Celebration! / Live! / Solo! Dec-4-11-2022...

[sid_9169]

11 minutes ago, atanac said:

You know how aging rock stars announce their final retirements tours and then...😉

Yes, it seems like we've been down this road before, but I really think it may be time... This and the Prima review coming up in February may be my last. 

[sid_9169]

10 minutes ago, Slainte57 said:

🎉🎉🎉Let the good times roll🎉🎉🎉

Thanks for joining in, Slainte57...

[BohJang]

I'm so looking forward to this review. We are gonna have a good time

[Shaded Lady]

Shaded Lady, here, reporting for duty sir!

[sid_9169]

My mom is packing up to move, and asked if I wanted these old relics from my grandad's days with Delta as a Captain back in the sixties, seventies, and early eighty's... These are some old original airplane liquor bottles made long before the plastic ones of today. Some of the contents have somehow evaporated over the decades, but they're still cool. If it hadn't been for him taking a job with Delta after World War II, I would have probably been born in Iowa...

 

 

[sid_9169]

3 minutes ago, BohJang said:

I'm so looking forward to this review. We are gonna have a good time

 

Just now, Shaded Lady said:

Shaded Lady, here, reporting for duty sir!

Looks like almost everyone is here for the party now!

[bontx33]

Hope you have a great trip!!!

[canes20]

12 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

 

Looks like almost everyone is here for the party now!

[sid_9169]

Lola (the owners dog) says she wants to come have Mexican food and margaritas.

 

 

 

[atanac]

42 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Lola (the owners dog) says she wants to come have Mexican food and margaritas.

 

 

 

Looks like Lola got into the coke.

Edited November 30, 2022 by atanac
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[Hogladyrider]

On a roll now!

[aztekpm]

Great start Sid. Remember to take time to be in the moment and enjoy your cruise and then give us the details. We'll be here waiting when you're ready😉

 

[30palms]

I’m in!  Looking forward to to all your adventures….and margaritas! 

[odie1024]

Have a super time and take time for yourself. Really enjoy your reviews and learning more about Carnival. Look forward to your new restaurant reviews in Miami, YUM!

 

[HeyJut]

Can’t wait Sid! And I’ll be on my own cruise this time-but different ship. Hope the internet works decent. Have a great time.

[sid_9169]

Sorry for the little hiatus there... Just enjoying some dinner and drinks with some of my very small circle of friends... The place we usually head to on Wednesday and most Fridays is Taqueria Del Sol on Cheshire Bridge Rd, and it's a little hidden secret that I almost don't even want to let out there. 

 

They have about six or seven locations around the metro area, but this is the only one featuring "Bill the bartender"... He's one of those old school guys, and he doesn't use a measuring device when he makes the margaritas. He just measures "with love", and maybe a little bit of magic... Their Skinny Margarita is simple: just Herradura silver, Cointreau, fresh lime juice, and just a splash of sour mix... BUT, you have to get the drink only from Bill, others you risk an unbalanced mix... Anyhoo, drinks were ordered, and chips and salsa arrived, along with some cheese dip. They have a rotating menu of three specials, and then the regular menu items. I always just get the "special taco" and "the chef's"... The other special is called "the seafood", but I almost always get the chef's.

 

Tonight the taco was called the sloppy Jose, and had seasoned ground beef, cheese, and bits of chicharrones... Basically a sloppy joe but on a tortilla. Also, a thing of magic...

 

 

[sid_9169]

Oh, I almost forgot to add the picture of the margarita... (There was more than one, but I only photographed this one... The owners boyfriend thinks it's weird when I take pictures of drinks and he was paying, so...) 

 

 

[sid_9169]

And, the chef's... Fried chicken cutlets on a bed of mashed potatoes with Southern gravy... No, it doesn't sound at all like tex-mex, but it works... The head chef there fancy's himself a "sauce master", and the gravy on top of those mashed potatoes is Heaven on a plate... If there was a puddle of this stuff on the ground, I would lick it up until it was gone...

 

 

[sid_9169]

So, now I'm back home again. Survivor is on, but I'm doing some other stuff right now too. I whipped out my big bottle of Don Julio Reposado from the freezer and poured a big shot... Two more days of work until my real vacation begins, but I guess that I've started already...

 

 

[Cscomedygrl]

Have a great trip, and enjoy! Take time for you this trip and enjoy just being in the moment. 

[Lady Hudson]

Enjoy your trip, Sid.  I will check in occasionally but leaving on an 8 day trip tomorrow out of Baltimore.  Visiting Charleston, Port Canaveral and two stops in the Bahamas.  Hope you have a great time — we plan to!  Katherine 

[Greenpea2]

6 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

Someone on "the other site" posted this... Challenge accepted!

 

 

I'm here and ready to roll with you., This bar crawl sounds funnnnnn, too!

[sid_9169]

Switched to Casamigos Reposado... This giant bottle almost won't even fit in my freezer, but I took out a shelf to make room...

 

 

[sid_9169]

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