Tacoma Pub Crawl 2013

End summer the right way with the Tacoma Pub Crawl 2013! On Saturday, September 21st, come with us as we scavenge the Dome district in search of beer, food and wacky/sexy/not-at-all-incriminating photo ops.

This year we're strongly encouraging crawlers to bring their best props. Think gold rope chains! Kentucky Derby hats! exotic pets! Wear or carry whatever will get you the most attention. There will be prizes.

The price is $25 before September 1st and $30 after. USE THE PAYPAL BUTTON ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN. (You do not need a PayPal account.) As always, your fee gets you an official Tacoma Pub Crawl shirt.

Proceeds will go to Write@253, a non-profit writing and tutoring center in the Hilltop district that encourages creativity and literacy among K-12 students. Learn more about the amazing resources Write@253 is creating for our community at www.write253.wordpress.com.

Space is limited. Sign up now and start collecting those props!

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!

The TPC Survival Guide

April 23^rd has arrived so you know what that means:  The Tacoma Pub Crawl!  Get ready for a day of drinking, drinking, using the restroom, and then more drinking.  Someone must really like us up there because the weatherman is calling for gorgeous.  Beer, friends and sun?  Looks like all the right ingredients for an amazing time.

The party starts at the Harmon Tap Room (y’know, the one next to Doyle’s) at 2 pm.  Sign your waivers, pick up your shirts and then get to the aforementioned drinking.

But before any of that, please read these following tips and guidelines.  They might just save your life!  (Or at least a dollar or two.)

1. Wear your shirt.  The shirts have been in our possession for a week, and objectively speaking?  They’re pretty awesome.  Like “iPhone self-portrait in the bathroom mirror” awesome.  Wear it and be the envy of all your friends and neighbors!  Also, a few bars have told us that they’ll only honor happy hour prices to those in TPC shirts so it’s in your best financial interest to put on your shirt as soon as you get it.

2. Pace yourself.  A pub crawl is not a race; it’s a marathon.  You might want to think about strategies at this point; otherwise, you’ll be calling it a night by bar three.  Maybe start with a microbrew and then switch to lighter beers?  Maybe have a glass a water by your side at all times?  Maybe don’t do that Jaeger bomb?  Try not to be that guy or girl who misses out on all the cool, life-changing, “you had to be there” moments that happen right after you leave. 

3. Mingle. Get to know your fellow crawlers!  The crawl is an all-day event so branch out from your usual social group.  Smile at that girl with the button nose.  Drink with that bearded hipster sipping the Rainer tall boy.  In short, make new friends!  We’ll be passing out name tags and markers for your socializing convenience.

4. Eat.  Take advantage of the special happy hour prices and give that beer in your belly some solid company.  You also might want to think about calling ahead so your meal will be ready for you when you stumble in.  The wait for food in a bar full of dozens of pub crawlers has got to be rough.

5. Bring cash.  Don’t you hate it when you’re in a rush to leave a bar but you have to pay with a card?  You know the scenario:  You flag down the waitress for your tab.  You wait.  You get your check.  You wait.  She picks up your card. You wait.  You get your card back, finagle over what to tip, write down a number, decide that the “1” you wrote down looks like a “7” and then scribble that out, write down a new amount and hope that the bar doesn’t overcharge you.  Paying with cash is so much easier.

6. Wear comfortable shoes.  Look at the name of the event.  Expect to periodically move your feet in some way.  Your three-inch Louboutin stilettos will feel like spikes by the end of the night.  Don’t be that girl (or guy) stumbling pigeon-toed from bar to bar!  Wear your most comfortable walking shoes and avoid the bunions.

7. Don’t drive.  Don’t even think about driving.  Nope.  No way.  Walking is your friend, a taxi is your friend, a (sober) friend is your friend.  We also have a sweet discount rate at the Hotel Murano for those who’d like to just collapse into a nice, comfy bed when it's all over.  Just tell the Murano you’re with the pub crawl when making reservations and they’ll hook you up.

8. Ask about extra credit bars.  In addition to the official bars on the route, extra credit bars will be available for the more serious drinkers.  These bars will be in-between and after the regular pub crawl bars.  The goal is to score at least one drink in these establishments.  The names of these extra credit bars aren't written down so ask one of the pub crawl representatives for more details.

The Tacoma Pub Crawl is upon us.  Be safe, be happy, be drinking!  We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Pt. 3

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Crawl, Don't Run

We here at TPC Central believe in safety.  We advocate drinking in moderation, designated driving and any other legal thing that gets you back home in one piece.  That's why we're shocked--SHOCKED!--to hear that some people think that we'll be actually running from bar to bar.  Running, as in putting one foot in front of the other repeatedly in a hasty fashion.  While drinking.  Gulp.

The confusion may stem from each member of the TPC Committee being a part of Tacoma Runners (join now!), where we enjoy nice, frosty beers AFTER our runs.  But that's a different animal entirely.  Let us clear the air:  There will be no running at The Tacoma Pub Crawl!  Crawling, yes. Drinking, yes.  Running, nooooo.     

Not only is drunk running a dangerous proposition, but think about the spanking new shirts you'll be soiling with your run sweat.  You're going to want to keep those shirts forever to remember that special day where you boozed and boozed with dozens of strangers.  Sweating is a sure way for those shirts to end up in a box in your garage, next to that other box full of Grandpa's old socks.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Pt. 2

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