Monday, February 27, 2006

Sorry

Sorry it has taken me such a long time to blog.
Spent the last week in Disney broadcasting for the radio station. Great time, although I need a vacation from taking a week in Disney. Waking up at 3am to do a radio broadcast followed by 8-9 hours in a park makes for a tiring week. Please don't take that as complaining. A week with my family in Disney is a lot better than anything that I could ask for.
But back to the bar.
Our chef Mick is amazing. I say that seriously. I am overwhelmed with the quality of food and cool creative ideas he puts out every single day. Bringing him on board was very fortunate for UGLY! We sell out of his homemade soups almose every single day. Plus we are adding a couple of awesome dishes to the mix. You will have to come in to check them out. I will tease you with one though: The UGLY Duckling!

We have some cool events over the next couple of weeks:

Fat Tuesday: $3 Purple Haze draft, tons of beads....Jumbalaya and Louisiana Gumbo.
Plus the kick off of Rythm and Brews. It is an open stage acoustic night. Bands that want to participate must be signed up by 8pm. Bands start performing at 9p We will be doing Rythm and Brews open stage acoustic every single Tuesday night.

Wednesday is Wild Wing Wednesday. I had no idea how big Dragon Ice Company wings were in Pittsburgh. People come out of the wood work for the wings. Plus the Worlds Hottest Wing contest at 8pm. Last week they told me that they thought they were going to have to call an ambulance for one of the contestants....now that's HOT! .33 cent wings and $2 Rolling Rock all night.

This Friday we are doing a giant happy hour. $1 any domestic draft beer from 5p -7p.

Saturday night is Survivor for Survivors. It is an charity event (open to the public) for the Colon Cancer Association. Approximately 10 people from the TV show Survivor will be in the building guest bartending. There is a $10 cover charge and all the tips and cover charge go to the Colon Cancer Association.
Some of the Survivors scheduled to attend:

Ethan Zohn - Winner Survivor Africa, participant Survivor: All Stars
Jenna Morasca - Winner Survivor Amazon, participant Survivor: All Stars
Kathy O'Brien - Survivor Marquesas, Survivor: All Stars
Frank Farrison - Survivor Africa
Christy Smith - Survivor Amazon
Rafe Judkins - Survivor Guatemala
Dolly Neely
plus a few more

This should be a great event for a great cause, so I would love to see us pack the place for a good cause.

Next week we have the world premiere of UPN's The Next Big Model on Wednesday. This should be pretty great for all the guys going to wing night.

OTher than that....life has been busy. I would like to have an event in the next couple of weeks for all the people that read this blog. Drop me a comment and I will let you know what the deal is.....it will be a great deal...trust me.

I will follow up with more stuff tomorrow....I got this flu bug that my kids have so I am going to vegetate and go to sleep.

Bubba out
Ian Rosenberger

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Picture from AFC Championship game


Super Bowl XL

Well...here we are. Less than 24 hours away from the Super Bowl.
Steelers versus the Seahawks.
I spent two days in Detroit this week. No disrespect to any native Detroitians (?), but downtown Detroit is horrible. It looks like something that you would see in a war zone.
I went in to a souvenier shop that was literally crumbling. They put up pipe and draping and were sellin $35 t-shirts.

Tomorrow will be a wierd day for UGLY. It is hard to tell what to expect. I am prepared for everything.
Other than the fact that my DJ's would not work the Super Bowl....so....I got a new one. DJ Fifth Ace... it is wierd how things happen. Melanie Taylor (who you can now watch on Channel 4) and I used to work together at B94. She told me about this DJ that I had to hire at an old bar I used to do promotions for. To make a long story short...that was DJ Fifth Ace. She said he was the best DJ she had ever heard.
So from where I am sitting...we have upgraded our DJ's from this day forward.

Well...if you are looking for a place to go for the game. UGLY is that place. It is the most fun bar in the city to watch the Super Bowl....

Here is our deal:
$5 cover til 4pm
$2 Miller Lite Draft 2p - 4p
Free shots every time the Steelers score a TD.

GO STEELERS!

Bubba out