Y5 D58

Had a GREAT day yesterday. Got up and met some friends out at an old abandoned air force base. When the base shut down, they opened up the hangars and buildings for long term leases for folks. St George Spirits, maker of Hangar One vodka amongst other beverages, grabbed one of the Hangars. We spent the first part of the day touring the facility and sampling their vodka, their whiskey, their gin, and their absinthe. It was us, another couple, and two of their friends. What fun! They give you little dog tags to take home, plus you can keep your tasting glass which has a dragon etched in the bottom (you know, like St George killed), and one of their neighbors used to be a special effects company and asked them to store a shark for them. Yep. A shark. It's the shark from Deep Blue Sea and when the company went out of business, they left the shark. So St George has this animatronic shark right on their distillery floor. It once at Samuel L Jackson. I want these people as a client. One friend departed after the distillery part of the day but the five of us kept going. We ended up downtown at a fun Italian place. My friends were really considerate of B in that she is not yet quite as adventurous as we are in food. They found a place that worked for everyone. I appreciate that. Heck, I appreciate them including us in their fun in the first place. Since it was Sunday and after brunch time, we had the whole place to ourselves. We got there around 2 and had a nice two hour lunch. We had a wonderful burratta, fondue, I had a croque madame, B had gnocchi in a gorgonzola sauce and it was a fun time for all. Hands down though, the last stop of the day was the most fun - we went to an old school Tiki Bar Lounge. Complete with drinks on fire and tiki god fountains inside. WHAT A BLAST. I got hammered, no denial. I brought home a tiki mug and one of my drinks called the combover came with an actual comb. Yep, it was one of those cheesy goofy kind of places.

We got home around 8:30 from being out since 11am. LONG day of hanging out, drinking, and having fun. We collapsed around 9:30 as we both were exhausted.

Today through Wednesday, I am back onsite at a client teaching. Bit of a drive, but I will deal. It's the traffic home I am not looking forward to. This will be the first time B has been on her own since being here. Let's see how she does.