I played Philly Tour Guide to my out-of-town friends, and it turned into the best weekend I’ve had in Philadelphia yet…
Night One:
Here’s the back story. Every six months or so, my best friends from high school get together. This was my weekend to host the festivities. After a few man hugs and high fives, we buckled in for a bumpy ride.
Ever see the Captain Morgan commercial where the guys make up a story about what they do? One’s a bullfighter, the other’s an ER doctor. This weekend ends up a little like that. So, to spice things up, we like to come up with a creative story to tell anyone we meet. However, our stories always get a little more exaggerated. For instance, when we were at Mosaic in Baltimore, we told people we were the director, agent, and producer of Paranormal Activity. The movie has just come out and was making some serious bank. Apparently, word spread around the club fast about our “situation” and the female population in our area increased rapidly. We kicked the girls out, thinking it would pay off in the end. We were wrong. The director, producer, and agent of the top selling indie film of all time went home woman-less and broke.
This time, be prepared for the Hangover, because we’re throwing a bachelor party…
The story was solid from a week long email chain discussing the background. To add to to the fun, we made a t-shirt for the bachelor to wear. We even bedazzled it, ironed some letters on, and for effect, added a checklist that the “bachelor” had to complete. After seeing all the action the shirt was getting at the bar, we decided to pass it around so everyone could join in on the fun.
Day Two:
Day two begins at 8am with a breakfast of Slim Jim’s and popcorn; basically anything that we had bought, but not eaten at Wawa the night before. After a few episodes of The Office, and some breakfast shots of Wild Turkey, we decided to go grab some lunch. Then, it was back to Venice Lofts to prepare for a night out in the city. My friends haven’t gotten a chance to go out in Philly, so I thought I would show them around.
Night Two:
Ryan Dorsey’s birthday party…One of the Top 10 nights of my life by far.
Recess is my favorite clubs in the city. Every weekend seems to be out done by the next. This particular night, the owner of Recess, Ryan Dorsey, closed the club down for his extravagant, circus-themed birthday party. No expense or detail was spared. There were fire breathers, jugglers, people on stilts, and there might have even been an elephant in the back… not sure. I even got to meet one of “Phillies” most popular pro athletes, Ryan Howard, which was pretty cool. This was one of those “you had to be there” evenings… The pictures and video don’t even do it justice.

Morning Three:
Day Three:
Sunday Funday! After a few gallons of water, and some mimosas on Main Street, I thought it would be a good idea to head over to the Piazza. Chris, Kate and I, met up with some of our friends from Club Duber, and headed down to PYT. No one should have let me outside that day, but stuff happens… and we Sunday Funday’d (Sunday Funday’d?? I’m just making up words at this point) around the Piazza court. Great way to end a “super weekend”.
*No one was harmed in the making of this weekend.






















There were 20 players in the tournament consisting mostly of serious players (there were guys in this tournament who traveled from Connecticut to play). But first, they had to set up, explain (and agree upon) the rules and determine the seeding of the teams for the actual single elimination tournament.














