Applebee’s – for Jen’s 21st

Okay so we go to a small school, which I’ve talked about a lot, but another key point about our school is that we are definitely in the country. If you want an urban school, Saint Leo is not it!! There are good and bad points about this. The country provides a very different atmosphere and social opportunities than schools in large cities.

One of the things Saint Leo students do often is patronize Applebee’s. We go there all the time. It is almost impossible for someone to attend SLU without finding out about half off appetizers and 2 for 1 drinks after 10pm. Many a Saint Leo student spends their 21st birthday at Applebee’s in Wesley Chapel, myself included.

This month is was my friend Jen’s turn. Sunday November 9th was her 21st birthday. We went out on Saturday so that she could have her first ever alcoholic drink at midnight. It was a combined birthday party for her and one of her sorority sisters who was turning 22 so it was a big party. We all got there right at 10pm and there was a packed house!!! In order to accommodate our party of 20+ people we all had to sit outside.

Of course it couldn’t be a warm early November evening; we had just had our first cold front. It was probably a good thing we were outside though, because we are a rowdy bunch. We were singing along to songs, and screaming down to each other on the opposite end of the table. It was great. We had a fantastic waiter too. When midnight rolled around he was on top of things and brought Jen’s mudslide out right away. What’s funny is that he even recognized some of the people at the table, knew they were over 21, and didn’t even ask for their IDs. I’m not trying to say we are a bunch of alcoholics, but what I am saying is that if that doesn’t tell you how often SLU students frequent that place, I don’t know what will!