Perched high atop Beech Mountain in North Carolina, 5506' Skybar is the highest taproom east of the Rocky Mountains.
This photo was captured with a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone and then converted to a Plotagraph.
5506 Skybar is the highest bar east of the Rockies, perched atop Beech Mountain Resort. The bar is open in the winter for ski season and the summer for mountain biking season.
Today is closing day for the 2017 winter season on Beech Mountain but in two months, everything will be open for the summer festivities!
Come on up to Beech Mountain this summer for mountain disc golf, mountain biking and mile high yoga on the deck of 5506 Skybar!
And of course, don't forget to book your stay at Slopeside, our mountain chalet on Beech Mountain!
May the luck of the Irish
Lead to happiest heights
And the highway you travel
Be lined with green lights.
Wherever you go and whatever you do,
May the luck of the Irish be there with you.
May you have all the happiness
and luck that life can hold—
And at the end of all your rainbows
may you find a pot of gold.
If you’re enough lucky to be Irish...
You’re lucky enough!
May your pockets be heavy—
Your heart be light,
And may good luck pursue you
Each morning and night.
The Neon Piano Bar on the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship is a peaceful place to get a pre-dinner drink as you watch the sun set over the ocean. Later at night, the piano player shows up and it gets much more lively. It is decorated with neon signs from famous bars all around the world but the centerpiece of the room is this round ceramic piano. The real piano is set back on the stage above the ceramic piano, which faces the crowd and serves as a really unique bartop for patrons who want to get close to the action.
This photograph was captured with a Sony NEX-7.
First things first, this isn't from the famous Harry's Bar in Venice known for inventing the Bellini. It is actually from the Neon Piano Bar on Carnival's Ecstasy cruise ship. It acts as a holding room and a great place for a cocktail while waiting for a table in the main dining room. The tiny bar is decorated with neon interpretations from famous bars all over the world.
We stopped by just about every night for a little champagne to start the night off and it was almost always nearly empty. In the real world, that might be a negative but on a cruise ship, a bar with available seats, servers and views is a wonderful thing.
As far as the real Harry's Bar goes, I'll have to dig into my archives and see if I can find any photos from the world famous establishment. I seem to remember it was stuffed with tourists drinking overpriced Bellinis saying something about Hemingway... or was it Fitzgerald? Either way, we had the obligatory Bellini and quickly settled up and headed deeper into Venice in an attempt to lose ourselves literally and figuratively among the winding alleys.
This photograph was captured with a Sony NEX-7.
Poe's Tavern is one of the most unique beach bars I've ever been to... and I go there every chance I get! The entire restaurant is dedicated to Edgar Allen Poe, who was stationed on Sullivan's Island at Fort Moultrie in 1827. In fact, Poe wrote many of his famous works on Sullivan's Island. This haunting masterpiece sits above the fireplace as if Poe's ghost is emerging from the smoke.
This photograph was captured with a Sony a6300.
