Hollywood Palms Cinema

This is post is one that is not like most of mine since majority are about drinking games instead this is one about a place that I recommend that you go to for a night out. I just went there for the first time and it was a lot of fun with all of my friends especially since they have a college student discount on Wednesday nights. It is called Hollywood Palms Cinema it is the most amazing theater that I have ever been to. It is located in Naperville in Illinois. I know you must be thinking come on it is just a theater how cool could it possibly be. But this theater is different the inventers really nailed it. Most people go and see dinner and a movie so they combined the two for people who have less time on their hands but still want to do both now they can. Hollywood Palms is decorated like different parts of Hollywood this is the part that makes it cool also each theater that you go into has a different theme the one that I was in was the purple room and it had every character you could imagine such as tinker bell, the three chipmunks even the incredible hulk another theater they have completely set up with a Wizard of Oz theme. I recommend this place also because they have some really amazing drinks. Also all there menu items have a play on words and have fun names in them as well such as Freddy Fingers (chicken strips) and one of their drinks is called the Bad Witch. I highly recommend next time you plan on going to dinner and a show or want drinks with your show to visit this theater it is simply amazing! http://www.hollywoodpalmscinema.com/ (link to check out show times)

Circle of Death

Circle of Death is a fun game to play with a group of people and once again this is a great game since you can have as little as two people play and us to as many as you want what you will need is a cup in the center of the table and a deck of cards that you will place around the cup in a circle like pattern. Then each player will pick up a card one at a time and each card means something different and they must follow that rule the rules are as follows…… the numbers one threw six if its red you must drink for that many seconds, if its black you get to tell that many people to drink this can be given to whoever you want or you can split it up ( if you had a black 6 you could give one person 3 and another 3) the number 7 is ladies drink and the number 8 is guys drink. Now the fun cards start coming up card number 9 is rhyme the dealer picks a word and in a clockwise circle the next person must rhyme the word, and then the first person that pauses or repeats a word drinks. 10 the person to the left of you drinks and a jack it is the person to your right that drinks. Queen you have to pick a category such as types of pop (Pepsi, Coke, Dr. Pepper)and the same rules apply as rhyming the first person to screw up and pause or repeat drinks. King the first three that are pulled get to pour as much beer as they want into the center cup as they want however whoever gets the fourth card has to drink everything that ends up being in the cup. Lastly is the ace which is a waterfall- whoever pulls the ace states which way the waterfall is going to go right, or left, and everyone starts drinking on the count of 3 when the person who pulls the card stops drinking the person who is next can stop when they please and so on but you must drink as long as the person before you is so if your last it is very unfortunate for you.

I rate this game at about 8 out of 10 because it is an easy game and as many people as you have at your party can play if they would want to. It is also a very easy game to understand and to play. It is also funny listening to people try to come up with words that rhyme with the word that was chosen and people trying to think of things in categories.

Casino

So today I was thinking about different themes to have for a party and then I thought about having a casino themed party. However instead of playing regular casino games you could pick a bunch of different drinking games. You can set up one table and have flippy cup going. Then the next table you can have people playing beer pong. One table can have people playing circle of death then another can have quarters or Irish poker set up on them and then everyone can go to different tables and play different games. Also with a set up like this everyone is sure to find a game that they like and would like to play and if they cannot find one then they can start another game of their choice somewhere else. I have not yet tried this since I just thought of the idea today as I was working on my website where I have a list of different themes that you can take a look at http://members.webs.com/MembersB/EditPage/index.jsp?pageID=183200991

I do believe that it would work out really well though just because there are so many different things that people can do and that no one will get board at your party. I cannot wait to be able to try this idea out to see if it works out as well as I believe it will. The only thing I worry about is not being able to have a person at each table to run the different games and if I leave it just for people to play if everyone will play what they want to play.

Lemon Drop Martini

· It was such a hot day out today it reminded me of some nice cool and refreshing drinks. I personally love Martinis a lot but not everyone does but if you do here is another one for you it’s called a lemon drop martini. You will need vodka any will work but I prefer six vodka also lemons, lemon juice and triple sec also optional is sugar. At some stores you can get lemon flavored sugar to edge your glass in this is what I personally like the best. First you take your lemon and cut it then you get the edge of your rim wet with the lemon by putting it on the edge and going around the glass then you dip it into your lemon sugar. Next get your drink shaker out and put

· 1.25 oz. of six vodka (or your choice)

· .25 oz. triple sec

· .75 oz. lemon juice

Then shake it up and pour it into your glass and enjoy. This is a great drink to just have when you are lying out by the pool since it has the nice refreshing taste similar to lemonade. I was first introduced to them at a friend’s birthday party where she was talking about how amazing they were so I had her make me one and it really was as good as she said. Also there are many other recipes out there and you can tweak any recipe to your liking also some stores sell lemon drop martini mix so if you are having a party it might be easier to just pick that up and add you choice of alcohol to it. Well hope you will enjoy one soon!