Consider this your official (and perhaps final) reminder: The 10th Annual Flood/Mulgrew “Drink Until You Shit” Tour is Saturday, July 12, starting at 6pm at Casey’s at Third and New York in North Wildwood, New Jersey .

Yes, this is the big one: ten glorious years of shitting and drinking along the Jersey shore. My co-founder David and I believe the tour has come a long way since its inception. We wanted to create a different kind of pub crawl, one that best encapsulated the neighborhood that we grew up in (Second Street in South Philly). So we thought, what do Second Streeters like to do? Well, drink, of course. That is first and foremost a hobby of those in my ol’ neighborhood, right up there with Eagles, greasy food, and a slightly more than casual racism.

We envisioned the pub crawl being a night of extremes, of celebrating and drinking until we physically could not any longer. So then we thought, when or under what circumstances do Second Streeters stop drinking? Unconsciousness first came to mind, but “Drink Until You Pass Out!” is neither funny nor original. “Drink Until You Puke!” was another idea, but that, frankly, is kinda disgusting (and also seldom stops people from drinking). Then we figured it out – the pub crawl would be “Drink Until You Fight!” The idea of getting so drunk and rowdy that people would erupt in fighting like in those old-time Westerns was appealing, but practically speaking, it was extremely dangerous: 50 drunks walking around in t-shirts that boldly said “Drink Until You Fight!” would probably lead to some trouble. I’m not a cop, so that’s just a guess.

And now here we are – ten years later*, keeping the tradition alive on Saturday, July 12. I don’t expect any of y’all to attend, but last year we had about 150 revelers, including readers from up and down the east seaboard and as far away from Oklahoma (provided, he was in PA on business) attend, so if you’re down the shore and looking for something to do, come on down. As usual, commemorative t-shirts will be on sale and each bar will have drink specials (except the Number One tavern, since they never give us any breaks). Shitting is not required or even encouraged, but drinking sure is. Hope to see you there.

[* This is technically the fourth year we've done this, since we started at seven. Just roll with it and shut up and drink.]

[And shit. Of course.]