Only One Drink Away

Blues - who's got 'em? We all have the blues sometimes. Hell, BB King had the blues every day and I'd say it served him well.

Well, this was no BB Kings, but it was Ed's. Ed's Tavern that is. What is it about having a few drinks after work? I mean, you still spend most of the time talking about work, the occasional lipstick lesbian (or bitter ones), and yet you feel better about it all afterwards. Somehow, a little gin, or in the case of my fellow commiseraters some Guinness, well regardless of your poison, it smooths things out a bit.

Another bar with dark wood - not quite as dark as Sine, but Sproule picked it out and since he's Irish he has credibility with pubs. Our little server was fairly attentive, I suppose the gauges in his ears meant he could hear us better. But it all really started when we heard the CONTEST about the ladies of the 80's. And who better then a couple of guys ...older...than me to be ALL over this one. Play a song for a few minutes (T-dog "this one has to be Kim Carnes. No wait, this one is Kim Carnes!") and write down the name and artist.

Family guy side note - picture Peter as Kim Carnes.

So we listened as attentively as is possible for a threesome who is a few into the evening, and I thought we had done pretty well, what with my recognizing Madonna and Like a Prayer (because clearly no one else knows that song). Turns out there was a group more savvy than us since at the end we didn't win the 10 free beers in a bucket.

The point - there were martini's at Ed's and despite the fact they are around a 3 on the grand scale (hell they don't even have Bombay Sapphire!) and they (once again note the plural) were served in those ridiculous non stemmed glasses, the company was pleasurable and the songs were a bonus.

Remember, you're only one drink away.