Happy Birthday to ME!

Thirty-six years ago today my mother delivered a baby, asked the nurse "what is it?", to which the nurse responded "A Baby." And everyone but my mom got steak for dinner that night. (total rip-off if you ask me, I LOVE steak!)

It's become tradition for Keith and I to go out for steak on our birthdays and for our anniversary. The only time we didn't go out for steak was an absolute disaster. (I still need a new hood for the stove, we should get that soon, shouldn't we?)

So tonight we're going out to Nikko's, the Japanese Steak House at the OP Marriott, with my most favorite-est people in town, my family by choice. (We were going to go last year, but we had babysitter issues and wound up canceling, so we're trying again this year.)

Speaking of the Marriott...

Keith and I went to the new club Manhattans last night, the one at 135th and State Line, behind Hardee's. It's a nice club, but their bartenders SUCK. They're aiming for the over-30 crowd, who tend to be a bit pickier about their drinks, and they have bartenders that should be at a college hang-out. No imagination what-so-ever if you tell them to make you something interesting with a specific alcohol. And my lemon-drop martini was the oddest tasting one I'd ever had. They don't have any fresh ingredients and use a mix for almost everything.

Pitchers in the Marriott, on the other hand, uses fresh ingredients for EVERYTHING, including making their own simple syrups. The only mix they use is for Bloody Mary's. Everything else is made the way it was invented. One of the managers (a friend of mine) said that Pitchers will soon be getting a make-over (like the rest of the hotel) and will be much more up-scale in looks. And they're going to stop having "bartenders" and have "mixologists" instead.

I'm sure that it helps having a restaurant to get everything fresh, but if you're going to cater to the over-30 crowd, make sure you've at least got the right kind of bartenders. For Keith and I, we tend to view cocktails as cuisine, not just another drink. Know how to make them right, dammit!

April KC Blogger Meetup! (with b-day goodness!)

Thursday April 24th 2008 5pm
at

LEVEE BAR & GRILL OFFICE
816-561-2821
16 W. 43rd St.
Kansas City, MO 64111

HAPPY HOUR
Tuesday through Friday 2-7
$2 Beer, Well Drinks & Wine

NIGHTLY SPECIALS
Thursday - $2 Red Stripe

We have the deck reserved at 5 for 20-30 people.

Both Keith and I will be attending, and he's working on getting a cake shaped like my birthday present. It should be fun!

stupid stupid stupid

I'd bang my head on the wall expressing my frustration with my own stupidity, but my head already hurts, thankyouverymuch.

Actually, right now, the head isn't hurting hardly at all, but it was hurting this morning. I'm pretty sure the reason is hormonal (it's THAT time, apparently), but the puking this morning, that was TOTALLY because I had one vodka drink and two Crown drinks last night!

STUPID! Never ever mix your alcohols! I knew this! gah.

We started off with some friends of mine down at the Angel Rock Bar, but after they 'lost' his VIP reservation we didn't get a table (even though we still got in for free, after NOT waiting in line, just TOO COOL!), so we wound up leaving there. They were all going way the fuck out to BFE Grain Valley, so we went and hooked up with everyone's favorite nurse for her birthday festivities.

Damn, that was fun! I paid for it today, but it was totally worth it!

Keith and I are out again tonight with a friend that visiting all the way from England, but I am SO not drinking. Well, I'm sure I'll have at least one shot, because it is, after all, the Memorial of Christ's Death and all that. Nisan 14th, the actual day Jesus died for our sins. The JW's one and only holiday they *sorta* celebrate. Now we just need some pizza to qualify as our unleavened bread, and we can have our own "memorial"!

Freedom!

After being cooped up in the house with two sick boys for almost two days, I was going nuts! Keith is finally well enough to sorta help with the kids (he can feed them and change any diapers that need changing), so I escaped over to a friend's house this afternoon just to enjoy the quiet!

I'm also going out tonight with my favorite librarian and my little bro. We're going down to the new KC Power & Light District to check it out.

If we get lost, send in the search parties! I'm not driving, so I plan on being VERY tipsy.

something we need.

At least those of us who are Chiefs Fans, anyway.

Chiefs Therapy.

Now go have a drink before the all the Christmas insanity starts.

Tired.

I'm missing someone very important in my life right now. I haven't seen her in almost six months. I used to see her every other week, you know. We had a fabulous relationship, too.

And now I know that when I do see her next, it just won't be the same as it was before, she's retired now.

So.

Anyone have a really good massage therapist that does deep tissue massage? Taking a muscle relaxer and drinking a beer just kicks my ass, and my shoulder still hurts the next day.

Funky Town!

TONIGHT, BITCHEZ!

9pm. I've even got a table reserved!

And seriously, you really think that after all that accuracy predicting the ice storm last week doesn't apply to the 6 inches forecasted tonight? Go check the weather channel, peeps.

Ugh.

I've spent most of my day trying not to move.

Apparently, 4 Beam&cokes, two cokes, 1 egg, 1 sausage patty, 1/2 slice of toast, and 3 ibuprofen don't go very well together.

But it sure was fun!