YSB 15 UYE | Final Farewell Happy Hour!

At every Unilocal Spring Break, there finally comes that moment of realization: «you gotta go home sometime.» At least that’s how it’s been for me. I’ve been to every YSB & none were on home turf.
So it was at YSB 15 UYE | Final Farewell Happy Hour! when that moment arrived. YSB was winding down for another year & this was the swan song. Soon, I’d be on the plane jetting home, back to reality.
For this last hurrah, the beach bar at the Marriott was a beautiful locale to enjoy a little more of FL before getting out of town. The group that turned out was a decent size but still intimate. It was great to see YSB friends from previous years & this year 1 more time.
YSB 15 UYE | Final Farewell Happy Hour! was 1 last bittersweet blast before getting ready to go home. But, hey, there’s always next year! & I’m hoping some of the YSB Ft. Lauderdale Yeeps make it out to YSB ’16.

The last of the UYEs: a goodbye to YSB and YSB friends. After a long weekend of drinking, eating, and sharing new memories with Unilocal friends we concluded with more drinking, eating, and sharing new memories.
We met at the Sea level restaurant and ocean bar which is attached to the Marriott. Finding parking in the garage was easy and they validated for us. I had no idea this place existed, but I’m glad I was introduced to it through this event. There is a gorgeous view to the beach and an outdoor bar. We took over a corner spot of the bar. The bar service was surprisingly fast considering how busy they were.
I shared a frozen drink with Lim and mooched off John’s many appetizers. The happy hour food was actually pretty good especially the mussels and the chicken wings. Happy hour specials were running for beer, house wine, and well cocktails.
The mood seemed mutual between the Unilocalers. Weary from the festivities but full of Unilocal happiness. We savored the last moments of Spring Break which included more picture taking, flipping strangers upside down, and making plans to reunite at the next YSB.
And finally that completes my series of YSB reviews (better late than never!)

Thank You Savannah for organizing the Unilocal spring break 2015 unofficial Unilocal event final farewell happy hour! The location was amazing! Right on the beach with live music and fantastic happy hour specials.
My plan is always was to drink some and eat some so fortunately I got to eat most of the happy hour menu starting with the rock shrimp and avocado, the chicken wings, the mussels, and finally more rock shrimp and avocado. Somehow my count was off because I ended up eating only four things but having six straws meaning 6 drinks — I think that tall Chemist girl bought me a drink…
Nevertheless, it was an awesome last event for Unilocal spring break! Parking was even free with validation from the restaurant! What a wonderful time! Chemists are hot! And they like being fed mussels! See the pictures!

Thank you ladies for a FAB FAB FAB last hurrah. Brizzy n I (child-​in-​tow) made it. Awesome event at Sea Level, now a new happy hour spot for us. Thank you again Unilocal team for bringing us together opportunities, this amazing spring break festival weekend. My highlight was Nancy M. falling off the chair (unhurt) during one of the myriad photo shoots that evening, and then her cuddling with me in the corner, like we were old dear friends. Love her. Good to see everyone. MWAH!
That’s all I got.
Oh. New friend. Michaelangelo from CA. Love him.

This was probably my favorite UYE there was. Because I am a HUGE fan of blended drinks.
While this space was a little more on the expensive side, and finding it was a bit of a maze, the Pisco Freeze made it all worth it! I had two: D
Our drinks were made quickly, and I really liked our bartender — but mainly it was great to get the chance to say goodbye to everyone we met during our trip to Florida. At least, those who hadn’t left over the weekend.
It was great meeting everyone and we had a fantastic time. YOLO bitches. Florida was so worth it!

Ooh it looks like a missed a YSB15 event review!
This was a laid-​back, casual event, but it was nice to reunite with everyone one last time. Originally I planned on only ordering off the happy hour menu, but the fruity drinks everyone was drinking looked delicious, so I got myself a mango piña colada that was quite good. I also ordered the BBQ chicken flatbread pizza off the HH menu ($ 8, not a bad deal) and that was surprisingly spicy, but also good.
I took advantage of the fact that the bar opened up right to the beach and went and dipped my toes in the Atlantic, as well! The Marriott also has beach chairs right there so I savored the sun one last time too.
Glad that we all got to see each other one last time :).

****UPDATE — Based on the pictures this should be renamed «UYE: Friends Feeding Friends» LMAO!
Well, all good things have to come to an end right?
Sea Level was the perfect place to host this farewell happy hour since you can’t beat the view and the prices.
Glad we got to have one last get together before all parting way, and huge thanks to everyone who manned up and attended this event, I know everyone was TIRED! It took all weekend, but I finally got to meet Shannon!
John made out like a bandit following the «drink one, eat one rule» and pretty much tried the whole menu… although he gave half away, since he loves sharing his stalk, mussels and bones with other women lol.
In true Unilocaler fashion we took a few too many pictures, and I was actually able to locate who has a few of the risqué pictures from the beach crawl the night before.
In the end there were lot of sad goodbyes, and promises to get together whenever we are in each other’s parts of the world. We spent a long time hypothesizing over where YSB may be next year, and all looking forward to reconvening there, if not earlier!
Ps. Nancy may have gotten in her car at the valet and drove off jamming that gangsta rap ;). LOL love her!

