LoT Pub Crawl-A-Rama

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I love this mission.

This is a good mission.

In fact, this may be my new mission in life.

Love you, E.

[Claire]

Originally Posted by UvaGirl

I went to my "local" last night: http://www.menus.co.nz/backbencher/index.html?RID=33It's 1 minute from my work, and is frequented by various politicians (hence the name). I had 3 (or was it 4?) glasses of NZ sauvignon blanc - a good night

That place looks really cool!!

The wine shop I went to last Friday night for a flight of Australian reds is having a New Zealand night tomorrow night. Should I go? Are NZ wines tasty?? Thanks!

[UvaGirl]

Ooh yes, go! We're mainly famous for our whites (particularly Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay &, more recently, Pinot Gris), but we have some pretty good Pinot Noirs too. Look for Pinot Noir from the Otago region, and whites from Marlborough & Martinborough (a cool little wine area about an hour from where I live). If you go, let me know what you think....

[Claire]

Here's what we'll be tasting.....(now I get emails from wineries and wine shops):

Omaka Springs 2003 Pinot Gris, Omaka Valley

Spy Valley 2004 Sauvgnon Blanc, Marlborough
Greenstone Pointe 2003 Pinot Noir, New Zealand
Te Mata 2002 Cab/Merlot Woodthorpe, Hawke's Bay
Sileni 2002 Merlot/Cab Franc, Hawke's Bay

Also New Zealand!!
Okahu 2000 Ninety Mile (Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot), North Island
Babich 2002 Winemaker's reserve Pinot Noir, Marlborough
And now I only have an hour......so I'll be sucking them down. Bah. Wish it was on another night.

[mistyisjafo]

This is easy since I drink every weekend! LOL!! I've got lots of sordid stories from just recently but I'll start anew this weekend. Great idea Blue

[Morrigoon]

Um okay... there's a place in Danville, CA (nocal) called Marcello's. Not much in the way of the drinky drinky (though they do the typical rum and coke, irish coffee, etc), but if standing around a piano that has a big bar/table surface built onto it, singing with others in a quaint little joint on America's main street (Danville's main drag is ever so quaint), this place is great. The pianist, Patti, is loads of fun and really appreciates great singers. If you wanna sing solo, you stand behind the pianist (basically right next to the front door and sing through the archway.

[blueerica]

I hate to have to ruin the groove of this thread and start acting like The Man, but I want to clear up something I left a little vague: The only haps that will count toward our tab are the ones that happen after the original post was made.

Cheers!

and Happy Hedon Hunting!!!

[Prudence]

Are photos required? I'll be hitting up a few spots in Seattle's seedy underbelly in July when my buddy's sweetie is back from Iraq for a few weeks, but they're not necessarily photo-friendly establishments. (But oh my heck, the drinks at the Merc are so strong!)

[MerryPrankster]

After the Memorial Day weekend I need to take a bit of a break. My body doesn't rebound very well from the abuse anymore. But I will be catching up in no time. I'm contemplating a trip to Las Vegas next week when my husband is out of town. And the h and I are going to Seattle at the end of June. Prudence, you could make some serious numbers in that town, as I'm sure you know. I might have to plan a stayover in SF if I need to keep up with the pack.

[wendybeth]

After a post like that, Prudence, you must take pics, even if ya gotta sneak em! I love seedy Seattle bars- they are nearly always cool in some way or another. Seedy Spokane bars are not nearly as interesting.