Whatever You Like | Jack Dempsey’s | Hoops Cabaret | MetLife Stadium | YouTube Rabbithole
Alright @YouTheReader,
Today’s tune on the 1st Volume of the 66th Week of Pint&Pen&Papers is Whatever You Like by TI. This song was on in the background at one of these fine drinking establishments.
Full disclosure, Whatever You Like was my MySpace song back in the summer of ‘08. What of it? I was 13 years old and this was the #1 Song on Billboard’s Hot 100. Remember how when you would go to somebody’s mySpace, it would play a tune. That was kinda a cool feature, just saying. Good on Tom of MySpace for thinking outside the box and being everybody’s friend.
Okay, we don’t have to do the rest of this tune, you get the gist. Jeez, 8th-grade me was doing myself no favors by setting the expectations sky-high for what I had to offer for the women. Very chivalrous of me.
I still get roasted about this MySpace song to this day, but low-key-high-key I still like this song. It’s catchy and brings back simpler times of MySpace.
On to the pints…
#GuinnessChallengeSeason
@Kids don’t try this at home. Not just because you’re underage and will have plenty of pints to drink if that ends up being your thing when you’re older but also because Guinness is actually best served in a pint glass from a tap. A pint of Guinness varies depending on the drinking establishment. If the keg it sits in is rarely poured, it can lead to some underwhelming taste. Rather than stealing gimmicks, I’d like to start taking Notes while drinking Guinness. My grandfather from Connemara, whom I never got the chance to meet, Thomas Davis, used to drink pints and by all accounts was a self-taught thinker. The one rule I’ve imposed on myself is that I will only have 1 pint per sitting from each establishment I review, so @AnyoneWorrying, don’t worry about my drinking habits. The Guinness Challenge is to “cut the G” on your first sip (more like a gulp and a half). If this is your first time hearing about it, I didn’t come up with the fun challenge @YouTheReader can try the next time you have a Guinness. The 0.0 to 10.0 scale will be extraordinarily nuanced but as a reference point, the only perfect 10.0 I plan ever to give out is at the Guinness Factory in Dublin one day.
Song On In The Background: Whatever You Like by TI
Notes if you can’t read my sloppy scribble: I’m pretty sure I reviewed a pint here when I first started out performing Guinness Challenges and it didn’t load on Instagram. I didn’t bother posting it because I was drinking a gazillion pints a night so the handwriting was a mess. This song was on in the background of my MySpace back in ‘07-‘08. Proper pint. Jack Dempsey saw an iconic American boxer of the 1920s. His old gloves are hanging up on display. They have a fireplace in the back which gives the place a nice Irish pub cozy feel to it.
Jack Dempsey’s in The City a great spot if you’re going to catch a game or concert at Madison Square Garden. Not only does the fireplace provide a cozy atmosphere, but they also have 4 floors so plenty of space for private parties. For food, they serve Irish Breakfast every day as well as great American pub grub with Irish & English flair to it. They pride themselves on being a Celtic Football Club bar but also show March Madness, the NFL, UFC, and Irish Rugby as well. Born in 1895, Jack Dempsey was nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler. The American world heavyweight boxing champion held the title from July 4, 1919, to Septemeber 23, 1926. In his 84 fights, Dempsey won 62 of them with 51 being the way of knockout. I look forward to grabbing another pint of Guinness at Jack Dempsey’s again!
Song On In The Background: Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh) by Lumidee
Notes if you can’t read my sloppy scribble: Woah I haven’t done a Guinness at a place quite like this before. 3 women have already come up to me asking if I wanted to dance with them. I’ve denied them all, I got a job to do. I also haven’t been to a strip club since I was 18, I swear! I honestly didn’t know what I saw walking into until the bouncer made me give them my backpack and they asked if I needed singles. They do a good job of being discreet. There is a massive strip pole in the middle of the dance floor. A ton of middle-aged men are socializing with women half their age. It was happy hour so I got my pint for $7. #KnicksTape is on the TV. This is my first strip club pint review.
Ma, I swear I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I thought Hoops meant they would have the Knicks on, how was I supposed to know what Cabaret means? They don’t teach you that vocabulary word in school. It would be kinda cool to do a Guinness Review at Bada Bing. Hoops is a world-class gentlemen’s club and sports bar with many fine nice ladies. Apologies to all of them who wanted to dance with me, I was busy working.
Song On In The Background: Monday Night Football Theme Music
Notes if you can’t read my sloppy scribble: Jets vs. Chargers on Monday Night Football. Dougherty drinking next to me is a Chargers fan who predicts a 17-13 San Deigo win. “An interesting but ugly game.” He got a Philly Cheesesteak from one of the in-stadium vendors and is complaining that they jipped him out of steak. “Other guy on the line got more.” We’re in the Casamigos Bar & Lounge inside of MetLife Stadium. Standard in-stadium bar and lounge, nothing to write home about.
The Guinness at MetLife is in plastic cups. Dougherty’s friend that we got the ticket off of has very nice season tickets. They were front row of the second level so they had a nice surface to write on. The defense played great, the Jets offense was horrific. I caught an Uber ride home with Drew and one of his friends. The Uber got 5 stars. The Jets lost. I’m sure I’ll be back at MetLife drinking a pint of Guinness again, I wonder if they’d let me sneak in a glass pint? Maybe one day!