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While Naas has an abundance of pubs, here are my top 5 to visit. Get yourself into town and soak up the atmosphere. Pub Crawl in Naas anyone?

1. Hayden's

With its warm ambiance, Hayden's is a place where the young and old meet for a few pints. It is a great pub to sit up and watch the match, knowing good company is around. This place is full of authentic traditional memorabilia. You could just spend hours looking at the walls alone. Make sure next time you’re passing by, drop in.

9 Poplar Square, Naas, Co. Kildare.

2. Kavanagh's

Kavanagh’s beer garden and comfortable seating makes this place a relaxing and fun environment to enjoy great drink, food and entertaining music. This is a perfect establishment for a few drinks with your mates and enjoy a nice selection of grub. With impeccable customer service in a delightful atmosphere, this pub is one not to be missed!

10 S Main St, Naas East, Naas, Co. Kildare.

3. 33 South Main

This modern establishment is a favourite with the young and the young at heart. It is often a facility for local and Irish bands to perform during weekends. This pub has a great selection of food, drink and night entertainment.

33 S Main St, Naas East, Naas, Co. Kildare.

4. Fletcher's

Known for having the best pint of Guinness in the town, this charming little pub in the centre is a hit. One can spend a lovely afternoon having a few quiet pints and conversate with locals. If your looking for something entertaining on a Thursday evening, drop in from 19:30 for some traditional music sessions. The ceoil agus craic awaits.

13 N Main St, Naas East, Naas, Co. Kildare.

5. McCormack's

Finally, it's McCormack's pub. With its large outdoor space for gatherings of friends and cosy inside areas, McCormack’s is the place to be. Lots of screens to enjoy sporting events. They now serve pizza, cooked fresh from their large pizza oven. No one can say no to homemade pizza!

Hey sugarbees!!! We are back with regular updates now that I’m all caught up. I know you all absolutely can’t wait to hear how my night went so let’s just get to it. 

Last night was stand up comedy night at McCormacks Irish Pub downtown. Last time I was there I had a bit of a meltdown and yelled at a lady. I don't fear I will ever do that again, but I am always nervous returning to a venue I bombed at or made an ass of myself.

When I parked I had a homeless knock on my window and ask for money. I didn’t have any change or cash so I couldn’t help her out, but she scared the ever living shit out of me when she hit my window. So that was nice. I got out of my car shortly after and Brock Hall was parking so we walked inside together. We get to the door and there are a handful of people I’ve never seen before. Brock is shaking their hands. It’s crazy how quick a scene can change people out when you are out of town half the time. 

There wasn’t a huge turnout of comics for this show which is nice as far as getting in and getting home. I am told I’m going up first and I’ve got about an hour before the show starts.As always it was hosted by the effervescent and lovely Jesse Jarvis. Such a great host and human being. Love him to death and can’t reiterate that enough. 

Mike Engle shows up and I whip out my Nintendo Switch and ask if he is down to play a little Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Mike is obviously in so we get a game going. This is honestly one of the most enjoyable things to happen at an open mic in a while and I intend to keep doing it. Brock, Mike, Joshua Horsford, and I alternate who plays and it helps pass the time before the mic. 

After we play for a bit Jesse does the comics meeting and lets everyone know the order and rules. Pretty much anything goes here except for no rape jokes. Which is a fair rule, that had to be instituted for several reasons.

I used to be super against content restrictions, but I understand why certain venues have them. They know their clientele and it’s a privilege for us to be able to perform somewhere. So to have a few places where you can’t make wack, hacky, shit ass rape jokes isn’t a big deal to me. Also this rule seems to be mostly for new comics. It also seems to just be about rape jokes that are mocking the victim or punching down. I used one during this set that mentions rape and it wasn’t an issue. I think this has to do with the work I’ve put in, and the fact that Jarvis knows I’d never do anything that off color in his room.

The show starts and there is an older man doing comedy for the first time standing next to Jesse dancing. He calls himself dancing Mike and Jarvis is just trying to get his jokes out while this guy is doing some drunken half assed dance where he’s not even moving his feet. He is just trying to have a good time, and do his first stand up set so Jarvis lets it slide. It also gives the impression that tonight is going to be silly and weird and I’m super on board for that. 

After his set I go up and try a few new things. I still have some ideas I need to work out, but all in all it was a solid set. The things got laughs where they were supposed to even if the laughs weren’t as loud as I wanted them to be. I will get there, but this was a good productive night as far as wording/construction goes. I’d give it a C. 

After my set I keep hanging around and watch a few of my friends sets. John Marg from Charlottesville came out and had a good set doing a joke about straight guys who say their bodies physically can’t handle gay sex, then Mike Engle had some new tags and a new bit I hadn’t heard that I enjoyed. 

Dylan Vattelana was there and he had about 2 or 3 jokes I hadn’t heard that really tickled my funny bone. I love and respect that dude a lot. Dylan was one of the comics when I started that I wanted to be like. He was working the FunnyBone and also trying to get in at other clubs. He is a hard worker, great writer/dude, and a super fun hang. It’s crazy that a dude I admired is now a good friend of mine, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. 

After Dylan’s set I grabbed my stuff hopped in my car and headed home. This was a good night. I almost didn’t go because my stomach was super upset (I think it had to do with how embarrassed I was from the last time I was there). But it was a good idea and I don’t regret my choice. Thanks for always being lovely McCormacks.

That’s it for today’s blog laydees and genteelmeen. I love you all very much and appreciate you. Make sure to check out winstonhodges.com for all my upcoming dates, and @winstonhcomedy on IG/Twitter/Snap!!!

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Eric McCormack's Travelers Renewed For Season 3 At Netflix

Few shows are ever guaranteed to have a future on the small screen unless they’re mega-hits like The Big Bang Theory, This Is Us, and Stranger Things. Now, Netflix has some good news for fans of sci-fi drama Travelers. There’s no need to worry about whether or not the Season 2 finale was actually the series finale, as Travelers has officially been renewed for Season 3. Eric McCormack will be traveling through time yet again.

The renewal comes nearly three months after Season 2 premiered on Netflix at the end of December 2017. No episode count for Season 3 has been announced at this point. Travelers ran for 12 episodes in Season 1 and Season 2, so the odds are good that Season 3 will run for a dozen episodes as well. That said, we may want to expect some differences between the first two seasons and the third.

The first two seasons of Travelers were produced in a partnership with Canadian speciality channel Showcase. Unlike Netflix which releases most seasons of shows all at once, episodes of Travelers aired weekly on Showcase. According to Variety, Netflix has taken over the distribution plan for Season 3 with no further involvement from Showcase. It’s entirely possible that Season 3 won’t feel all that different from the two seasons produced with both Netflix and Showcase, but we’ll have to wait and see.

Although no premiere date was announced with the renewal news, we may want to expect Season 3 to release in the same window as the first two seasons. Seasons 1 and 2 first aired on Showcase in mid-October and then concluded around the end of the year; Season 3 may follow the same model and premiere in that timeframe. Season 3 is set to begin shooting this month in Vancouver. Taking filming schedules and post-production work into account, a late fall/early winter release of the next batch of episodes would make sense.

Travelers‘ renewal likely means that Eric McCormack will be quite busy for the foreseeable future. The revival of Will and Grace was renewed for a second season before the first even premiered, and there’s no Will and Grace without McCormack as Will. Interestingly, McCormack will be even more heavily involved in Travelers Season 3 than just as the star and a producer. He’s also slated to direct the Season 3 premiere. McCormack broke the renewal news first via Twitter: