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MTH Mike the Headhunter Tiki Socialite Wastelands of western NC Joined: May 24, 2004 Posts: 190	MTH Mike the Headhunter Posted posted on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 6:42 PM Meanwhile back in the jungle/getting lost on the way to the benefit... I was lost on h streets galore trying to find the palace of wonders, i mapquested the address and ended up at the wrong end of the street. So i used a cheap map and ended up in the south of dc on the southern H street which is divided into 3 part in a questionable feeling area of dc at 8:30 pm. Tried calling the palace and got bits and pieces of the directions and decided to take a break from driving and I realized i was right next to the pour house so stopped in and went to check out the basement german bar thing. Total frat house feeling, but highly amusing watching people rocking out on the rock band game. The bartender was nice and offered me my own selection of sports tv. I found that the US v. Poland friendly was on so i ordered a Guinness and a Jack Daniels and sat back to watch the game. Eventually the US romped Poland and i ask the bartender if she knew where it was and she got directions from one of her friends and wrote them down for me. I thanked her and was off again and eventually found the palace and all was right with the world. Friday the last day... I decided to go and search for rum and other rarities. Note I was lodging in a "club" , so i knew if i got caught with the booze i would be spending the night in a hotel, but it was the last night and i hadn't really searched. Alas at this point the car was gone and i was left with 5 bucks in quarters and a backpack. So off i go to the bus and Wisconsin circle and the short adventure i called my Rum walk to Georgetown. I hit the street and hoped to make it to the national cathedral before it's gift shop closed as i needed post cards. I hit every liquor store up to the cathedral and eventually had 3 rums and a bottle of Peychaud's bitters, I strolled into the cathedral, but the gift shop was closed. I looked around and decided to come down really early the next day to get the postcards. I continued down the road looking at all the pretty people, and cool architecture on Wisconsin ave. Hit about 4 more stores got 2 bottles of Rhum saint james, one bottle of fee brothers falernum. At this point i was over half way and eventually got to one store and got a free drink of Pink vodka from a pretty woman who was promoting the vodka. Got questioned by some underaged college girls who asked me to buy them a bottle, i almost did it, but thought better of the idea as i was carrying 5 bottles of booze and would hate to get busted for aiding a minor get liquored up and loose my gear. Continuing down the hill i eventually found the river, which was very picturesque at night and a bottle of John D. Taylor Falernum and decided was a good stopping point and caught a bus and went back to the club. The spine crushing conclusion later, back to work... I have never met a drink I didn't like, unless it was that time I met beer... [ Edited by: mike the headhunter 2008-04-15 21:17 ]

Meanwhile back in the jungle/getting lost on the way to the benefit...
I was lost on h streets galore trying to find the palace of wonders, i mapquested the address and ended up at the wrong end of the street. So i used a cheap map and ended up in the south of dc on the southern H street which is divided into 3 part in a questionable feeling area of dc at 8:30 pm. Tried calling the palace and got bits and pieces of the directions and decided to take a break from driving and I realized i was right next to the pour house so stopped in and went to check out the basement german bar thing. Total frat house feeling, but highly amusing watching people rocking out on the rock band game. The bartender was nice and offered me my own selection of sports tv. I found that the US v. Poland friendly was on so i ordered a Guinness and a Jack Daniels and sat back to watch the game. Eventually the US romped Poland and i ask the bartender if she knew where it was and she got directions from one of her friends and wrote them down for me. I thanked her and was off again and eventually found the palace and all was right with the world.

Friday the last day... I decided to go and search for rum and other rarities. Note I was lodging in a "club" , so i knew if i got caught with the booze i would be spending the night in a hotel, but it was the last night and i hadn't really searched. Alas at this point the car was gone and i was left with 5 bucks in quarters and a backpack. So off i go to the bus and Wisconsin circle and the short adventure i called my Rum walk to Georgetown. I hit the street and hoped to make it to the national cathedral before it's gift shop closed as i needed post cards. I hit every liquor store up to the cathedral and eventually had 3 rums and a bottle of Peychaud's bitters, I strolled into the cathedral, but the gift shop was closed. I looked around and decided to come down really early the next day to get the postcards. I continued down the road looking at all the pretty people, and cool architecture on Wisconsin ave. Hit about 4 more stores got 2 bottles of Rhum saint james, one bottle of fee brothers falernum. At this point i was over half way and eventually got to one store and got a free drink of Pink vodka from a pretty woman who was promoting the vodka. Got questioned by some underaged college girls who asked me to buy them a bottle, i almost did it, but thought better of the idea as i was carrying 5 bottles of booze and would hate to get busted for aiding a minor get liquored up and loose my gear. Continuing down the hill i eventually found the river, which was very picturesque at night and a bottle of John D. Taylor Falernum and decided was a good stopping point and caught a bus and went back to the club. The spine crushing conclusion later, back to work...

I have never met a drink I didn't like, unless it was that time I met beer...

[ Edited by: mike the headhunter 2008-04-15 21:17 ]

Post #373924 by Mike the Headhunter on Tue, Apr 15, 2008 6:42 PM