ROAD TRIP DAY 2 — The End

After-Party Scene

SATURDAY (Chronicle #28):  We swing by the after-party at the CW on the highway leading to Alpine. They’re serving Patron, so we opt not to promo our Black Iguanas. An LA band, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, is playing.

 

We meet up with the Alamo Beer Co. owner, Eugene Simor, and his friend from San Antonio, Mark. Eugene’s one of the after-party sponsors — he’s supplying his craft beer for this event. He’s looking a little tired — maybe he’s been drinking too much of his beer?

 

Mark on the other hand, looks like he’s caught his second wind. We stay close to the bar and talk to Mark, who’s also a filmmaker with quite a flair for humor. He’s a very entertaining storyteller!

 

Soon after, we realize that Tequila, beer, wine & spirits are not the only choice at this party — we catch a whiff of you-know-what from the dance floor area. The sheriffs soon show up — followed by TTBC agents. Mark finds out that they’re shutting down the party — the band announces that they’re allowed one more song and then the party’s over.

 

It’s a long, long song. But we decide to cut out before it ends.

 

Several sheriff cars are blocking our exit. We approach one of the officers in the parking lot and ask if he can help us move our Avalanche so that we can drive out. He’s super friendly and has the other law enforcement cars moved — and now we’re back on the highway to Alpine.

 

 

 

 

~ by Black Iguana on May 3, 2008.