S'mores, baby

Yes, he is a genius!
Toasted marshmellow, chocolate sells, chocolate crisps (insert brand name here)

Birthday Weekend Part Deux - Oh my!

My lovely sister planned the second half of the weekend extraordinaire! We were supposed to go to a food demo? But Tyler and my train was late, so we missed that and headed over the Beehive with Jess and Shannon. Had a great time there - my favorite drink - the Persian Kitty. Positively delicious! Wonderful gifts (Thank you!) and then we headed over to 28 Degrees. I had my birthday headband just made and picked up from the porch by Jess! Thanks, again! People showed up to celebrate, we had food, drinks - frozen bellinis are amazing, btw!And , Surprise! There was a drag show! It was great! The place was packed. This is one of two amazing ladies at the show. The second did a running split slide! Wa-hoo! We ended up the night at Geoffrey's, where the dessert and shots and waitress were great - we told her about Brown Bird, I wonder if she went! 

I MIGHT show you more pictures of this night...but probably not! 

YUM YUM TACOS. Well, we didnt really eat any tacos...

I made Tyler go in. We JUST ate!

Look, I made my own photo booth!

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what is bee pollen as a spice, anyway?

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Amazing soup and drinks and atmosphere. I could have moved in and had the seating area as a living room. Mexican wedding cookies were petite and wonderful. Service was great. Tyler kept grumbling that I stop taking pictures, but how would I show you all this?

Warm November Nights

What the what?! It's been like 60 degrees all November!

So we've been having back porch cocktails. I'm actually getting kind of sick even looking at these pictures, but ya know, all alcohol is good going down...

Sparkling Blood Orange Juice and Prosecco

and Chess, of course...

Beer dat!

  
Ok, in summary:

Saturday
Boston Beer Works, Logan Airport - Boston Common amber - Ah Mah Zing
Antler's, Dallas, TX - Shiner Bock, Bushmills
Irving Meyer's, Royal Sonesta, Bourbon Street - Gimlet, House Cocktail

Sunday
McGuires - sneaky rum drinks (strawberry rum), Abita Southern Pecan, Mrs. Packman, paper towel rolls every 2 chairs at the bar, stuffed burger, crawfish balls with aioli

Um, I have no idea where 

I had this!

Jacksons - Yummy drinks! One with thyme, one with rosemary (not on the menu!!!). herbs from roofdeck garden! Hung out with owner of bar, Missouri man, and cook? Day drinking.
Rendezvous - Pats game, Abita's, awesome playlist, major Saints fans, shopping break, video poker, WHO DAT? WHO DAT?
The Rum House - house sangria, trio of super ridiculous duck, pulled pork and lamb soft tacos, homemade sweet potato chippers
Bulldog's - beer tasting amazingness - we tried everything! or tried! a million little shot cups, cool local conversation
Huge Ass Beers - just what it says, and grain alcohol soaked cherry shots
Mechanical Bull Cart - Baily's on ice, beer
Rick's Cabaret - not enough alcohol to get me through

Monday
Clothing Store Mimosas - pink champagne, ok clothes, beautiful rustic antique hand crafted furniture
Coops - lamb barley something gumbo, rabbit sausage jumbalaya, Louisiana crab claws, duck quesdilla. standard cran-orange-vodka. Tyler: "Do you have chocolate milk? Woman: No, this is a bar sweetheart. (mindful nod from Tyler) But I do have regular milk" Tyler: "yes, please"
Ferry - mimosas with Jess
Pelican Club - wine: Austria - Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner ‘09, complimentary Champagne

Tuesday
Sculpture Penis Place (87% sure it's a place called The Ninth Circle on N. Rampart) - beers to go
Royal Street Deli - Cran-Pineapple-Vodka, jack and ginger, apple brie crustini, lettuce crossant lettuce turkey sandwich
13 - Frenchmen St. - Frozen Irish Coffee: one in bar, one to go! Bushmills on rocks
Checkpoint (I saw a cockroach, grossest bathrooms ever!) - pinball, 2 $2 PBR cans each, tried on hat but couldnt keep it. I beat the crap out of Tyler. Sopranos. Tyler: I wonder if this place has a pinball machine? Emily entering bar and seeing pinball machine: How did you DO THAT?
The Black Cat - taco, Raspberry and Watermelon margaritas
MRB - Shock Tops to go, video poker
Evangeline - soft opening, bar to ourselves, amazing back courtyard (converted parking lot, gigantic 150 yr old smoker), beers flights - 3 10oz beers, Alcide dopple-ganger - convinced him to try the Turbodog, even though I had never tried it myself! But he was looking for CHimay, and I thought this might hold him over. Always nice to find another Chimay lover.
Ryan's - hot to trot video poker. On a roll! PBR? Bushmills
D.B.A. - New Orleans Nightcrawlers. Must See! Mother of Tuba player. Ladies Dancing. Falcon Stout, more rum punches than I can count, Black Russians, Ginger beer cocktail - bartender's choice, wine all around, made Dad try random beers, something in a bottle i dont remember
13 - back again for To Go Cups! Frozen Irish Coffee for me and Jess! Babysitting the parents home!

Frenchmen - Day

So we never really thought we found Frenchman. We had to ask to make sure we were in the right place. Not too much to look at during the day. Not busy, quiet, short street. Good murals and you could tell it had a meaning for later. 

Stopped in at 13. Open air bar, was like a garage with the doors wide open. It was a beautifully sunny day some shade and a breeze and a drink. I was sold on the special sign though - frozen Irish coffee - how can you pass that up? 

MmmmMMM MMM!

There is a pelican in this picture!

One for the bar, one for the road, grabbed my second Irish coffee, and we were off again.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Chick chick chickkkken!

Jackson's

Stumbled up this beauty of a bar. Saddled up to the bar, beautiful hardwood everywhere, bartender and guy at the end of the bar started chatting us up, asking us where we were from. Bartender is from Missouri - the one that told us about the open lot sales and that he about to embark on a large scale community garden project. Also told us about a similar project in Philly that we will have to check out.

The man at the end of the bar walks around and gets coffee from behind the bar...And then tells us he owns it! Are you Mr. Jackson? I ask? No, I'm Mr. DDD. I don't remember. He lives in Louisiana now, before that Florida, before that Providence RI and N. Conway NH. Said he hadn't been to his house in Conway in 10 years! In the ship building business, running the bar, and got a business venture going on back in Providence. Even knew some folks from Somerville! Small Small World!

The bartender made us all sorts of fancy drinks. They were on the menu (but not online!), and beautiful. Full of fresh herbs from their rooftop garden. Love at first sip. I have GOT to get the recipies. Rosemary and thyme and other things. Yum. 

The bar was beautifully and fancifully appointed. Woodwork with beeding, beautiful original beams, local artwork flavor. We found out from the bartender that the bar used to be a horse stall! Back when, houses were built close together and the space in between got a roof and horses. Leads to beautiful intact architecture. And some great additions from the current proprietor. 

              

beautiful beadwork on bar

The original 'out house' from when the space was a barn
stall. The management uses it now as an office space. 

Upstairs. This place had two floors, and a separate private dining space (behind me and to right from this vantage point).

Snarl Face

           

My delicious Rosemary cocktail. 

               

                                                           

                                                 View from rooftop deck. That's a pelican on that crest over there! 

Gorg. 

Oh and this is where I learned about "To Go" cups! Revolutionary to our trip!