Bartender's Ball

For those who know me and from the name of my blog you can no doubt tell that I travel... A LOT! Through out those travels I have seen A LOT! Well last night was a new one. The hotel I am staying at in BFE, NY hosted an event that no doubt brings all types from all walks of life. You guessed it! The Bartender's Ball! It is apparently a charity event that allows all of the Bartenders (in NY I assume) to get together raise some money for a good cause and dress up like its Prom.

Think back to your Prom. There were all types. The kid who wore his dad's tux. The guy who wore the pimp tuxedo (including Zorro hat and cane). The guy who wore the tux with matching sneakers and baseball cap. The girl who spent $7,000 dollars on a dress. The girl everyone called a hoochie and stayed true to her hoochie form even in hoochie formal evening attire. The girl that uses Behr Paint and an air brush instead of Cover Girl. Remember those people? Well they all grew up (and out) and moved to NY to become bartenders. I found the whole scene very amusing.

Then I got to thinking. My assumption was that there would be much alcohol imbibed and since the elevator smelled like Ernest Hemingway this morning I am going to stick with that assumption. So here is my thought. If all the bartenders are attending the ball who'd serve the drinks? These are the things I think about. What would it be like for the poor schlep who had to tend bar for a bunch of bartenders? Were they giving him tips or making fun of him because he wasn't important enough to be invited to the bartender’s ball?

What kind of activities did they have? Martini shaking, who can last the longest? Who can uncork a bottle of wine the fastest? Was it more like Tom Cruise in Cocktail where they had bartending poetry? This would be an interesting sub-culture to be a fly on the wall. We all know how bartenders act when they are behind the bar. All cool and collective! Would they be the same way when not? Are there celebrity bartenders (like poker players) that all the bartenders are in awe of but no body outside of the bartending world knows? These are the things I think about.