The first time I ever heard of bitters was at a bar up on Washington Island in Door County, WI. The big thing there was to drink a shot of bitters followed by a beer chaser, and then they gave you a card to celebrate your achievement that you then "signed" by putting your thumb in the shotglass and putting your thumbprint on the card with the bitters as the ink.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Kathy A - Apr 22, 2009 11:27:45 am PDT #1161 of 12685
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Calli - Apr 22, 2009 11:27:59 am PDT #1162 of 12685
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hi Perkins. I'll be coming into SF this weekend. My plane gets in Saturday evening and I'll leave on Wednesday afternoon.
Laga - Apr 22, 2009 11:30:13 am PDT #1163 of 12685
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
a shot of bitters? ew. I was given a dash of bitters in club soda for a tummyache when I was a kid.
juliana - Apr 22, 2009 11:32:02 am PDT #1164 of 12685
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I can't drink any
Rum? Gin? Bitters? Booze?
The big thing there was to drink a shot of bitters followed by a beer chaser, and then they gave you a card to celebrate your achievement that you then "signed" by putting your thumb in the shotglass and putting your thumbprint on the card with the bitters as the ink.
AWESOME. I must find this place. (Fernet is basically bitters, which is part of the reason I love it so.)
Calli in town this weekend? Whoo!
Lee - Apr 22, 2009 11:38:12 am PDT #1165 of 12685
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I knew someone was.
What are your plans for Sunday?
Toddson - Apr 22, 2009 11:45:09 am PDT #1166 of 12685
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I can't have alcohol. Not any. New medication makes drinking a really bad idea. But it's good medication, so it might be worth it.
meara - Apr 22, 2009 12:29:18 pm PDT #1167 of 12685
S'okay, Toddson. These days I can only have about one drink. Two if I'm feeling well-fed and not too worried about the morning. After that, it's a reallly really bad idea, and a migraine in the morning will remind me of it. Along with puking all day. So, um, I've stopped having more than one or two. Usually one. Sigh. The medication to stop the migraines....
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 22, 2009 12:38:37 pm PDT #1168 of 12685
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ah, now I'm pining for the fun of the Old Absinthe House at the New Orleans f2f, even if they did use herbsaint instead of real absinthe...
I don't think I'd be able to throw back a sazerac and scoff that it's not even 80 proof quite so easily nowadays.
Laga - Apr 22, 2009 1:07:57 pm PDT #1169 of 12685
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Ahh maturity- when "I'll never drink like that again," is replaced by "I just can't drink like I used to."
Calli - Apr 22, 2009 1:58:56 pm PDT #1170 of 12685
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hiya Perkins and Juliana! Sunday I'm booked with my Great Uncle and Aunt in Albany (near the North Berkley Station of the BART, I'm told--I have no idea where it is, aside from near a BART station) for the afternoon and dinner. It'll probably end pretty early, though, at they're both in their upper 80s. I'm getting in around 7:30 Saturday evening, flight plans willing, which I guess means getting checked in and whatnot by 9-9:30 at the Weston on Powell St.
If this sort of schedule meshes with yours I'd love to meet up with you and any other Bayistas for a drink.