Weekend report

This hasn't been the most eventful of weekends, so this is more a stream of consciousness post than anything else. For one, this has been a terrifying sports weekend. My mood over the weekend is often shaped by the fate of my teams (Red Sox, Pats, B's, C's, and Tottenham Hotspur). So far this weekend I consider us to be 0-4. Red Sox look likely to lose both V Ram and Beltre to free agency, Pats were embarrassed by the Mangenius, B's lost Krejci and the game to the Blues in OT, and Spurs came down from the massive high against Inter to a pitiful low at the Reebok against Bolton. Suffice to say, that even should the C's destroy the Durantula and Thunder tonight, the sports weekend was a waste. 

Luckily for me, there have been other things to take my mind off this sadness. For one, I finally got back out to my favorite mixology heaven last night....Tar Pit Bar. First, none other than owner and head chef Mark Peel was present, mixing it up with the locals. While I didn't exactly lick him, I stared longingly at his white coat for hours, and he even stood right behind me for a good 20 minutes, so I had to make certain that even in my drunken state I didn't say anything bad about the place, which isn't tough cause I frickin love it. I do have 1 complaint though. The half price drink from 11-12:30am on Friday and Saturday is fantastic, but now they've really limited the happy hour selection, and the options aren't nearly as good as whats on the regular menu, so it's really only a half decent gesture towards their customers. Irregardless, I dug right in and ordered two things I've been dreaming of for weeks. Unfortunately they had just taken "In the Pines" off the menu, so my next option was the aptly named "Bad Brains". Easily one of the biggest crowd pleasures they offer, and something which will absolutely wreck you, this is a mix of Over proof Rum, Dark Rum, Green Chartreuse, Maraschino, Housemade Ginger Beer,Grapefruit Juice, Velvet Falernum, Cholula, Angostura Bitter served over ice in a tiki head glass. Customers are limited to 2 of these per visit, as the drink is just that deadly. Suffice it to say, I loved this. You definitely have to be a fan of rum, and I'm talking good rum (the stuff that immediately brings you to Barbados, with tastes of coconut, molasses, and island flair) and luckily I am. My 2nd drink was the adorably named "Peep show", comprised of Genever, Orgeat, Amaro, Crème De Violette, Lime Juice, Bitters. Definitely not as much of a standount as the brains were, but still decent. I can't quite figure out where the name came from though, as it's not very showy, it's not a clear drink so you can't really peep it, and it doesn't remind me in the least of anything related to an actual peep show, so altogether it was decent but not great and a bit confusing. I guess I ought to ask Danielle Crouch about it next time I'm there; However, I also hope before Thanksgiving to have a full on meal there, followed by one of their sumptuous looking post prandial libations. But until then....


It's time for some Alfie news. She has been in QUITE the mood lately, not ill tempered mind you, but simply uncontrollable. There is something I just will never quite get used to in a kitten slapping me across the face at 5am because she want's me to play with her. As always, ,it's Alfie's world, we just live in it. The other day I was getting ready for work and she simply didn't want me to go without her, so I present to the world- bag cat- ah if only there were a "take your kitten to work day".