YSB: GooseChase Closing Party @ Sugar Park

As an Austrian Unilocal friend Anton S. says in his headline, «alles hat ein ende.» & indeed, the wicked awesomeness that was Unilocal Spring Break 2013 had to end sometime. For the girlfriend & I, YSB’s last hurrah was the GooseChase Closing Party @ Sugar Park.
Trying to make our way over from the Mod About St. Claude Crawl, all the pedi-​cabs were out so we set out on foot. This actually turned out to be a great stroke of luck as we bumped into Victoria & Wolf along the way, a couple cool Unilocaling compatriots from the Windy City we met at YSB.
At Sugar Park, the multi-​city Elite congregation was shutting down YSB in style out on the back patio. By this late stage in the game, the 4 of us were more in the mood for mellow than the high energy partying out back. Kudos to Sugar Park for keeping their inside dining area more of a quiet retreat.
We grabbed a table inside & had a nice late dinner with cocktails all courtesy of Sugar Park. Thanks a bunch to Sugar Park for your gracious hospitality in not only hosting the mob of Elites who showed up at the end of YSB, but also for all the yummy food & drink.
& finally, for the last time of many, thank you so, so much Joi B. & the whole New Orleans Unilocal crew for another of many great YEEs during Unilocal Spring Break 2013 in New Orleans. I don’t know how you did it, but I hope you took a well-​deserved vacation after it was all over.

I can’t believe that I am just now getting to finishing up my YSB reviews. Apparently I had such a good time during spring break that I haven’t written a review in nearly a month. Now that I have fully recovered I can get back to writing.
The final YSB event was interesting. The bar crawl portion didn’t really happen, but that didn’t deter us from having a great time. Kajun’s Pub was our first stop and it was crowded. The bartenders seemed to be having a hard time with the crowds so I hitched a ride with the excellent chauffeur Jen L to Sugar Park.
Sugar Park was a great location for an event and the spring break Unilocalers took over the back patio. It was fun sitting at the bar while the scavenger hunt winners were given their awards.
It was great hanging with all my old Unilocal friends and all of the out of town Unilocalers I was fortunate enough to meet.

Loved this closing party. The venue was intimate. The food specials and drinsk were yummy. It was low key and really fun to watch the photos from the photo scavenger hunt.
And as always, it was awesome to hang out with my fellow Unilocalers (or should I say my new west coast best friends).

Damn it, I chased that goose all over town and didn’t crack the top three. But I got fourth! I’m number four! I’m number four! Loved that app for YSB: Vegas, and it was even more fun this time around, even with less players.
Really fun party and a nice spot to hold us. Very fun seeing everyone’s Goosechase photos up on screen in the garden, especially when the computer spazzed out and a completely insane shot of my bestie who flew down from NY was stuck up there for an extended amount of time.
Other highlights of the Sugar Park party: garden cat. Meeting Elise V. Handing out mustaches. Shouting, «mazel tov!» after a couple of glasses broke (I didn’t do it, I swear to you). Too much fun to be had up the street, so I never partook of the specially-​priced meal they were offering, but that was very nice of them to do that.
Someone put me in a pedicab and I was on my way, still trying to take pics on that damn Goosechase app after the game had already closed. Another notch in the belt of awesome events by Joi and the gang for YSB 2013.

We didn’t participate in the Goose Chase, but we still had to come to Sugar Park. Didn’t Joi say the pizza would be amazing here? She did. And it was!!! We got our free cocktail, as promised and we scarfed down a pie. I didn’t make it pass the bar for most of my time there, but I did walk through at some point. Cute venue! I honestly don’t remember what time I got there or what time I left. I just know I enjoyed myself.

3.5÷5 great dark and stormy
so this was a nice, more mellow finish. i’m glad that after all the running around folks could gather to a single spot and relive their moments with the scavenger hunt slideshow. sugar park was really accommodating even through a few broken glasses, and i appreciate how welcoming the staff were.

I honestly thought the closing party was at a park, so it was pretty surprising to find that Sugar Park was like an actual restaurant. Haha.
I’m a bit sad that I didn’t get to participate in the Goose Chase scavenger hunt, but I had a great time watching the pictures on the slideshow that were shown outside on the projector.
I spent most of my time at the outside patio, which had a pretty cool atmosphere. Spotted a cat! Haha. It was definitely nice to hang out with Unilocalers who were also leaving Sunday for a bit before we all had to go.
Didn’t get a chance to try out the food, but it looked pretty awesome. Did get to try the pina coladas which were amazeballs. Perfect for a nice night out hanging outside. I will definitely have to try this place out again the next time I’m in New Orleans!
Thanks again Joi for planning everything!

I really dug this event! During the St. Claude bar crawl, the Unilocalers were summoned to Sugar Park for our official closing party. We were situated on the outside patio, and although the space was small, it was perfect for our group.
I didn’t participate in the Goose Chase scavenger hunt, but big time congrats to the winners! I did however take advantage of the cool drink specials. 2 for 1 high lifes ($ 2) was pretty cool. I sat at the bar area and chatted with local and visiting Unilocalers as I took in the evening.
A few people ordered food here, and I have to say that it looked incredible. Specifically the pizza and the chicken pot pie. I will definitely have to head back to Sugar Park to see what that’s all about.

I personally didn’t do much «goosechasin’», however, the Closing Party at Sugar Park (5÷11÷13) was a nice way to wind down the Spring Break weekend and say our goodbyes to those who weren’t sticking around to hangout on Sunday afternoon. Sugar Park is a very nice venue and the added touch of displaying photos on the big screen was cool.