Things I learned over the past two weeks of traveling adventures:
- A goose is a damned hard bird to carve, and ultimately not all that rewarding. Turkey, much easier.
- My mother takes joy in encouraging my brothers to gamble.
- Gin tastes like ass all by itself. Tonic tastes like ass all by itself. Together, some weird alchemy happens. Don't know what it is.
- "Garni" is apparently a) a noun, and b) French for "a slice of cantaloupe".
- Don't try to sneak a camera into the House of Blues. However, a gigantic gear bag and a huge blunt metal object like a mic stand are both ok, as long as security is able to see into the pockets.
- You can only go all in twice in Texas Hold 'Em. You WILL lose the third time.
- A plate of sliced limes is free if you order some other random food from room service.
- Those little "press for heat" button things at Chicago's outdoor train stations are cool. Red Sox owners, take notice for those of us who go to games in April.
- Sister Hazel - not as bad as I was expecting.
- Sometimes that last blue chip is the hardest one to pry loose.
i think we will all forever quest for the blue chip. (let us not forget that it was mine to begin with!)
and i'm so surprised, no one wrote about the revolving doors...