Every event here in Seattle is advertised as having a "beer garden". Everyone would say, oh go to such and such of an event, it will be fun...there will be a "beer garden". This left me wondering exactly what a beer garden is. I got to find out when I went to the roller derby championship match (yes the roller derby). My next door neighbor is on one of the teams of the Rat City Rollergirls, the local Seattle roller derby league. The roller derby in and of itself was quite an experience. It took place in an old airplane hanger at Magnuson Park. People of all walks of life, execs from Microsoft, soccer moms, tattooed interesting people, goth people, etc. all mixing together to watch girls skate around a track and plow into each other. There wasn't enough bleacher seating, so they had people sitting on the concrete floor also, basically to provide a cushion for when the players got into a shoving match and fell, the crowd was there to keep them from hitting concrete.
I get to the roller derby and I am trying to figure out what the beer garden is. I notice this one area where there are people packed in behind a chain link fence. I just sat on the floor with the crowd on the floor. After a few minutes the announcer yells out, "let's look over at the beer garden, is everyone having fun?" The people inside the chain link fence all cheered. Okay, so that question was answered.
What is a beer garden? An area behind a 6 foot high chain link fence, where if you have ID and money, you can sit inside this caged in area, drink beer, and become part of the entertainment for the non drinking people. I was reminded of a petting zoo....
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