We wanted new faces and new venues…  and we got them!  It was a great turn out with a mix of regulars and newbies.  According to Foursquare all but two of the venues we checked in at were new venues for us which was fantastic, as we love finding new places.  Here is our venue listing according to Foursquare:

Or, check out our Foursquare visualisation here: http://weeplaces.com/melbpubcrawl/

And last but not least, Tw1sty has uploaded some photos to flickr of the Pubcrawl, you can check them out here – which raises the question: Should cameras be banned on Melbpubcrawl? Let us know.

1. If you start drinking early, snack, don’t dine.

Any drinker in their right mind knows not to drink on an empty stomach. But there are still those who make the amateur mistake of eating too much while out on the town. It’s better to order appetizers instead of that 12 oz. rib eye you’ve been craving (unless you want to be home by 10 cuddled up to a box of Rolaids). Snacking the night away while out drinking helps break down the carbohydrates in the alcohol, effectively giving you the power to space out your drinking. Also, drinking on an empty stomach can give you bad breath (from the acids in your stomach being brought up) and leave you feeling like crap the next morning. Food helps you’re body absorb, so help your body  by going for snacks like nachos, breads, pretzels etc.

2. Organize and Transport.

The biggest issues with a bar hop or pub crawl is organizing the events and transportation for you and the rest of your gang. You might want to arrange car sharing or splitting a taxi between as many friends as possible. Call up bar owners before hand and arrange for tables to be set aside, the night will flow that much easier for you and your friends. Also the bars are much more inclined to hand out free drinks when you call ahead. No one pokes fun at the guy who over plans, it’s the poor planners who think the night will just take shape that hear the most grief.

3. Understand your environment.

Once you realize what bars you’re heading to, you can step outside the box and be creative with your drink orders. Think of ordering drinks as though you are ordering from a menu. If you are at a western bar, order whiskey and a light beer. If your at a Japanese bar, go for something more exotic. Be creative, but do not get carried away — one or two drinks per bar is just right.

http://coedmagazine.com/2010/03/25/how-to-survive-a-bar-crawl/cocktails/

http://coedmagazine.com/2010/03/25/how-to-survive-a-bar-crawl/cocktails/

4. Hydrate.

Don’t pretend alcohol doesn’t have any side effects on you…you’re only human. Alcohol after all is a diuretic, which means it encourages the body to lose more water than it takes on by halting the production of the body’s anti-diuretic hormone.  The loss of fluids and vitamins  causes what we call a hangover. As a rule of thumb you should follow an alcoholic beverage with a glass of water. You may think it’s lame, but the only thing that is lame is losing out on the next day because you have a killer headache.

5. Always have a drinking buddy.

You’re out late, and alone. You are looking for your friends who got into an unmarked cab and drove off into the crowded city. Since you are beyond normal comprehension you stumble down a dark ally and then BOOM your mugged. Rewind: how can we avoid this scenario from actually playing out? Easy, stick with a buddy. At the beginning of the night yell out the name of a friend; Mark, Tim, or Brian and claim him as your drinking buddy, put a mark on his arm it doesn’t matter. Make a pact with him that you’ll stick together socially for the night, it makes for easier conversations at the bar and a quick and easy getaway at night.

This post was taken from: CoED Magazine : How To Survive a Bar Crawl

*** 1st Pub Announced ***
Transport – Fed Square
7pm – Saturday June 5th
*** #melbpubcrawlv7 ***

Hope we can see you there to help us celebrate!!

Pubcrawl 1 – 6/6/09
Transport
Young & Jackson
Cabinet
James Squire
Misty
Cookie
Fad Gallery
Charltons

Pubcrawl 2 – 14/08/09
The Mint
Blaq
Hush Bar
Cookie
Lounge
James Squires
Misty

Pubcrawl 3 – 05/12/09
Transport
Beer Deluxe
Misty
Yak Bar
Gin Palace
James Squires
Kelvin Club
CH2
Cabinet

Pubcrawl 4 – 02/01/10
Imperial Hotel
Bridie O’Reilly’s
Temperence
Lucky COQ
La La Land
Union Hotel
Mothers Milk

Pubcrawl 5 – 13/03/10
Cookie
Toff in Town
Sister Bella
3degrees
Manchuria
Fad Gallery
James Squires
Canary Club
CH2
Cabinet
Spleen

Pubcrawl 6 – 25/04/10
Beer Deluxe
Adelphi Hotel
Caboose
3 Below
Kitten Club
Cookie

August 14th 7pm starting at The Mint

Please RT #thatsrightthisisablogpostnotatweet

To solve the venue problem it was decided that we could use Twitter to our advantage and not bother booking any venue but just turn up to a venue on a whim in this case a tweet.  So the #hashtagrebelalliance swung into action to organise the first pubcrawl.

Step 1.  Setup @melbpubcrawl to tell everyone about when the pubcrawl was on…

Step 2. Setup the @melbpubcrawl fan page on Facebook (apparently people still use FB… so 2008)

Step 3. Tweet, RT, Tweet, RT… you get the idea

How did #pubcrawl V1.0 go?

I’ll let the stats tell the story…

Number of followers of @melbpubcrawl at start of night: 25

Number of tweeps at first pub (Transport): 9

Number of venues attended: 10

Total number of tweeps to appear during #pubcrawl: 18

Number of followers of @melbpubcrawl when check Sunday morning: 75

We hope to see you at the #pubcrawl V2.0 on August 14 7pm… starting venue to be determined…

How many people will be there? What will happen? Where will we end up?

All valid questions that I have no answers to, that’s the fun part

Cheers

Sean – @seancallanan