Originally posted Mon, 2009-10-19 02:21
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. April Perreault, 25, and her kid sister, Theresa, 22, seasonal bartenders at Pub 44, strike a pose for Biketoberfest 2009. In the smaller photos, countless bikes are packed in like sardines in the Pub 44 parking lot. Above, a live rock and roll band performs with large Budweiser ads in the forefront.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Pub 44 bartenders April Perreault, 25, and her sister, Thesersa, 22, Theresa Perreault, 22, were asked to pose for cameras by bikers more than twice their age almost as much as they were passing out bottles of Buds for the green stuff. Welcome to Biketoberfest, Pub 44 style, where bikers, babes and booze, are a winning combination, especially in these trying economic times.
The Perreault sisters did her share to encourage patrons to stop by their bar station on the Pub's grounds.
Dressed in leather thigh-high boots, chaps, a black T-shirt and white shorts that barely covered their behinds with the slogan "It's all about the ride," they were plenty busy serving up beers and posing for pictures.
"It's been a good Friday and Saturday," the younger sister said. "Thursday was slow."
The sisters had no problem with their mode of dress, explaining it was appropriate for the environment they were in. Nobody had an argument with that.
Asked what kind of shorts they were sporting, the sisters reponded they were boy shorts, basically underwear.
Ok...
The younger sister said she got quite a few stares when she stopped at a Payless Shoes sore on her way into work.
"I wanted to get some comfortable shoes and I was trying to apologize for the way I was dressed, but everyone kept saying, 'Oh know, you are fine.' They thought I was cute." Ah, yeah... "I've been (posing) for a lot of pictures and selling beer," she said, and her stream of biker customers -- men and women alike -- were non-stop, especially when big sister, April Perreault, 25, jumped out of her booth to give little sister a loving hug.
"We are best friends," the older sister said, wrapping her arms around her sister, pointing out that besides tending bar, they are both audit supervisors.
With a long embrace, the cameras flashed incessantly. So even with a recession, Pub 44 had a winning recipe for success during Biketoberfest 2009: Bikers, babes and beer.
You get the picture...