Soulard Mardi Gras 2013

Sometimes, once or twice a decade, I'm willing to swim into a crowd.

We got to see a little bit of everything: drinking, crying, texting, drinking, dancing, shouting, drinking...

I'm good for a few more years, now, but the people watching was fantastic.

I have an album over on G+ with more photos.

Happy Thanksgiving Afterparty

Sometimes you just want to watch football and eat nachos.

Thanksgiving night at Gooski's on Polish Hill

After the adventure of cooking for the family, JulieDill and I wandered down the Parkway, picked up or friend Julie Platt, and wound our way up to Polish Hill. The Polish Hill Civic Association claims PH is "Pittsburgh's most vertical neighborhood." I believe them. Also, I'm really glad I learned to drive stick in PA and not out in the prairie...

Anyway, I liked Gooski's. It was dark, crowded, full of beer, and the people watching was good. Mostly we hung out in the corridor under this light...


and drank on this pitcher of Yuengling. Yes, JD was taunting the folk back home again.


More bar views:

Greensburg After Dark: Lounging

I really expected to see more bar-goers out on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Longbada was really dead when we got there.



Julie taunted folk back in STL by sending pictures of her Yuengling. This was an ongoing theme.



Eventually we got tired of staring at the well-lit bottles of booze and decided to go back to Murrysville.

Thursday Night at the Atomic Cowboy

Did you know they have swing dancing every Thursday? I didn't. I mean, I still would have agreed to meet for drinks - I just didn't know.

The BBQ - After the Sun Went Down

I got bug bites. I don't think my decoy people were working for me. Or the citronella candles, for that matter.

Tartan Days in St. Charles

Wind


Beer


Games

Saturday Night @ The Royale

Date night, Saturday night at Michael's

After the Royale, we stopped at Michael's for calamari & wings.

Pale ale goes well with wings.




No, I'm not good at taking pictures of fried food. Not much practice. That's probably okay.

Epic Mayhem at Schlafly Tap Room

Another blast of a show from Epic Mayhem. Mixed with with a ploughman's plate for dinner and my best bunch of friends, I was set for an awesome Friday night.

Movie Night in the Loop

Okay, time to take a break from vacation pics and get caught up with what we've been doing since we got home...

Have you seen Chris & Don: A Love Story? Have you heard of it? I don't know how widely it's been released. I stumbled across its listing at the Tivoli website, and Julie & I decided we had to go. I have a documentary weakness. Anyway, we enjoyed it.



I don't know who left it there, but there's something right about leaving a Confederacy of Dunces next to the Gone with the Wind dolls. (For the record: no I never did finish reading GWTW, and I refuse to waste my time with the movie.)


Julie assures me popcorn & beer are a great combination.

Friday @ CBGB

Thursday Night: Observable @ The Bottleworks

OBSERVABLE READINGS

I can't really talk about the poerty, but I always like going to The Bottleworks.


Julie's pumpkin ale. I picked it up accidentally, once. It was delicious.


I don't know why I always come back from readings with pictures of feet & hands. I guess it's the way I fidget. Here's my foot.

Love is Observable @ The Royale

Our lovely hostess workin the sign-up sheet. I'm on there. I read a work from the school of The Dead Milkmen.


Wildfire!


Byron! Who knew?


Duets encouraged. Threesomes can not be stopped.

Conversation @ Rockin' Robins, Observable Readings

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