I’m a native,. I know the majority of the back roads but WHY do I always get stuck behind some idiot who has no clue where they are … I arrived on time… for me on time is a half hour early… not tonight. I strolled in at 5. There had to be 30 of us… the bar was changing shifts but i got lucky and got Dana as my bartender and she was really nice and pours a great drink. I began with the strawberry lemonade with the naked… turtle rum (we had it at our elite event at sea level a few months ago and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head).It wasn’t as strong and I got one for patty and myself we both agreed they were better the night we had the elite event. although there was fresh strawberry in mine and i LOVE strawberries i handled the weak cocktail (dana didnt make that one a black haired bartender did, i didnt get her name). I am then handed a blue drink Patty bought for me (we traded off rounds!!) and it was GREAT it had some key lime vodka and blue berry vodka. whatever it was when we took photos I fell off a chair… LOL My old shoes had had it and i thought they would hold up one last time but no they didn’t thus throwing my balance off… that’s the story and I’m sticking to it!!! I never hit the floor, everyone turned around and there were hands all over holding me up… a simple misstep… I had a ruben with sweet potato fried it was really good and eyed Meg and Kahn’s pina coladas and talked patty into one last drink (thus the 3 straws in the one pic) We all laughed and took goodbye pics, exchanged cell numbers and then it was time to disband… we walked out and i have to say. i cried. after meg took off. i hate saying goodbye especially to people i really like… I made savanna swear she saw NOTHING… Hugged her goodbye and that was it spring break was over, I am glad I went tonight to see everyone a last time (michelangelo left to go to the airport and wait for his flight .boy am I gonna miss that guy… what a great person… I will see him again. that’s for sure) Joey from Austin left… he was such a great guy… I really like JOEY!!! I will visit that’s a definite, thanks for loving nancy for nancy! GRESHKA I need your hairdresser… that purple is GREAT!!! Dee and her little son and husband were the sweetest! just loved her! I called Edwin will… LOL. without name tags Im lost. I had to ask charmie 2 events who she was… I felt like an idiot… maybe I am but with the tags I at least look like one brain cell is working! John from Hawaii… see you on the beach Mahala bro! I drove home feeling kinda sad it was all over… I never knew what Unilocal really was when my ex josh made me join. but now… it means so much to me to have friends who are really some fine people… I love getting to know everyone and being with everyone and having such great people around me! NEXT YEAR I don’t care WHERE spring break is… I’m going. and I hope to see everyone and a bunch of new Unilocalers. Thanks Savanna for putting the goodbye UYE together.(at 50 you youngins stay out all night… I sometimes can do it. I will try harder next time to keep up with you all!!!) I will always remember # UnilocalB15 for the rest of my life!!! Thank you again!

It’s time to wrap Spring Break with a bang! Savanna pulled this off and it was a lot of fun. We had cocktails and water was available for the ones that had enough alcohol this weekend. I enjoyed all three of my cocktails, which was the Pisco Freeze, Harbor Beach thirsty turtle, and piña colada. I would still be there right now if tomorrow wasn’t Monday. Blah!
It was great to see everyone for one last night before they made their departure. I’m so glad to have met some awesome Unilocalers that traveled a long way to see what this city is all about. You have made this memorable for us like we have for you and we thank you so much for visiting South Florida. I really hope that I will be able to make it to one of the Spring Break events in the future when it’s elsewhere. Fingers and toes crossed.
It’s never goodbye. Until we meet again, my friends! :)

«Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow…»
— Shakespeare: «Romeo And Juliet» Act 2 /​Scene 2
SITREP
…and with that, «Exit. Stage Right.» — Snagglepuss, the Pink Lion
The PINK LION embodies a lot of my emotional angst of having to say «good bye», because I loved YSB ’15 really really HARD. And a pink lion reminds me of ANYTHING, it definitely was that off-​the-​hook PINK PARTY.
But not just that, but everything-«Spring Break”-related: the locales (Ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood and Pompano), the events (PINK PARTY! PIRATE PARTIES! DANCE EVENTS! EVERGLADES! DONUTS, oh yeah!, etc etc.), but most of all, the PEOPLE.
REMINISCING
So if anything, our «Final Farewell Happy Hour» was a fantastic way to decompress the entire weekend, and to remember all those fun times in a wonderful, sentimental way.
MUSES OF MY FUN
Ashley M., Greshka P. & Savanna M. — I have to give these dynamite ladies a special shoutout for all the energy they have put into this YSB weekend. You do CM Blue A. very very proud to have shared your time in putting together amazing events that let me see an «insiders» view of Ft. Lauderdale, and I had so so much fun.
At the Funky Buddha Beerbrunch today, Blue honestly shared that it takes a YEAR to plan and put together a Unilocal Spring Break. But because of you, you mischievious vixens, it will take me at LEAST a year to recover from this Spring Break! (
.GOD …)
SEA LEVEL
This is such a fantastic outside, beachside bar, part of the Marriot Hotel Complex. Worthy of any group who just wants to chill in the sun, feel the breeze and enjoy some great happy hour drinks. (My standard rum & coke = $ 5).
KUDOS
Thank you, Savanna M., über-​elite, for taking the time to finagle one-​last-​time for us to enjoy each other’s company before «kicking us outta da house!» (because, oh hell, we KNOW you all need yer sleep!) ;)
THE LOWDOWN
«Final Farewell» = ICING ON THE CAKE. And what a delicious cake this weekend has been! I love you all and well miss you dearly. Thanks for being my dear Unilocal friends (…and even after this weekend’s antics!) ;)