Weddingbee

Last night my MOH and dear friend Katie turned 21. Since many of our other friends are still 20, she wanted to go celebrate somewhere that they could come along (ie not a typical bar). So about 15 of us got together at the new Dave and Buster’s that opened not too long ago out at Legends (a big shopping/dining complex out on the Kansas side of KC). If you’re under 21, you have to have someone who’s over 25 let you in, but then the whole place is open to all ages.

D&B’s has all sorts of arcade games–it’s sort of like Chuck E Cheese for grown-ups! You buy a plastic swipe card and then load it up with points (it’s about $10 for 48 points, iirc), then swipe your card in the slots on all the game machines. It’s sort of like tokens for the 21st century .

Mr. Blueberry and I spent a good chunk of time playing one of those trivia machine games, and earned enough tickets to get ourselves 6 shot glasses. It was a very good time–a lively atmosphere, but still kid-appropriate (though the preschool teacher in me must say I wasn’t too fond of seeing 3-year-olds running around at 12:30 am!).

I kept thinking about how D&B’s would be an awesome place to have a rehearsal dinner–they have private dining rooms and will set up any sort of buffet or seated dinner that you want, and then after everyone has eaten you can turn loose and have a really good time. There were also a couple of bachelor parties going on while we were there.

Dave and Buster’s has several locations across the US–here’s a link to them all.

Has anybody else ever been to one? What did you think of it?

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