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  1. Long Ball Larry

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    I don’t know how it is on other nights of the week, but we went to Carrigan’s with another couple after dinner and all thought it was lame.
     
  2. Stone Cold Steve Austin

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    Power is out and my backyard is flooding :)
     
  3. mal630

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    I know it floods regularly but Mountain Brook Club is particularly underwater today.
     
  4. TheFreak55

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    swimfan is somewhere playing himself
     
  5. ElectricDreamMachine

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    went to back forty for the first time the other night. beer was meh but goddamn i was really impressed with their food.
     
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  6. wes tegg

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    I really like their Cart Barn Light. It's the tastiest beer I can drink a hundred of.
     
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  7. mal630

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    Back 40 is awesome. It dawned on me the other day that is is very close to lakeview and you don't have to dick around near avondale and go the back way to get there. Food is exceptional.
     
  8. TheFreak55

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  9. ElectricDreamMachine

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    hmmm i'll have to try that then. i've never really liked their beers but the other night was the first time i tried something outside the truck stop honey/naked pig.
     
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  10. southlick

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  11. Rusty Shackleford

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    Is there anything that Kim Kardashian can't do?
     
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  12. Cousin Eddie

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    Rojo and Saws are pretty damn awesome. Also the Civil Rights Institute is really impressive. i was only in Birmingham for a day but I enjoyed it a lot.
     
  13. Oranjello

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    The Civil Rights Institute near the federal courthouse? Used to work at the courthouse but never made it over to the museum because I was a "busy student." How was it? Think I may take the fiancee some time soon given that we're both new residents here. Nothing against her whatsoever, but I doubt she really knows much about the 16th Street Bombing.

    Really want to get down to EJI's Museum and Memorial in Montgomery. Have a lot of respect for Bryan Stevenson, but I imagine it being extremely intense (and rightfully so):
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  14. Cousin Eddie

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    I thought it was really interesting. I knew a fair bit about the civil rights movement beforehand but I learned a lot and the exhibits were really moving. I liked the exhibit on the freedom rides because I didn’t know much about them beforehand. It’s worth a visit for sure.
     
  15. One Two

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    Happy New Year's Eve

    Hope everyone's tuxedos are freshly pressed for the midnight champagne toast at Innis Free
     
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  16. Barves2125

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    Trotline is at Zydeco. I'll see all of you there!
     
  17. DriveByBBQ

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    Tried to go see “they shall not grow old” last week and it was sold out. Wanted to go see it today and it’s not playing anywhere in the metro. Sweet.
     
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  18. mal630

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    Very excited to take an Uber from 5 points Waffle House to Irondale Waffle House because 5 points will be a total fucking disaster.
     
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  19. Stone Cold Steve Austin

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    Might just go to Bourbon Street tonight.
     
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  20. Stone Cold Steve Austin

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    After an El Caz dinner.
     
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  21. DaveGrohl

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    I... I did this last year and it was awesome
     
  22. Stone Cold Steve Austin

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    I don’t have any knowledge of NYE at BS but I assume it’s not elbows and assholes in there?
     
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  23. DaveGrohl

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    Nah it was the fairly standard crowd and they were handing out champagne and NYE party favors. We had low expectations since it was a last minute plan but the wife was pretty happy about it.
     
  24. One Two

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    I'm excited it's supposed to rain tonight so I can have a semi excuse to skip the NYE clusterfuck and stay in.

    I am definitely, 100%, not going to Trotline at Zydeco. If anyone tells you differently they are lying. I promise. Haha
     
  25. Barves2125

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    This reminds me I need to Venmo you for my ticket. Still can't believe how cheap you got them in the fan club pre-sale.
     
  26. One Two

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    I've got your Trotline tank top too. Do you want me to bring it by before the show?
     
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  27. Barves2125

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    Nah, I'm going to wear my formal one tonight.
     
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  28. DaveGrohl

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    Does anyone have a go-to NYE spot that isn’t crowded as hell (besides Bourbon Street)?
     
  29. DriveByBBQ

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    Heard a BMR ad for a bar crawl that’s like $10 bucks for the first bar and $5 for each bar after; Atomic, paper doll, queens park (I think) and some others...but not sure if that gets you anything other than in the door. For that price it’s probably just to get in.

    Rain definitely impacting my motivation to get out.
     
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  30. One Two

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    I've done the loft District bar crawl in the past. It's fun but some spots do get crowded
     
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  31. DaveGrohl

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    Rain is supposed to die off later. I have no desire to leave the house but I remembered my wife saying something about a dress she bought would be perfect for New Years. So now I’m fucked.
     
  32. DriveByBBQ

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    Oasis > the nick > marty’s
     
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  33. Brandon Chicken

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    Got hungover reading this.
     
  34. wes tegg

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    Otey’s is never crowded on NYE.
     
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  35. DaveGrohl

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    I feel like this is sarcasm but I can't tell.
     
  36. Stone Cold Steve Austin

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    You think Brookies will lower themselves to Otey’s on a night like tonight?
     
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  37. wes tegg

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    It really isn’t crowded, but I was mostly going along with my Otey’s gag itt.
     
  38. mal630

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    Oasis, 41st St are good options. I'm going to the fucking Woolworth which will suck. Hopefully can leave that by 10 and get somewhere else. Marty's till super later obviously.
     
  39. Stone Cold Steve Austin

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    Godspeed
     
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  40. DaveGrohl

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    SHOW US YOUR 80S OUTFIT
     
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  41. One Two

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    What did y'all end up doing last night and how was it?

    Edit: Mal how was the Woolworth?
     
  42. DaveGrohl

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    Went to Freddy's Wine Bar because the wife wanted to be classy. Ate a large charcuterie board by myself. Made best friends with some strangers that sat with us. 8/10 - good night.

    oh, and the uber from Freddy's to Crestline Park was $40
     
  43. mal630

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    Woolworth really sucked at the beginning. Started clearing out a bit and they opened the roof top which was nice. We stayed till midnight then went to Marty’s. I decided after non stop double gin and tonics I needed edibles at midnight and don’t remember much from Marty’s.
     
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  44. ElectricDreamMachine

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    is woolworth shitty just cause of an overabundance of college kids or what? i still haven't been
     
  45. DaveGrohl

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    I haven’t been yet but from my Instagram feed I’m guessing it’s packed with woo girls.
     
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  46. Fred Flintstone

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    Went for the first time Friday. It was full of 30-50 year olds when we were there.
     
  47. mal630

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    Definitely a place that looks cool on instagram. Painted Pin, Pinewood Social, etc. do it better. Usually a bunch of kids there. It doesn't completely suck just not what I wanted for NYE.
     
  48. wes tegg

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    Full of birminghipsters, IMO.
     
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  49. ElectricDreamMachine

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    well. the less we try to emulate nashville or atl the better imo.
     
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