really a Friday night, group hang out spot, maybe more of a after work good time, or with a smaller crowd. I think we had like 12 people with us, so it wasn't easy for standing around talking. Good time though, would of course go back to this place.
After we left Seamus we walked over to
The Turf Accountant which is probably one of my favorite bars now! They had a great band playing inside, and lots of patio space outside. The place was huge, and very accommodating for our masses of friends! :) We grabbed some beers at the bar and headed out to the patio area, for our friends who must enjoy fresh air while at the bar. We really loved this bar, in fact we've gone back since!! I think as we get a touch older, we all appreciate being able to sit and chat with friends, which this bar was great for. It's always nice to be able to sit and drink, rather than clutching on to your drink for dear life as people squeeze by you every 15 seconds. So obviously we'd go back to this place...we did go back. Great bar, you should go too!
Once we left The Turf we wandered over to The Roosevelt, which I was a bit
worried about since we had been at irish pubs all night, and I had been to The Roosevelt, I thought no one would like it, and it would be maybe a downer on the night. Well I was wrong. I had only
been to The Roosevelt for happy hour, and at the time, it's a calm little bar, full of people sipping wine and eating their yummy food. At night though, it's a totally different vibe. We all said it was like being at a house party, since in fact, the bar is a old house.
We wormed our way to the back room, cozied up in a corner and had a great time. We got a couple drinks each visit to the bar since this place was packed, much like a house party would be, but we had a
wonderful time, hanging out having fun. You can tell it was later in the night because we actually started taking pictures of everyone! This
was the last stop for most of us for the night. The whole idea was to light rail it around downtown and we never got on the light rail except for to go home. So I don't know about everyone else, but I was tired after walking around all night. The Roosevelt is definitely a favorite and I'm sure we'll be heading back there.
Saturday night, we headed to Scottsdale, to show Justin the other side of Phoenix people.
I had this really cute dress I was going to wear, then if I recall it got chilly and rain-esque out so I decided on jeans instead. When we got to American Junkie, I think I was wearing the most clothes out of every girl there. Oh Scottsdale...
Anyway, so we started off at
American Junkie, we got there early, like 10 ish, so we were able to get a bench on the patio. Mary and Justin got there a little later than Ryan and I, so when Justin got there we had to do shots and some serious drinking to catch him up, again, he had to think we live a crazy life 24/7! There really isn't much else to say about American Junkie, it's a typical Scottsdale bar, nothing really stands out about it. I guess the wheel inside is cool, but they seem to have gotten stricter about people spinning it, and I don't know why girls would want to tell the whole bar how much they weigh anyway, but maybe that's the old lady in me talking. I think you should probably go to American Junkie once if you're in Scottsdale, but would I make it a point to go every time I'm out? Probably not, why pay $15 for a drink and wait 30 minutes to get it, when there are so many other options out there.
We then headed to
Saddle Ranch, sorry no pictures, we still aren't great about remembering that stuff. Sort of the same feel at AJ, not Apache Junction...American Junkie. It's crowded and everyone looks the same. If you're scouting for some meat heads, it's definitely the place to be though. I think bull riding can be fun, but I feel like now so many bars have that, it's no longer something that sets Saddle Ranch apart. The only place to be in my opinion if you're at Saddle Ranch is upstairs. It's the only place, where it's not super crowded and you can do some amazing people watching. Adam (I think that's his name) from the Real World works here, or did, so if you're into that, that's cool too. Needless to say, Scottsdale didn't do too much for us.
We actually finished the night on Mill, thought Justin should see some college girls. We went to
Cue Club at like 1 a.m., drank some long islands, well Ryan and Justin did, rest of us just had beer. We closed that place down! I know it's not on the list of 50 best bars, but we all had a great night. Mike, Mary, Justin, Ryan and I then went to Filiberto's. I think Justin thought we were pretty cool with all our bar hopping. I must say though, I'm glad we don't do this every weekend, so exhausting!!
