Lucille and the Shout House

Every month for the past 4 years me and my two best gal pals, Jen and Becs, get together for a Girls Night Out (GNO). We leave behind the men, kids, worries and stresses of life and just go out and have fun...carrying on in most cases like little school girls who just snuck out the window of their parent's house. We try and do something new each month: dinner, movies, rodeo, rockclimbing, tattoos, dancing, GNO weekends, Padres Spring Training ..you name it..we've done it....to one of our best experiences yet...Dueling Pianos at the Shout House downtown! Holy crap was that the best.

For those of you not familar, the dueling pianos concept is simple. Two piano players sit up on stage and take written requests from patrons (usually accompanied by a small bribe) and if they know the song, they'll play/sing it...to much hilarity (oh and did I mention you are encouraged to sing along). It amazed us all how many different songs they know...they even take traditional songs and improvize the lyrics...our favorite (and the rest of the bar's) was when there is a pause at the end of each verse of Lucille...it is filled by screaming at the top of your lungs "You B%tch, You Sl^&, You Wh$r#"! Scandalous tee he he

Let's just say we had so much fun we closed down the bar that night. Heck when is the last time that happened, maybe 10 years ago?!? Oh and it was Jen's 36th bday so we made sure to toast to that occassion at midnight (a couple of drinks in)! Needless to say, we can't wait for Becs bday to roll around at the end of the month cause I have a feeling we'll be making a return visit!