The TPC Survival Guide 2012

The 2012 Tacoma Pub Crawl is only days away. Here are a few guidelines that will maximize your time, safety, and most importantly, your fun.

BAR LIST

1. Loose Wheel            2 – 4 pm
2. Bar 2                        4:30 – 5:30
3. Bar 3                        6 – 7:30
4. Bar 4                        8 – 9:30
5. Loose Wheel            10 – Close

PARKING

Please park in the Safeway parking lot if you’re driving to the crawl. There’s no room at Loose Wheel, and Mona’s next door WILL TOW YOU. Even better: Take a cab to and from the crawl. Safety first when it comes to all-day drinking binges, crawlers.

RESPECT THE SCHEDULE

This year we’re busing everyone from bar to bar. That means you gotta be at the first bar—Loose Wheel—on time. We’re leaving Loose Wheel at 4 pm, and we’ll be at each bar for roughly an hour to an hour-and-a-half, with thirty minutes of traveling in between. However, our yellow chariot becomes a soggy pumpkin at exactly 10 pm, so punctuality is a must.

In other words, don’t miss the bus any time during the crawl. The bus will leave you.

BRING CASH

Waiting to get your credit back from the waitress will hold everyone up. Bring cash and make all of our lives easier. The added bonus of using cash is that you probably won’t have the resources to impulsively buy a round of Patron for that table of cuties. Let’s show the naysayers that drinking and being fiscally responsible aren’t mutually exclusive.

PACE YOURSELF

It’s a long crawl, so there’s no need to drink yourself into a hole by Bar #2. Follow the liquor before beer rule. Eat the tasty bar food every now and then. Leave double fisting for the professionals.

KARAOKE

Oh, karaoke is going to happen. The Loose Wheel—also our last bar—will have the mics ready for us when we get back at 10 pm. You might as well come prepared to belt out a few hits, though try not to bum us out with sappy slow songs. Keep it upbeat. More Kool and the Gang, less K-Ci and JoJo.

THE AFTERPARTY

Even though the crawl is sold out, feel free to invite people to Loose Wheel at 10 pm. There will be the aforementioned karaoke, and who knows what else. Dancing? Pool sharking? Fist bumping with random crawlers? Come to the afterparty and find out.

The Tacoma Pub Crawl 2012

Who We’re Helping: Emergency Food Network
Cost: $40


If you’re reading this, you’ve been specially invited to the official 2012 Tacoma Pub Crawl! On Saturday, April 21st, come with us as we make our mark on, in, and around the T-Town bar scene. Here’s why you've been invited: you got the most pop-lockingest moves on the dance floor; you can belt out “Don’t Stop Believing” by heart; you’re a happy, responsible, friendly drunk. In short, you’re fun.

Because we think so highly of you, we're even offering bus transportation between bars! No more hoofing it in your Saturday Night boots, ladies. Seats will be reserved for each and every crawler. However, space is limited so pay today to guarantee your spot on the crawl.

The cost for the crawl is $40, which gets you a seat on the bus and an official Tacoma Pub Crawl 2012 t-shirt. Your fee also goes to this year’s charity, the Emergency Food Network, which provides food for over 65 local food banks! Come drink, dance, and karaoke to help a great cause. It’s your civic duty. Learn more about EFN here: www.efoodnet.org

The fun times begin at 2 pm at the Loose Wheel Bar and Grill (6108 6th Ave). Be on time or plan to comically chase a yellow school bus.

Crawl Rules
1. You must pay to participate.
2. Don’t drink and drive.
3. Pace your drinking.
4. Eat.
5. Party, party, party.

Legal: All participants are expected to obey the laws and regulations. Any damage or loss caused by anyone participating in the event is the responsibility of the individual. In other words, don’t be a dum-dum.

If you have any questions, send them to tacomapubcrawl@gmail.com. See you Saturday, April 21st!