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In State College, the thing to do is get your buddies together and have a drink at every bar downtown. Some college students take bar tours very seriously - they create t-shirts for their whole group and map out a course of the bars to hit so they can maximize the drink specials they can partake in. State College has A LOT of bars - it is a true college town and downtown is located directly across the street from campus (this can be a plus since you don't have to worry about who will be the designated driver!).

Since my birthday was yesterday and another Coordinator's birthday is today, a lot of the Coordinator staff hit the bar scene last night to celebrate. We started off at Mad Mex (a Mexican restaurant attached to the Days Inn). I thought everyone was calling it Mad Max until I got to the bar. The drink special was Big Azz Margaritas for $6. They weren't that big but since they tasted like tequila, I suppose it was a good deal. Mad Mex had half price food (except desserts) after 11pm so we were there for quite a long time.

Afterwards, we went to the Saloon. There was supposed to be an 80s cover band called Velveeta playing but instead we paid a $3 cover to listen to karaoke. Now typically when you listen to karaoke, there is a mix of people who can sing and those that cannot but this was not the case last night - absolutely no one could sing! Maybe it had something to do with the fact that everyone was drinking out of a pitcher instead of a glass or maybe they partook in the house specialty - monkey boys (I didn't have one so don't know what it is - AT LEAST NOT YET!).

Overall, it was a fun night. I was glad not to spend my birthday alone and I got an introduction to the local bar scene. I am ready for you to come out and visit so we can do a real bar tour!!!!