Top 5 Quick Secrets to Save Money Buying Drinks

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Do you have those friends who always drop a minimum of $100 on a night out?  $200?  $300?  One night of insanity may be fun, but your bank will hate you.  Waking up with a fist full of receipts and a mile long bank statement can leave you gorging off the dollar menu.

As an avid aficionado of happy hour specials, I am self-proclaimed master of saving money buying drinks.  How do people honestly spend $100 in one night?  Below are secrets to spending less money going out:

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Sneak Preview: The New 2.0 UrbanBacon Design!

In efforts to make UrbanBacon the “one-stop shop” for restaurant specials, we have been working our knuckles raw on a re-design.  We want the experience to be simple, friendly, and fun.  When you go out for happy hour, dinner, or venues – we want you to think “Hey, Check Out UrbanBacon!”  Also, we wants restaurants to give our free service a try.  If you’re a restaurant posting daily specials on Twitter or Facebook, it only makes sense to try UrbanBacon.

Here are the changes:

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What Age do Dance Clubs Become Annoying?

As sweat pours down your face, the constant beating of techno and pop music pounds through your heated veins.  It’s hitting 3am, and you haven’t stopped dancing for 5 hours.  Colored neon lights twist and twirl over the dance floor as smoke fills in the blanks.  Warm bodies in constant movement dance like possessed silhouettes.  This place is a breathing party and fantasy is on everyone’s mind…This club is hawt!  The question is, are you too old for this?

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Here’s 5 Quick Ways to Order Wine in a Restaurant

Imagine you have a date tonight.  The night is special, and your date is totally into you.  Imagine the excitement as you sit down to a candlelit dinner.  The smell of surf n’ turf and fancy wine glasses clinging quickly dance around your table.  For most people, this is heaven.

As the wine menu arrives, your palms begin to sweat.  You slowly scroll through each page, struggling to keep small talk in an effort to look calm.  In reality, you’re clueless.  Completely lost and buried alive under mounds of different varieties, regions, and years.  Have you ever been in this situation?

I am in no way a wine connoisseur (our friend STL Winegirl can answer specific questions), but I have ordered bottles of wine on countless occasions.  I know, me, drinking?  Get out!

We are talking about legal adults who get nervous about ordering wine in a restaurant.  Most upscale restaurants have an extensive wine list.  It can be daunting to the Average Joe, especially on a first date!  God forbid you order the wrong bottle, clumsily spill it down her white dress, and douche the entire night.  While I cannot offer wine specifics, I can at least share 5 tips that have helped me along the way:

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10 Rock-Star Tips from The Movie “A Night at The Roxbury”

Remember the SNL skit/movie “A Night at The Roxbury?”  Steve and Doug Butabi frequent clubs with an arsenal of head bobbing, bad techno, and purple slick suits.  Sure-fire cheeseball tactics every dude carries in their weaponry, right?

Well, not exactly.  Steve and Doug struck out with countless ladies.  They loved going out clubbing, loved dressing nice (hey they DID wear blazers), but weren’t cool.

Obviously, it’s a comedy.  The writers over compensate typical mistakes guys make when going out, which is freaking hilarious.  If anything, something can be learned from their mistakes.  Here are 10 things you can learn from A Night at The Roxbury:

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Top 5 Popular Cocktails that will Crash your Diet

It’s Friday night, you’ve spent 3 days in the gym this week.  Or maybe you stayed home rocking a sweet headband and sweating it out to the oldies with Richard Simmons.  Regardless, you’ve worked hard to slip into that black dress/man speedo.

Next thing you know, your friends are pounding drinks over pizza at an alarming rate.  That little voice in your head screams “Don’t do it!”  That little voice is Billy Zane…you should listen to your friend Billy Zane, he’s pretty cool.

You workout, we get it.  Everyone needs a cheat day for the sake of sanity, but let’s not go overboard.  Certain cocktails are freaking LOADED with calories.  The UB blog is looking out for you guys…here are 5 maxed out cocktails that are sure fire ways to crash your diet:

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Top 10 Lifesaving Rules to Going Out on a School Night

Sometimes life calls for it…your girlfriend needs moral support after leaving a 3-year relationship, you finally get that job promotion, or you checked our site and found a hawt happy hour.  Regardless, no time to ponder work the next day, it’s time to celebrate!  Who cares if it’s a school night, right?  Who cares if you’re buried in mounds of TPS Reports due to Lumberg by 8am, right?  Screw it – let’s go out!

Happy hour anyone? After countless happy hour dominations, we have devised a set of “rules” to follow.  While they are not fail-proof, they will at least get you started.  Here are the top 10 lifesaving rules to going out on a school night:

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Top 5 Reasons You Should Mob like The Wu-Tang Clan

Why would anyone want to roll deep like Wu-tang?  There can be close to 50+ dudes at any given point!  It’s a force to be reckoned with, imagine the possibilities.

Even heading out with just 5-6 people increases your presence.  Whether that’s a club, local pub, or industry hot-spot…people begin to notice when you mob with an entire tribe.  Plus, think how easy it makes to successfully Houdini for the night!

For these simple reasons…Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuttin to what?  Below are the top 5 benefits of rolling deep in the club:

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Are you Scared to Play Credit Card Roulette?

Have you heard about the hottest new craze?  All the kids are doing it!  Ok, well maybe just my immature friends…

The Game:

Credit Card Roulette

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The Pros and Cons of Starting Tabs vs Carrying Cash

It’s no secret, everyone carries plastic these days.  For me, going out with cash is a rare occurrence.  The stars and planets have to align precisely at the stroke of midnight during a sausage festival in Israel.  It’s not gonna happen.

That’s just me, there are advantages of carrying cash vs starting a tab.  Let’s discuss the pros and cons:

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