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To Forbes Island, You’re Welcome…

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This past week my dear friend Mary celebrated her birthday and to congratulate her on actually making it to 27 we headed out on the town Friday night. Although Mary didn’t overtly say she wanted a pirate themed birthday party, it ultimately ended that way.

So we headed to Forbes Island for dinner and Smuggler’s Cove for cocktails. If you don’t know much about these venues, I highly recommend you take a look at their websites.

I have been to Forbes Island one time prior and it was amazing (See Hidden Treasure), however our last trip was a weeknight and we clearly had not made the most of our trek out there. This time eight of us headed to Forbes for an underwater dinner and went all out.

Not only did we order an extravagant amount of food, as well as copious amounts of wine and cocktails, but we made a scene for the duration of our meal with inappropriate banter and story telling. After closing out our $800 tab, we decided to belly up to the bar to enjoy the company of our boat captain and bartender, Pierre. Incredibly warm and friendly, the staff encouraged us to head upstairs to enjoy our Bailey’s & Coffee on the upper deck in the “Sea Lion Room.”

The Sea Lion Room is all windows, facing the beautiful city landscape, and best of all, containing an iPod player. So what did we do? Plugged in my phone and began a dance off. After about two hours, several stray hat fashion shows and shots of Jameson and Yager, we closed down the island and headed back to the shore for some rum punch in the face at Sumggler’s Cove. The night ended with an aggressive feast and “Sweet Caroline” sing-a-long at Mel’s. Yes Mel’s.

All in all, Mary’s birthday celebration was a success. The next day I was in bed until around 2pm when I awoke to this email from Christie:

We weren’t terribly concerned about having made such a scene at Forbes, but I never expected such a warm welcome back.

Happy Birthday Mary!

Adrian Pretends to Be a Bartender for a Night

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So my friend Adrian is currently training to be a bartender. With my high hopes to open my own bar, I completely support this idea. In fact, for a brief moment I considered joining him for classes at the San Francisco Bartending School, until I realized how bad it would be for my liver and wallet to become a bartender aka professionally trained drunk.

I’m unclear if bartending classes are like real school where you earn credits for doing an internship but Adrian is earning his way by getting us drunk at our favorite watering hole: KT’s. I happened to have Thursday, Friday and Monday off of work…so this made for the perfect opportunity for me to enjoy this momentous occasion with no concern of a workplace hangover.

– On a side now Furlough (or mandatory PTO) is amazing. I know a lot of people aren’t a fan of being asked to take time off, but I love it. When these days come I try to make the most of it by peer pressuring my friends to call in sick. It’s genius really. –

So…since I had last Thursday off of work Mary and I spent the day running errands, visiting my very ill roommate and, of course, brainstorming complicated cocktails to test Adrian’s skill set for that night. We downloaded an amazing iPhone application with over 8500 cocktail recipes…we bookmarked our favorites and memorized their names (i.e. Absolute Heaven, Matt’s Tropical Punch and Colorado Rattlesnake) to order with ease.

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Joined by Danny and Milo, we headed out to that evening to the delicious new restaurant on Fillmore, Kasa. I was intimidated by the concept of combining burritos with indian food fillings like tika masala and curry, but it was delicious and, not to mention, the perfect base for the night ahead.

Upon our arrival to KT’s, Mary and I immediately ordered two “Matt’s Tropical Punch” cocktails and, I believe, Danny and Milo ordered some ridiculous whiskey drink…needless to say Adrian required instruction on how to make them both. I have to give it to him though…they were mmmm, mmmm good!

After several of these drinks, however, we began to call them “Adrian’s Punch in the Face.” Notice how in the first photo these cocktails were made in highball glasses and in this next photo in pint glasses. F.U. Adrian. (The only upside: Mary and I managed to pay a total of $10 the entire night…not sure how, but why ask questions. I’m on a budget afterall.)

As the night went things did get a little hazy, but I do recall several of my most favorite people came out to support Adrian: Christie, Jen, Andy, Greg, Mark, Blaire and more! I love it when people come out on a Thursday night…it’s so unexpected and always ends on a high note.

FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE NIGHT: Milo attempts to punch Blaire. I’m telling you Blaire…Something about those adorable cheeks makes me (and apparently others) want to get violent!

And of course, it wouldn’t be a night out on the town if we didn’t stop at Mel’s, the restaurant my friends and I keep in business.

All in all, I don’t remember signing any sort of receipt aka proof that Adrian really did complete his internship that night, but I definitely give him an A+!