The Bar

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:41 am

LeChatNoir wrote:Oh, yes!!!

Brie... Man, we stopped at the Denver Farmers Market on the way to the playa last year (I highly recommend this to anyone going through there on Saturday morning) and I bought some brie and fresh, home made mango chutney. Oh, my... that was just something awesome in the mornings out there.

Chutney is actually pretty easy to make. My mother does it regularly to get rid of excess fruit. Pumpkin, apple, tomato--you name it.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:44 am

Thanks for the coffee, sput.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:55 am

Screw the coffee. It's noon. Time for a couple of pints of ghettoblaster ale over at the Cass Cafe. Have fun.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:15 am

Noon? On the east coast. You're in Detroit and I'm in San Francisco.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:05 am

Yeah, I know. I keep my clock on my cell phone set on SF time for some reason. So why aren't you drinking at 9:00am?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:17 am

I'm afraid my boss will lean in close and smell my breath.

Hum. If I eat some raw garlic I should be okay. . .

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:49 am

Garlic and extra onions... Followed by Altoids. Tho it kinda ruins the aftertaste!

Then again, 4 out of 5 experienced drunks drink 100 proof Stoli - more kick, less smell.

And remember - if it's after 8 in SF, it's after 5 PM in Paris...

BBS

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:59 am

*warning - surly mood*

sputnik wrote:
stuart wrote:radical self reliance baby
This is a bar. Anyone who comes in and asks for a drink, even if they don't ask "pretty please" gets a drink, at least when I'm in the bar.

that's nice of you, Sput, but i for one appreciate that my friend Stuart called her on this. it's a bit of a modus operandi for her. lots of asking, not a lot of contributing. If yer gonna watch my bar, i'd appreciate if the sweet acceptance you wanna extend to everyone includes my friends, ma cheri. even the ornery and surly types. they're actually my favorites.

hi, sue...Hi, crypto.

Hey, Fishy - this place is different these days, isn't it?

i'll just fix myself up a maker's and ginger and settle in the back office here to take care of some paperwork...and i'm taking the hookah with me...

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:04 am

Where's the hookah? WHERE'S THE FUCKIN' HOOKAH?

T-I-I-I-I-I-S-H!

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:05 am

...i knew if i took the hookah sensei would follow...

* a cloud of smoke escapes from beneath the curtain covering the door of the office... *

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:08 am

So... Feelin' surly, are ya'? I tried that last Monday at the LL and got slapped!

Man, I'm killin' myself over here.

How are you baby? Settled in nicely, I hope?

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:11 am

hardy-har... here - i think you need to suck on this...

there are still lots of boxes lying around, but emotionally settled in just fine. we all get along soo well, and my roomie and i are all in love with each other, and the kids love it...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:12 am

Fishy is fine. Yeah things are different. I miss some of the jumpers. But what can you do?

*whirls blender and throws in ice mango chutney and vodka*

A new drink I'm working on called Celong Island Iced Chai.

*sets out a line of cups for sampling*

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:13 am

'jumpers'...i like that.

ooooohhhhh!!!! drink samples!!! sounds fabulous!!! Here - use the good vodka...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:16 am

Good vodka, hm.

*fishy works on second batch with good vodka and marsala spices thrown in*

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:16 am

That's what I wanted to hear. The season is picking up and things are starting to boil up here. You're constantly in our thoughts.

I'm headed out for BBQ (breakfast of champions) in a few, but I'll be around. Miss you lots, sweets.

Kisses to all.

(psst Fishist! We're expecting you up here next!)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:17 am

Lure me with BBBQ. or even BBQ. best fish flakes a girl can get.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:18 am

tisha2 wrote: i'd appreciate if the sweet acceptance you wanna extend to everyone includes my friends, ma cheri. even the ornery and surly types. they're actually my favorites.

I completely agree. I accept Stuart and Joel and Kinetic and DVD and you and Fishy and everyone in exactly the same way. I agree that all uBeR does is take and not really give back. For me, that doesn't matter. This is going to sound all hippy, which I am not, but I have yet to meet someone that I absolutely cannot stand, that I cannot find some reason to be good to.

Some people find this trait absolutely annoying.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:21 am

Let me add, that if you have a list of people you don't want served in the bar, then it should be posted.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:22 am

And I just have to say, Sput, you rock.

Hippie!

I'm BBQ bound!

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:32 am

morning Tish. Seems like surly is the attitude du jour.

miss you, kiddo!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:41 am

sputnik wrote:Let me add, that if you have a list of people you don't want served in the bar, then it should be posted.

Secretly. With pics.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:41 am

GuinivereElise wrote:miss you, kiddo!

Miss you, GE.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:46 am

awww, fishie! miss you too!

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:50 am

Maybe a floater of Coconut Milk?? And some curry?

Pix more than names, but yeah, behind the bar. Or, hell, maybe print up wanted posters and put them on the barback.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:55 am

Sensei: I am humbled by your generosity.

Fishy: any more of those drinks left?

GE, BBS: Nice to see you today.

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:00 pm

surly, too, GE?

i hear ya Sput. and for the record, i love you.

There is not a bar blacklist. once in a while someone acts like an asshat and someone is always kind enough to suggest altered behavior, then they are mocked and shamed into leaving on their own.

bye, sensei!!

mmmmm..... i really love the chutney-vodka thingy!! thanks, fishy! what's next...?

ps - at work, we are hosting a big fat conference here in June and they decided that the event needs an official drink and they chose me to "through hours of painstaking research and trial and error at the bar, develop a festival drink". wonder why they picked me...?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:02 pm

LOL, tish.

Sure sputnik--I've got 4 iterations and they're lined up across the bar like a serpent.

What's next? I'm still mastering this.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:05 pm

if i were in the Addams family, i wonder which character i would be?

not sure i want to be uncle fester.
not sure i would want to be lurch.
definately not gomez, not manic enough.

may i have a beer? and a non-tobacco smoke?

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:07 pm

i would think Lurch, actually...he's the orneriest.

here's the hookah. got some humboldt salad in it with a pinch of damiana and lavender....yum!