There's a place near my cousin's in N.O. where it doesn't even really have to be a bar to sell you a drink. They have kind of a walk up vestibule.
Handy for when the kid is asleep and there's nothing in the house.
ETA: It occurs to me, looking at that, that I should specify that near=next door.
The Crafty Scientist
She's gonna be at a neighborhood crafts festival this weekend....
My sister loved the walk-in stores with rows of booze-dispensing vending machines on Bourbon Street. When she was down there with Mom about 15 years ago, Mom was on the verge of passing out due to her intake, but Kris was still looking for another drink, so she left Mom propped up on a lightpole and went to a vending machine for another margarita.
That sounds like when my college instituted a "non-salty snack" rule for on-campus parties. WTF, dudes. I went to at least one party that had an open box of pasta on a table with the chips and whatnot.
WHAT? Is it you can't serve salty snacks, or you must serve one non-salty snack? Also, WTF?
I need to get motivated to call this potential wedding planner. I hate calling strangers!! I should elope to avoid that.
Gosh I really want some potato chips now. Luckily pizza is already on the way!
There's a hilarious article about it on-line: [link] I'm guessing the policy didn't last long, since the article is from when I was in college. I think the notion was that chips just make you thirstier.
This is awesome:
Montreal artist Cesar Saez is making a giant, helium filled banana that he intends to launch in Texas, sending it 20-30 miles up. The title of the project is "Geostationary Banana Over Texas."
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The cool thing about the Geostationary Banana is it's a dirigible!
The drive through liquor store I used to frequent in Wisconsin also sold ammo.
When I lived in Spokane there was a Gun & Barber Shop.