Thank you Divine Bar & Grill for sponsoring this post.

Although I’d only planned on staying for quick beer and a brief chat, I wound up spending two hours sitting on a bar stool at Divine Bar and Grill on Broadway and Stockton, drinking pints of Budweiser, chatting with the staff, and watching some serious pool go down. The exceptionally friendly bartender had warned me: this pool league gets intense. And oh I got sucked in fast. The small space was filled to the brim with competitive tension, and the brows of sexy men furrowed with concentration as they considered their next move on the pool table. Divine participates in a pool league, and there are competitive games there several days a week. Even if you suck at pool, and maybe especially if you do, it is surprisingly extremely fun to watch people be very, very good at it.

And you get someone to root for, because the owners of Divine have their own team!