Thank god this year is coming to a close. May 2015 be better — with less losses, more love and smiles in place of tears.
Be safe tonight. Count your blessings. Drink some bourbon. Hug your friends. And make a resolution to move forward. A wise Facebook post once said, “You can’t move onto the next chapter if you keep rereading the last one.”
Cheers.
I have no words today. Except that sometimes life makes no sense and often doesn’t play fair.
Weirdest thing I got for Christmas: Beer-flavored jelly beans.
Best thing I got for Christmas: Fitbit/Texas bourbon
Worst thing I got for Christmas: 5 more pounds of body weight
My friends and I are doing a “Biggest Loser” challenge starting in January, so this is my last week to eat and drink whatever I want. I will win this challenge, I have no doubt. Beer and I are about to break up. And I will become better friends with gin, vodka, bourbon … and the gym.
We’re almost there … 2015 can’t come soon enough.
Figured out what I want for Christmas.
Brady ate the elf on the shelf.
I had the pleasure of judging a bacon contest last night at an annual Bacon Party and had to try just about 25 dishes … all with bacon as an ingredient. I sampled numerous dips, appetizers and even a bacon bloody mary. Needless to say, I will be abstaining from bacon for a bit, but it was a delicious experience before the nausea set in.
First place went to strips of chocolate-covered bacon; second place was a Hot Brown casserole; third place was the aforementioned bacon bloody mary; and fourth space, the “sweet” category, went to bacon chess bars made from a family recipe.
Bacon, it’s what for dinner.
My 25-year-old self had a heated argument with my 35-year-old self last night about whether to go out or stay in. My 38-year-old self sat back and laughed at the two.
We all stayed in (after happy hour and a brief stint at Check’s karaoke, of course).
Roux is located at 1325 Bardstown Road.
Tonight there’s an authentic New Orleans réveillon at Roux starting at 10 p.m. (Read more about it here.) What does that mean? Basically it’s a traditional dinner/party held usually the night before Christmas, but what does that mean to us? It means if you donate a toy or $10, you get two drink tickets, appetizers and free beignets! Hot damn!
Now … how can I be sure I make it to 10 o’clock? Red Bull?
