Flip Flopping
This is not about John Kerry...whom I don't believe was a flip flopper but let's not go there.
Anywhooo, I met up with my old pal Lindsey tonight at Flip Flops Island Grill House which is right across from Arizona State University. It's an outdoors beach club looking place that used to be Dos Gringos. Dos Gringos had to move because of liquor license issues. Apparently, they had to sell a certain percentage of food vs. alcohol. There are "we serve food" signs everywhere but, oddly enough, with their $2 Coronas and $2 tacos and location, they didn't make the quota.
It was an interesting demographic. I wasn't quite twice the average age, thank God, but it was close. Lots of college age kids with a couple of 'mature' folks sprinkled in the crowd.
We're thinking about having a club happy hour there so I asked the waitress about it. She said they're considering changing the entire format - name, decor, etc. I guess we need to do our thing soon. It will be interesting to see how the 20-somethings react to the 40, 50 and 60 somethings taking over their turf.
Spending time with Lindsey was great - we hadn't seen each other for almost a year. My 2005 resolution is to hook up (not that kind of hooking up, keep your mind out of the gutter) with an old friend every month. It's too easy to lose touch with people you don't see on a regular basis and that's just a darn shame.
Flip Flops is at 222 E University - you need to park in the back which is accessed via an alley.
Anywhooo, I met up with my old pal Lindsey tonight at Flip Flops Island Grill House which is right across from Arizona State University. It's an outdoors beach club looking place that used to be Dos Gringos. Dos Gringos had to move because of liquor license issues. Apparently, they had to sell a certain percentage of food vs. alcohol. There are "we serve food" signs everywhere but, oddly enough, with their $2 Coronas and $2 tacos and location, they didn't make the quota.
It was an interesting demographic. I wasn't quite twice the average age, thank God, but it was close. Lots of college age kids with a couple of 'mature' folks sprinkled in the crowd.
We're thinking about having a club happy hour there so I asked the waitress about it. She said they're considering changing the entire format - name, decor, etc. I guess we need to do our thing soon. It will be interesting to see how the 20-somethings react to the 40, 50 and 60 somethings taking over their turf.
Spending time with Lindsey was great - we hadn't seen each other for almost a year. My 2005 resolution is to hook up (not that kind of hooking up, keep your mind out of the gutter) with an old friend every month. It's too easy to lose touch with people you don't see on a regular basis and that's just a darn shame.
Flip Flops is at 222 E University - you need to park in the back which is accessed via an alley.
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