Let's be honest: we're all itching for a chance to dig out our box of '80s gear — you know, the one hiding scrunchies, leg warmers in every shade of neon, and stirruped leggings for the ladies; acid-wash jeans, puffy vests and hair band tees for the guys — and Saturday's Back to the Future Pub Crawl and scavenger hunt is the perfect excuse. Form a team of 2 to 5 dudes and dudettes, and hit up Kelly's Chic-A-Boom Room, the Dunedin Brewery, Jolli Mon's Grill and more in search of the required items — the first team back to The Boxcar wins. Proceeds benefit the Family Network on Disabilities. fndfl.org/pubcrawl. Sat., July 17, 7 p.m., The Boxcar, 349 Main Street, Dunedin, $50 per team.
The Rays Watch Party is the next best thing to going out to the ballgame (since this one’s in NYC, it’s definitely friendlier on the wallet, too). See the action on an ginormous screen set up right on the beach while the 620 WDAE “The Sports Animal” guys commentate the whole thing play by awesome play. It’ll be like Crawford is hitting homers right into your frozen margarita. You can also get all your deliciously artery-clogging gametime snacks like grilled burgers and chicken sandwiches, wings and bratwurst with sauerkraut (and, of course, the brews will be flowing) — all without missing an entire inning in line at the concession stand. Sunday's game is against the hated New York Yankees. 1:05 p.m. Sun., July 18., Tradewinds Island Grand Resort, 5500 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach, free, 727-367-6461. —Franki Weddington
This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.
