This is what happens when you judge a bartending contest
A perk of working for a newspaper is you sometimes get mistaken for a celebrity. This weekend, I was invited to judge a bartending contest at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel with friend and Post-Crescent co-worker Eric Klister. Apparently they wanted "celebrity judges." So I canceled my skiing trip to Aspen and dinner meeting with Steven Spielberg to be a celebrity judge.
How does one judge a bartending contest, you ask? Well, a bartender makes you a drink, and you drink it for free, and then write down whether you liked it. That's it. Oh, you're also supposed to comment on color, presentation, whether the bartender has a good personality and blah blah blah. Did I mention the free drinks?
Anyway, being a celebrity judge isn't all fun and games. After all is said and done, you end up looking like these sorry fools below.
posted by Steve Hyden @ 3:28 PM
9 Comments:
Did Jen deep-six her photo after our in-depth discussion of it that night?
Anyhow, Steve and Eric did a phenomenal job considering the execution of the contest sucked (Be sure to pick up Canadian Mist for your next night on the town!)
And by phenomenal job, I mean they drank a hell of a lot of whiskey.
i see david n.
Is that dude smelling your finger?
Ol' Itchy Ankles has fled to the underground.
yeah, there's something totally wrong with this picture. steve -- are you really that huge, or are those other dudes just tiny? and what's with all the fingers? especially THE finger?
yeah, i hope you washed that finger before you stuck it up his nose... I KNOW where it has been. You have had it up you butt since you were a whiny little kid.
sincerely,
Paul
I am never, ever drinking brown alcohol again. And I didn't take nearly as much advantage of my "celebrity" status as my partner in crime.
Though I did consume enough to rock out to "Ace of Spades." There's just something about whiskey combined with Motorhead.
yes you did paul - fess up!
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