The Sewing Mom

Last night I was doing an online survey. The qualifying questions related to the consumption of beer and alcohol while at restaurants or other public venues. Neither my husband or I drink very much, but he does like a beer a few nights a week and I do have the occasional glass of wine here and there. Well, we had gone out for dinner the other night and he had a beer with dinner, just one. So, the survey gave me a bonus 200 points for qualifying and continuing on with the 25 minute questionnaire and I agreed.

The survey then began to annoy me because it repeatedly was asking if I drank to feel good, party hard or get a good buzz! I have to tell you, I can’t remember the last time I EVER drank for any of those reasons, if I ever did, so it was annoying. One beer with dinner does not a party animal make!

Since moving to Dallas, I can honestly say I haven’t even been to a bar or club of any kind. We do go to restaurants, but they are family friendly and I don’t want to go somewhere I’ll be around a bunch of drunken slobs. That’s not my idea of fun.

Truthfully, the last party I think we went to was a corporate sponsored event for one of my husband’s previous employers. I remember it well because it took place downtown Chicago and it was super cold and super windy. We drove our big van down there and had to park quite a few blocks away because many of the downtown parking lots can’t accommodate larger vehicles. Then, we had to walk, in the cold gusty wind, to the party. My hair looked like it was doing a dance all its own by the time we got there.

The party was inside the corporate offices. I thought that was pretty boring. Apparently, so did most of the other people attending because the party came to a pretty early end. Too bad individuals who planned it didn’t have better corporate event ideas Chicago to plan a better, more worthwhile event.

The party had potential, it just need a better location, something more along the lines of Howl at the Moon, a dueling piano bar. This place isn’t your typical bar, it’s got great live entertainment taking place all night long. There is also audience participation and the wait staff gets involved too. Instead of the boring corporate party we attended, it could have been a high energy affair that everyone would have enjoyed.

The company my husband is currently with here in Dallas is doing some major cutbacks right now, so I highly doubt there will be any sort of holiday party. Maybe we’ll have to make our own plans and visit the Howl at the Moon Piano Bar in San Antonio or Houston instead.

My nephew and his fiance are getting married next July. They’ve been planning all of the wedding details for quite some time now, but I wonder if his fiance has her bachelorette party plans made. I might need to find out who the maid of honor is and ask her. I just found out about this great piano bar and it would be a blast to be there.

A friend of a friend was telling me about a Hollywood bachelorette party and it sounded like everyone had had so much fun, I checked into it and discovered that the piano bar where they’d held the party is called “Howl At The Moon” and, they have 14 locations around the country, including one in Indianapolis which is where my nephew’s wedding will be. It’s perfect!

What makes this piano bar stand out is the dueling baby grand pianos on stage. Throughout the evening, there are always 2 piano players playing and creating excitement. Every hour, two additional piano players come out on stage and the four of them play 2-3 songs together. During the foursome, other instruments might be played such as a saxophone or guitar. This transitions into the next duo of dueling piano players for the next hour. This continues through the evening.

The staff of Howl At The Moon gets into the act as well. There are choreographed routines to well known theme songs and commercials that gets the audience involved and keeps the energy level up.

I definitely need to make sure my nephew knows about this place, if he doesn’t all ready!