Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Why the Stampede is worth missing your own wedding for!

1. The Stampede will not make you sign a prenuptial agreement

2. The Stampede will never cheat on you

3. The Stampede will not force you to be around all your in-laws

4. The Stampede would never get mad if you got too drunk at the reception

5. The Stampede doesn't expect anniversary gifts or surprises

6. The Stampede could care less about Valentines Day

7. If you wake up on a couch during Stampede it's not because you got in trouble the night before, it's because you chose to pass out there!

8. The Stampede will never make you pay alimony

9. The Stampede would never ask for child support

10. The Stampede won't make you wear an uncomfortable suit or wedding dress! JEANS, BOOTS, AND FLANNEL ONLY!

How to cure a Stampede Hangover

Head aching, feeling nauseous, no recollection of how you ended up where you are... We've all been there. During Stampede the hangovers seem to come on stronger then ever and last longer then necessary. Here a list of ways to help you cure your Stampede hangover.

1. Caesar's for breakfast are a Stampede must! Not only will they help with the hangover but if your still drunk in the morning they will help you carry that drunk over to the next day, completely surpassing the hangover

2. Gatorade, Advil, and Pepto! These will become your three best friends on the mornings after a Stampede bender.

3. Grease, grease and more grease! You will have no problem finding the greasy food that every hangover makes you crave at the Stampede Grounds!

4. Stampede Breakfasts. They are not hard to find and always consist of everything your upset stomach could desire. Pancakes, sausages, and orange juice!

5. When in doubt sweat it out!!


Friday, June 4, 2010

Top 5 Stampede Songs!

The top 5 songs to get you and your crew jacked for Stampede!

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big and Rich
Very self explanatory! Ladies it's the time of year when there is a surplus of hot cowboys in the Calgary area, time to saddle up!

Hold my Beer While I Kiss Your Girlfriend - Aaron Prichett
Bringing a girlfriend to the Stampede...rookie mistake!

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off - Joe Nichols
Considering clothes are always minimal during Stampede it shouldn't take too many tequila shots to make clothes completely obsolete!

Let's Get Rowdy - Aaron Prichett
Stampede is a time when anything and everything goes! Bring your A game and GET ROWDY!!

Play Something Country - Brookes and Dunn
Country, country and more country!! It's the time of year to let out your inner cowboy or cowgirl. Blast the country beats all week long!

Stampede 101: A preparation list for stampeders young and old

STAMPEDE--->
It may seem far away but for all those rookies out there, we seasoned vets know of the preparation needed to last the 10 non stop days of partying.

Stampede Preparation list:

1) SFS- Single for Stampede....enough said

2) Outlast Nashville North-Get use to sugary coolers, warm beer and get your stomach ready to handle beef on a bun

3) Un-rookie bitch your cowboy boots- get the blisters out of the way now

4) Ladies, practice the hover over the toilet pee, it’s a sanitary must

5) If you see a plaid shirt on sale….Buy it

6) Tune into your local and over friendly country station and get “them” lyrics and beats down

7) If you don’t already have a passport, order one, there is a good chance you will lose your ID and need the passport as a backup

8) Buy your ticket to the World Famous Stampede Club Crawl….5000 partiers, 4 venues, starts at noon…...the ultimate test to your partying abilities

9) Redecorate your room….Ikea the shit out of it…you never know who will be coming back

10) Black out your Calendar starting Thursday July 8th- Sunday July 18th….nothing besides Stampede events can be booked, apologize to your grandma for missing the family reunion and your own wedding.

Porta Pottie Make Out Sesh Anyone?

Ahhhhh Stampede, look forward to it every year!
Two years ago my buddy hosted a Stampede party at the Roadhouse, free booze and lots of singles is quite the mix, so fun yet so out of control. I had invited a bunch of friends including my boss. Through out the night, there were many crazy stampede happenings including naked people, tons of shots especially tequila for some reason, dirty dancing, drunk peeps who maybe should have stopped drinking like the minute they started which would have likely to be that morning as soon as they awoke cause they were still drunk from the night before, lol. The best moment of my stampede memories would have definitely been when my friends and I noticed that we hadn't seen my boss in a while, thinking maybe she got too drunk and went home but needless to say we came around the corner and low and behold was my boss climbing this really tall guy leaned up on the fence in a full drunken make out session, it was awesome, we still bug her about it to this day. They happened to be like right by the porta potties too, I guess when your stampeding it doesn't really matter where the make out session happens :)

How not to get into the last bar during BustLoose! World Famous Stampede Club Crawl

It was a beautiful day in July and I had nothing better to do at noon on the first Saturday of Stampede than drink my face off with 5000 other people! It would be a Saturday that will never be forgotten.

We were on an awesome party bus lined with stripper poles, but no strippers...although it seemed like some of the girls on the bus were auditioning for a role to pursue their loonie collecting dream. Anyways, the bus took off from the first bar and at the first stop we started rocking the bus so hard we literally hit the party bus next to us that was just sitting there.

Later in the day, when we were completely wasted, my buddy and I made a bet. It wasn't the smartest bet, but its what us guys do. So, we bet each other that we couldn't go out the window when the bus stopped at the last bar without getting caught. Well, we both ended up getting out the windows, but instead of jumping down from the bus we climbed up onto the roof and started partying, whipped our shirts off and waved them in the air to the screaming crowd unloading from all the other buses around us.While we didn't make it into the last bar because of our stunt, we did make it onto the news! I still go out to this day and people come up to me asking if I was one of the guys dancing on top of the bus!

I choose Bust Loose!

There is no better way to spend an entire day than drinking with the Bust Loose! crew during Stampede week. Combined with awesome venues, drink specials, and super sexy cowboy attire, this is an event I'll never forget, and plan to be a part of every Stampede season.

The Bust Loose! team is the most rowdy, outgoing, outrageous group of people I have ever met. Every single person who buys a ticket for any Bust Loose! event is guaranteed a great, memorable time that they will probably never fully remember. They will however definitely feel how much fun they had in the form of a massive hangover the next morning as they try to remember where they are and how they got there. If you go to a pub in the morning for some hangover food it is very likely that you will find a few Bust Loose! staff members sipping on Caesars and reminiscing on how outrageous the night before was.

The bus atmosphere during the World Famous Stampede Club Crawls is chaotic, rowdy, outrageous, messy, and completely, insanely fun. No club crawl company has as much spirit, energy, or style as Bust Loose. Whether you're meeting friendly staff, sharing shots with new drinking buddies, or giving or receiving phone numbers of people you won't remember in the morning, you're bound to have a great time. Nobody celebrates Stampede week in Calgary like Bust Loose! does, and I will choose Bust Loose! every time I am planning on celebrating a holiday, birthday, graduation, stag/stagette, or a mid week drinking endeavor.