{"id":4399,"date":"2009-08-09T11:10:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T16:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2009-08-09T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2009-08-09T16:10:51","slug":"rooftop-party-pics-happy-birthday-brent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/09\/rooftop-party-pics-happy-birthday-brent\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooftop party pics: Happy birthday Brent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the best things about being a Downtowner are<\/p>\n<p>1) Getting to know my Downtown neighbors and having an ever-expanding circle of friends<\/p>\n<p>2) Getting to go to parties on rooftops<\/p>\n<p>Last night, our friend Brent, who did such an amazing job decorating the Ques Brothers&#8217; booth at BBQ Fest (photos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequesbrothers.com\/gallery\/thumbnails.php?album=1\">here<\/a>) threw a birthday party on the rooftop of his building, which also happens to be my building.\u00a0 Here are a few pics:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4400\" title=\"brent-bday1\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday1.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"brent-bday1\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday1.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday1.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday1.jpg?w=1600 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The bar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4401\" title=\"brent-bday2\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday2.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"brent-bday2\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday2.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday2.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday2.jpg?w=1600 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There was an ice luge for people who wanted to do shots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4402\" title=\"brent-bday3\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday3.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"brent-bday3\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday3.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday3.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday3.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The mystery beer tub.\u00a0 The only reason you can see the caps and the labels is because of my camera&#8217;s flash.\u00a0 In reality the tub was almost completely dark so you had no idea what you were getting.\u00a0 I pulled out my first bottle and saw that it was green.\u00a0 &#8220;Dos Equis Lager Especial.&#8221;\u00a0 Nice!\u00a0 I did see a Bud Light in the tub &#8211; too bad John D wasn&#8217;t there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4403\" title=\"brent-bday4\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday4.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"brent-bday4\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday4.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday4.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday4.jpg?w=1600 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As I&#8217;ve said before, you can&#8217;t have a Downtown photo album without Mikey hamming it up for the camera.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4404\" title=\"brent-bday5\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday5.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"brent-bday5\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday5.jpg?resize=500%2C375 500w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday5.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/brent-bday5.jpg?w=1600 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another pic of everyone enjoying the rooftop, with the Mississippi River in the background.<\/p>\n<p>A fantastic party, and with a pro like Brent planning it I&#8217;m not surprised.\u00a0 If you want Brent to help you plan and decorate an event for you, you can reach him through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollidayflowers.com\/\">Holliday Flowers website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s brunch time but I&#8217;m not hungry yet&#8230; think I&#8217;ll get in an hour on PokerStars before I go out.\u00a0 Getting bored with Hold&#8217;em&#8230; think I may try 7-card Stud, which I played all the time in college.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll meet up with the gang at the Saucer later on.\u00a0 It&#8217;s Pint Nite at South of Beale, so I may make a visit there after they open at 4 PM.\u00a0 Interested to see what a Sunday Fun Day will be like there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the best things about being a Downtowner are 1) Getting to know my Downtown neighbors and having an ever-expanding circle of friends 2) Getting to go to parties on rooftops Last night, our friend Brent, who did such an amazing job decorating the Ques Brothers&#8217; booth at BBQ Fest (photos here) threw a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/09\/rooftop-party-pics-happy-birthday-brent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rooftop party pics: Happy birthday Brent&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4407,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions\/4407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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