As I mentioned in a previous blog, I prefer watching games I actually want to pay attention to in low key sports bars vs. bars as busy as the actual stadium for which the game is being played. So, I went to Kylie's Sports Bar and Grill at the lake to watch the 1st real football game of the season ... but it wasn't about the game this time.

Kylie's was also hosting the viewing party for my friend Shana Prevette's recent birthday party, which played amongst the wallpaper of TVs broadcasting the NFL and NCAA games.

And no one seemed to mind (at least I hope not) because the video was more epic than any game — especially the one where my hometown team JMU upset my alma mater Virginia Tech — because it took place in an enchanted land in West Virginia that was like a Neverland Ranch for adults (that was really just her friend's house). There was blobbing, go-karting, human bowling, paint balling ... and Vanilla Ice.

I guess you know it's a party when Vanilla Ice shows up. And to make matters even more random, I somehow ended up being his opening act. While he was rapping "Ice Ice Baby — too cold, too cold," I was freestyling in the form of comedic improv: "Icy Hot Baby — you're old, you're old" and "Hater Hater Masterbator."

But back to Kylie's ... it is rather enchanted itself, for a dive-sports bar.

Don't be fooled by its exterior — it looks like a Cracker Barrel with its front porch swings. I didn't know if I was going in to get a beer, or some chicken and dumplings.

Kylie's has a pool room, a game room equipped with computer chairs to sit in, and is home of the $5 Jager bomb. And the servers were all like Hooters girls in cuter outfits — they wear football jerseys, shorts like the ones NFL cheerleaders wear, tube socks, and sneakers.

Meanwhile, Lake Norman's Sunny Ledfurd's lead singer Dugi brought his guitar and we had a sing-along session on the patio, which I'm sure annoyed the game watchers even more than we already had by bogarting one of their televisions.

And the best thing about Kylie's Sports Bar and Grille is that I was still able to watch and pay attention to the game.