This is a copy of a message I posted in the "alumni game" thread:
I got into town around 8:30, and found out via cellphone about the size of the line at Lynah, so my crew of about 10 people met up at Dunbar's. Some of us had gotten there considerably earlier and had their official photos at the rink, but most of us decided to skip that and take our chances.
Dunbar's was decked out with signs advertising the Cup's appearance, and they were selling t-shirts ($12) and charging $5 at the door (all to the Tallman fund). When we arrived, there was no line, and we immediately took the table by the window (not the one by the dartboard, as that area was walled off for a "private party.")
Fast forward to the Cup's arrival (about 10:30). It made two loops around the bar, once held by Joe, once by Schafer. Then it settled in the private party area for a while, and we figured that was going to be the end of that. Until it moved again, to a table set up underneath where the TV usually is -- right next to the table that we had been sitting at all night. So we (and the rest of the bar) had ample opportunities to touch, kiss, and take photos with the prize.
Towards the end of the night, as the bar started to empty, the "private party" barricade was no longer being enforced, and most of the people I was with had a chance to drink from it.
All in all, not a bad night, considering that at one point, we had decided that "being in the same room as the Cup" would be the highlight of the evening.
There's a feature on nhl.com, a sort of jounal about the cup's travels this summer. Here's a link to the journal entry for Friday:
http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ_16.shtml