A Day, A Week, Hemant, A Year

This past Friday was the stag for my buddy Adam, also known as Noodle. His wedding is New Year’s Eve so a group of his friends decided to go and tear up the town for his one last hoorah. The evening started with fifteen of us having a nice dinner at Earls Restaurant. As much as I enjoy the atmosphere and food at this joint, the service was terrible. It was difficult to understand why a table of fifteen guys would have trouble ordering drinks at a stag. By the time we finished our meal we didn’t have much time to get out of the restaurant and to our next destination at TCU place for the Just For Laughs show. After our waitress had to ask three different times what each of us had, we finally got our bills and hit the road. The service made me feel like I was in Alberta. Luckily the company at Earls was great, and overshadowed the poor service.

We ended up being late for the show, but only missed a little bit of the host’s opening stint. The theme of the show was Relationships : Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places, and it was hilarious. Including the host, there were six acts and all were really strong. The comedians performing were Greg Behrendt, John Wing, Fiona O’Loughlin, Louis Ramey, Kevin Brennan, and Tom Papa. The easily enjoyed the final three acts the most.

Once we finished up at the show, we made our way to Winston’s Pub where we would unwind and finish off the night. After the guest of honour and most of the crew headed home, the remaining five of us tried to find a cab, but no one would take us because we had one too many to fit. In all of our wisdom we decided that it was a better idea just to get a hotel room while we were downtown. We were denied rooms at The Besborough, The Ramada, and The Sheraton - even after Todd tried explaining to them that we were a famous rock band from Los Angeles.

We finally managed to find a cabbie that would take the five of us in his car after a little coaxing and bribery. The evening wound down at my place as we ate pizza and reflected on the evening. If the stag is going to be any indication of the Adam and Krista’s wedding, it’s going to be a great time. I also want to throw out a big “thanks” to Travis for organizing the evening’s events. You can get to photos from the evening below.

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