I also find blue laws weird, but I suppose that's because I never grew up with them. Plus I never understood how they would stop one from drinking on Sunday since in theory one could just purchase one's booze ahead of time and keep it in the house.
Huh. I'm wondering how often the way we drink is modeled on our own parents. Like when I think of my parents' drinking patterns, my dad didn't like alcohol and rarely drank it at all, my mom usually had a beer while she cooked and ate dinner and that's about it. And now I usually have a glass of wine while I cook and over dinner.
I don't think we have any blue laws here. We buy beer and wine in the grocery store, 7-11, wherever. When I am in NY it annoys me to have to make a special trip to buy wine.
I think you could be right about that, Burrell -- my parents are not big drinkers at all, and I'm the same way. My mom could never drink because of her medications, and for my dad drinking was a special occasion thing, if you were out for dinner or at a party. So I've never been in the habit of drinking regularly, although I've developed a taste for a good cold beer in the summer, and wine with some meals, and the occasional mixed drink on a weekend.
I like alcohol: dark beer, red wine, single malt, G&Ts, margaritas, Jameson's, and Emmett's, Drambuie, Chambord, Frangelico, in various applications, and a lovely little concoction of my own, vodka muddled with mango sorbet. I just neglect to think of having it very often.
msbelle, ita, sending you thoughts of strength and calm. Tom, you too.
We cannot buy alcohol in grocery stores... between midnight and 9 am on Sunday.
After that, you can buy beer, wine, and hard liquor at the grocery store.
the child has left the house. all hail uncle G.
Enjoy your time, msbelle!
We skipped the Mall of America this weekend. I was too wiped out to drive over there last night. So DH headed to Appleton to go shopping for work clothes. I'm glad he went alone because he's really hard to shop with. He can never find what he wants and it's very stressful.
Hail, Uncle G!
You can buy beer in the grocery store here, but I'm not sure about wine. I usually go to the liquor store for wine.
When we lived in Florida in the late '70s-early '80s, there was a drive-through mini mart where you could buy beer.
Yep, in NC wine and beer can be sold after noon on Sundays. So you can leave church and swing by the Piggly Wiggly to nab a 6-pack. I was raised in a church that was pretty anti-alcohol, so that amuses me to no end. The ABC stores in NC (hard liquor) are closed, though.
It's 60F, so I have all my windows open and the fan on. It's delightful. I have to spend the afternoon doing homework, but at least I'll be doing it in fresh air.
