Great start to Year 43
First, thanks to all of you who made it out to my birthday shenanigans last night. Everything worked out great.
Val and I started the day getting some prezzies at Lush, then went to Korea Garden Grille on Bellaire. If you ever want to try Korean food, and want to try all of the different options - go there! It's not very cheap ($15 per person for lunch), but they had lemon-pepper salmon, shrimp, marinated ribeye steak (bulgogi), and dozens of different side dishes. To date, everything Korean that I've tried, I have liked.
After some other running around, we went to Poison Girl on Westheimer. Parking can be a problem down there (it's near Dunlavy; not a lot of parking), and the bar isn't easy to find. But it was worth it. They had great cheap drinks, the folks behind the bar were very cool, and it had a great vibe - laid back, they had pinball machines, and (at the time we were there) it wasn't packed with people. So we built up a good buzz.
Next was Anita's Bar & Grill - exactly what it sounds like, drinks and food. But with drag queens, which was fabulous. Some friends tried to warn me that the food was bad there, that they'd read a lot of bad reviews of the place. Hear this: wrong. The food maybe wasn't super-duper, but it was just fine. In fact, those were some of the best buffalo wings I've had - a great blend of flavor and heat. The burgers were huge and tasty, the fries were fine - there is nothing wrong with the food there. And the drag show was fun, and had about 20 people there, all of us going crazy. Every seemed to have a really good time; I sure did.
A few of us made it to Katz's after midnight; my friend jhaenchen had to work late, so we stayed out so he could meet up with us. Sadly, there wasn't room for a lot of food at that point, so I couldn't really take advantage of being at Katz's. But it was quieter than Anita's, and we were able to talk and chill for a bit.
So yesterday kicked 7 kinds of @$$, we're feeling worn out today, but that's good. We left it all on the field yesterday, and that's the way you should celebrate anything.
Val and I started the day getting some prezzies at Lush, then went to Korea Garden Grille on Bellaire. If you ever want to try Korean food, and want to try all of the different options - go there! It's not very cheap ($15 per person for lunch), but they had lemon-pepper salmon, shrimp, marinated ribeye steak (bulgogi), and dozens of different side dishes. To date, everything Korean that I've tried, I have liked.
After some other running around, we went to Poison Girl on Westheimer. Parking can be a problem down there (it's near Dunlavy; not a lot of parking), and the bar isn't easy to find. But it was worth it. They had great cheap drinks, the folks behind the bar were very cool, and it had a great vibe - laid back, they had pinball machines, and (at the time we were there) it wasn't packed with people. So we built up a good buzz.
Next was Anita's Bar & Grill - exactly what it sounds like, drinks and food. But with drag queens, which was fabulous. Some friends tried to warn me that the food was bad there, that they'd read a lot of bad reviews of the place. Hear this: wrong. The food maybe wasn't super-duper, but it was just fine. In fact, those were some of the best buffalo wings I've had - a great blend of flavor and heat. The burgers were huge and tasty, the fries were fine - there is nothing wrong with the food there. And the drag show was fun, and had about 20 people there, all of us going crazy. Every seemed to have a really good time; I sure did.
A few of us made it to Katz's after midnight; my friend jhaenchen had to work late, so we stayed out so he could meet up with us. Sadly, there wasn't room for a lot of food at that point, so I couldn't really take advantage of being at Katz's. But it was quieter than Anita's, and we were able to talk and chill for a bit.
So yesterday kicked 7 kinds of @$$, we're feeling worn out today, but that's good. We left it all on the field yesterday, and that's the way you should celebrate anything.