Happy Hour Extended is a West Seattle business with a clever idea and St. Patrick's Day was an excellent occasion to hold it's first annual Admiral Pub Crawl. The business, run by Mark and Nikki Turpen offers a membership card that gives you happy hour prices anytime at selected businesses. It's not just for drinks but includes many other businesses that offer discounts through the card.

Though they had never held a pub crawl before they had a great turnout of over 40 people that began at the Brickyard BBQ where people registered and signed up to win prizes, and pay their membership fee. There was plenty of irish spirit on hand and and not just in the drinks. Angel Sorenson showed off her dance skills and there were lots of laughs.

After an hour or so it was time to move on and the crowd headed for the Shipwreck Tavern on Admiral Way. 10% of the proceeds from the event went to support the West Seattle Food Bank which saw a 31% increase in users in 2009. This kind of giving back fits right into the new company's philosophy. Turpen founded it with a core principle of always giving back to the community. He believes it's not just a good idea, it's good business. "Our goal is to support local and live local," said Turpen.

Another hour, another place to go, and while no actual crawling took place, the crowd made it's way to the Admiral Pub where people in costume seemed to just appear and the crowd seemed especially fond of a certain local newspaper.

Angelinas was last on the list but the crowd was not daunted by movement because they knew there were more prizes to win and live music provided by Goody Bag. Overall, the event was a success for the fledgling company and many more are planned.

If you'd like to learn more about Happy Hour Extended, you can sign up at their website and take enjoy discounts at 12 locations in West Seattle and many more around the city. They now have over 1700 members and the list of businesses taking part is growing fast.