Irony

Irony is me coaching someone through their first sober week. Yup.

Foodie friends

Bar friends who are foodie friends are awesome! I brought some slow cooked ginger tangerine pork shoulder experiment to the bar and in exchange got a bagful of fresh mangosteen fruit and Japanese sweet potato!

The downside

We meet amazing people in bars. Really amazing people. Smart people, funny people, rich people, incredibly skilled people, poor people making the best of a bad thing, people who will be friends for life. We also meet terrible people. Angry drunks, folks who vomit on the toilet, try to punch us, send me text messages at 4am telling me they are being arrested, call us names. Alcohol brings out the best and the worst in humans. It's all valuable life experience!

Fixing up friends

This isn't a bar post but it is a drunk post. Don't fix up a friend with a friend. It's horrible texts forever. If someone says they want a fuck buddy, it's a fucking trap. Literally. Don't do it. Trust me.

And then....

...sometimes the folks you meet at a bar are a nightmare. The kind of person that's is fun for awhile, then you realize they are a plain old alcoholic. Lose their credit card, lose their money, lose their job, lose their wife. Always tell the same stories. Always have a sob story. Touch you for a round every time they see you. Call you buddy or mate or pal while they take a cigarette from your new pack. That shit gets old. Shoot me if I or the Husband ever becomes that. Seriously. Consider this my "living will" statement of intent.

Accidental drunk

Sometimes you don't mean it, didn't try, ooops, You're drunk. Eating food helps to prevent this. The Wife forgets this bit sometimes. She doesn't like breakfast, it's too much work. Waking up near noon makes it lunch anyway, right? Suddenly the balance of food vs booze is an imbalance. That's right, lunch booze. Late dinner. Fuck. Drunk. Long story short, eat fuckers. Soup, noodles, taco, what the fuck ever. EAT.

American Abroad in Bars

People like to talk politics. Especially when drunk. Around the world drunk people everywhere have an opinion about American politics and are quite happy to annoy you with theirs. Even countries most Americans probably don't even know exist. And you are the asshole if you don't shut up and let them tell you. America, the world fucking watches you. All the goddamn time.

Everyday drunks

Sometimes you just go to your bar to play a game of pool, drink a cheap beer, shoot the shit with the local gossips, and get out of the house for an hour or so. It doesn't always have to be epic.

String Theory, M-Theory, theoretical physics.

My conversation in the pub last night. Yep. Awesome. Moar booze please!

Drinking Holidays

Well, every holiday is good for drinking of course but Halloween ranks up top with NYE. Everyone is masked and makeupped and gowned in ready alter egos. A pub crawl is a chaotic, colorful, exciting way to show up, show off, and get wild. The Husband and I adore them and Singapore Pub Crawl throws a great one! Two busses, five stops, free shots at bars and on the busses, and over 150 revellers with lowered inhibitions. Happy Halloween 2012!!

Who's the best fucking chef

I love my life. I'm sitting at a bar on Singapore, with friends from four corners of the world and we are yelling at each other about food and Michelin chefs. An Indian, a Brit, two Canadians, and a Malaysian and we all know world famous French chefs . We all have opinions about them and how to make a broth. "Good job throwing a whole lime in the stew, dickhead!" I love my pub friends. Best people ever!

Fuck Champagne

Those who prefer champagne tend to look down on those who prefer beer. Fuck those people. Champagne is just over priced perfume water anyway. *takes more ibuprofen*

Testing:New Mobile posting

With this I can actually post, from bars, while drunk, the way it's supposed to be!