I just got back from bartending at the All Star party in SF. Talk about nuts. I was expecting a baseball fan kind of outdoor mingle on the edge of the bay party, not a 5000 guest (including pro players), high rollers, searchlights and fireworks with like 5 live bands party.Hell there were prolly500 staff alone. Tickets for the party were $350 a head and the guests all rolled in tour buses and limos. Not exactly what I was expecting to cut my teeth on. All in all tho it was fun. I was working what they called a "full bar", but actuality they had like 5 liquors at each station, plus beer and wine. I rolled in at about 3:30, our actual check in time was 4:00, the staff for the 2nd company arrived at about 5:00 and we had 3 hours to setup before the party started at 8:00. It ran till 11:00 and closed up very fast. I was told that they'd been setting up for 3 days. 3 days for a 3 hour party, fucking crazy. Still free live music, catered dinner and all the bottled water and gatorade you could drink, you cant beat that. I can really dig this gig.
I did my server training on Sat, I'm now on my companies list for serving and bartending. I should really start having gigs roll in now. I'll be calling them when I get up to give them my schedule for the week. How it works is, we call each week with our availability and then they book us for gigs.
Blah, I need to get some gel inserts for my shoes. Standing on concrete for 7 hours really kills your feet and knees. I just had some cereal, it's like the only thing in the house right now. Now I'm going to drink some Knob Creek and finish my beer and go crash.
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Hey Nick, its Ryan. Instead of gel inserts you should go with our orthotics. Next time you're in CC let me know and I'll take your imprint.
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