Lung hash? Cavier? Beer?

Mostly xit.

Other than my words? Mostly beer.

Friday I drive down to Phoenix
where my second stop off the freeway is
El Pollo Supremo.
Mmmmm...half chicken with flour tortillas.
I still have them on speed dial.

First stop is of course Beervana,
for a case of my favorite Scotish style ale.

Not sure what route you take to get from LV to Phoenix, but if you take I-17, it might be worth a stop at Arcosanti, a bizzare but beautiful failed utopian experiment in the desert that has managed to hang on for several decades by selling the best specialty breads ever produced by the human species. Even the local cowboys who have been laughing at the place for years still go there for the bread.

I love bread, but not enough to go two hours out of my way for it.

Hey - don't forget about the ceramic bells they sell, as well. I love that place. I was really into ceramics when I was in school, and wanted to go live there and work on pottery all day.

Junk food

Looks like I'll be eating 1797.

Beer is eaten, absinthe is drunk.

Some absinthes are thicker than others.


I plan on being drunk later today.

The board index for this thread looked funnier yesterday.

Westmalle tripel

I couldn't afford the 1797 so I order Trul's "ABSINTHIUM 1792"

I’m sure it’s from an even older recipe than the one Oxy has.

More t-joneses too!

Just as well as I went for the Trul. The 1797 is now "TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK"

I must've got in right under the wire.

My trunk is full of beer.
My belly is full of El Pollo Supremo.
And in a few hours, I'll be basking
in the warm glow of the heaters
on the patio of Casey Moore's with my
long lost best friend and a pint
of bogjumperskirtspreader.

Today is a good day.

I'm eating Duplais Blanche. It's better than food, and also better than most blanches.

Boy am I fucking hungry though.

Drink absinthe.
Eat beer.

Casey Moore's in Tempe?
Ah good times, good times....
I lived off of 5th and Mill for about a decade before leaving the country. I always hit up Casey's happy hour, in between shifts drinking at 6 East Lounge.
Haven't been back to Tempe since 2000. (Gives a little sob)

Butt have you ever been kicked out of the place?

Gavin doing handstands on the bar...ah yes, good times.
And 6 East is a parking lot now, I'm sorry to say.
My ex used to work at House of Tricks on 7th,
and I remember watching it go down
with the prayers from the Mosque in the background.
Most of Mill Ave and the surrounding area has gone corporate.
Casey's is the last remaining bit of Tempe culture.
Even Long Wong's has gone the way of the dodo.
And Bandersnatch.
And Nita's Hideaway.
And Murphey's.
You left just in time.

Can't blame ya.

When 6 East was closed down (and Dave comitted suicide doe to his cancer) Myself and my frineds painted the "A" black.

I still make a dinner I first had at House of Tricks....

Been to the mosque... and remember the great restaurant next door and market that my - for a brief time- boyfriend, Jazz worked at that made killer hummus.

Long Wongs used to deliver to my house - can I mention their mushroom burger? Their curly fires?
Yes, Mill beacame corporate.

Nita's - I have sang there.

I remember when Mill Ave had nothing but Lotions and Potions, Roads to Moscow (a punk rock record import store), and the original Changing Hands Book Store.

And when they closed the streets Every weekend (not just for art faires and bloc parties). The last weekend the street was closed for a normal weekend was April 26th, 1992. I was there.

It's hard being home-sick for a place that no longer exists.

My address was 420 W. 5th Street.

HOMESICK.

Is the Sail Inn still there?

What about the Palo Verde?

Sail Inn's gone.
PV is still there (or was a few months ago).
And Yucca's still around.

Back on topic,
Chili maple glazed pork tenderloin with cornbread and asparagus.
Damn, I'm good.

And wine.

Is that eating or drinking?

Yes.

It sounds real good too.



Except for the wine and asparagus.

The wine is my appetizer.
Water with dinner.
Asparagus goes with nothing,
but it's the only green vegetable
I like and can prepare properly.

And thanks for the clarification on
the eating and drinking of wine.

I always thought wine with dinner was just that.

I had asparagus pizza once.


Now for drinking. . .

Was it cornbread from scratch or that Jiffy stuff?

It was a mix.
I make a corn souffle from scratch but I didn't have time last night.

After a particularly crazy evening yesterday I came home to a lovely dinner of Bison Tacos. Kitty can cook some damn good vittles.

St. Bernardus Abt 12, 60th Anniversary.