[octobersky]

Yeah my best friend had to stick her finger down my throat to help me throw up because they were afraid I had alcohol poisoning. Now that's friendship!

[girltrouble]

I lurched to my boyfriend's loo the following morning at 5am. When I tiptoed back to bed, he remarked that I was a 5 foot 3 slip of a thing yet I puked like a 6 foot 4 lumberjack.

oh, make no mistake syb, that is pure talent!!!

[hellotampon]

My 21st was lame. My birthday was on a Monday night, I had a class in the morning, and the bar I went to was dead.

[sybarite]

Just to clarify, the above mentioned bar-of-5-shots was our first stop of a progessively messy bar crawl, which ended with me flashing my ID at the nightclub bouncers who'd been waving me in all summer, and hiccuping 'aren't you going to wish me happy birthday?' They weren't impressed.

I lurched to my boyfriend's loo the following morning at 5am. When I tiptoed back to bed, he remarked that I was a 5 foot 3 slip of a thing yet I puked like a 6 foot 4 lumberjack. Classy all around.

[girltrouble]

uh......zoya, you and i have too many cities in common. i grew up in boulder. sounds like go you got further on that obstacle course than i did.

[zoya]

on my 21st, I was at uni in Boulder. There is a tradition there that when you turn 21, you do the 'mall crawl' meaning you start at one end of the pedestrian mall in town and work your way to the other end, having a shot at each bar. Some of the bars even have a special shot that they give 21st birthday celebrants. Needless to say, I was shitfaced on all manner of alcohol by the time I hit the end of the mall crawl. The last thing I remember from that evening was being at a pool hall and deciding that the pool sticks were bullshit, and throwing the balls at the holes. uh huh.

[mouse]

my 21st was really tame--the only bar open in the area was a sports bar. i don't even remember what i drank, but it was only one before my roommate and i decided that it was too lame to handle. on the way home, however, we found two huge boxes full of discarded tae kwon do trophies, banners and medals and carried them all the way home yelling "WE WON!!!". not drunk in the least, but one of my favorite memories.

[octobersky]

On my 21st birthday my BFF announced to the bar at large that I was now legal. Four strangers and the bartender bought me a shot of jaeger each, so I drank 5 shots of the stuff in an hour *winces*

Oh dear my 21st was one loooonnnnggg drunkety drunk fest. Since my b-day is in May it always coincides with college graduation. A friend of mine had a grad party with my 21st tacked on to it. 8 or 9 kegs three bands, dancing on the roof, switching clothes on said roof with gayboypal and ridiculous amounts of hard alcohol. Apparently I tried to set my friend's Barry Manilow poster on fire and yelling "burn Barry burn." When we finally made it to the bars I had to be carried out and home. I was a bit obnoxious that night..... I swear it took me two full days to recover

Tiki Ti sounds interesting.....

[auralpoison]

Oh, we laid a HUGE foundation of food first. PDC all the way! We started there with dirty Martinis.

They're usually closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & they have the earliest last call in town at like, 12:30. It's cash only, have your ID ready, & this is not a place to take the gang unless you plan on going in Noah's ark style, two by two.

The RedBull Jaeger shots are still popular at here. At home, my fave bartender called it "Badgirl Juice".

[thirtiesgirl]

Tiki Ti is a cool joint. Haven't been there in ages. ...Whew, Jaeger. I've done a shot or two of the stuff and it tastes like cough syrup. Eurrggghh! Midori sours on the other hand... yum.

[mouse]

i officially need to go there now.

[zoya]

...I've been to Tiki Ti also... I had to take a break halfway through my drink (a blood & sand) and go down the street to mc donalds to put something in my stomach, it hit me so hard.

that place is so random, I think they just open whenever they feel like it, but it is amazing when it is open!!

[Christine Nectar...]

this weekend ended up being mostly a beer weekend. after all my pondering of what to pick up for my b-day celebrations, i ended up not picking up anything, and letting the boy look after it (which was a better idea anyway!) Sat night tho we had this really good red wine whilst hainging out with some people, and i have no idea what it was. i am now on a mission to figure it out....
as a side note, i KNOW vodka is not my bustie, and am glad i stopped before imbibing that when it came out (after the wine was gone, and i had a belly full of beer!) but i must say, i am very pleased with myself, as i managed to keep a good drunk buzz without getting wasted or blacking out (i hate it, and it happens easily to me) getting sick (like last years b-day disaster) and remembered to drink enough water not to suffer a ginormous hangover (just had a little headache).
it always feels like such an acomplishment to enjoy a good drunk, without spoiling it!

[sybarite]

On my 21st birthday my BFF announced to the bar at large that I was now legal. Four strangers and the bartender bought me a shot of jaeger each, so I drank 5 shots of the stuff in an hour *winces*

I like dirty martinis and also mojitos. I always think they can't do much damage because they sound so healthy...

For the sparkling wines I have to say I prefer cava--I find prosecco too sweet, which seems to be a recurring theme in my drink choices!

[mouse]

ooh, ap i've heard many similar stories about tiki ti. for some reason i still have never been there.

i'm not sure where my drunkest occurred, but i know it probably involved jaeger. *shudders*

[auralpoison]

The biggest drunk of my life was in LA, Mouse. I went to the Tiki Ti (One of the few places you can still smoke in LA, tiki drinks ONLY!) & had a few Ray's Mistakes. A buddy of mine lived up on Mulholland, we went to the spot where Spielberg supposedly got the inspiration (I've heard two diff stories, so whatevs) for the mothership in Close Encounters by looking at the LA lights upside down. When we got to his house, we went skinnydipping. The next morning I couldn't find my pants & scared the fuck out of his gardner when I finally found them.

I do like the whisky & the beer, too. Only one place in town has Guinness on tap here & it doesn't get served enough to be worth drinking. Whisky is also pointless here, the best I can get is Crown. *sigh*

And I LOVELOVELOVE prosecco. The kind I usually buy at the Argonaut is like, five bucks more expensive here. I do likes my sparklers.

I just marinated a pot roast in that Yellowtail shiraz & it was tasty. Enough so that the ribeyes I'm making tonight got a good healthy splash as well.

[mouse]

ooh i love a lemon drop too. i'm not much for girly drinks but lemon drops, mojitos, and margaritas are always good.

i'm mostly a whisky-soda-and-lime girl, occasionally replacing the whiskey with vodka. oh, and BEER too.

i like wine occasionally but if i end up getting drunk off of wine i'm basically out of commission for the next two days. yuck. i like a nice prosecco. or even a not-so-nice one. andre, anyone?

[hellotampon]

Does anyone else love dirty martinis?

I like wine too... I don't care if it's tacky, but I love Yellowtail Shiraz. It's cheap and tasty.

[auralpoison]

You've got the decor right, but not the venue. It's in the Oxford hotel, also home to McCormick's which has the best $5 happy hour menu & when it's snowing you can get $1 Irish coffees. Once when we were having happy hour & were ready to go home we went into the hotel to have them get us a cab. The bellman wasn't busy, so he drove us home in the Hotel's Towncar. It was fun pretending to be rich socialites.

Mojitos are still popular in Denver, they're just bastardized now. Pomegranate has managed to seep into everything!

[girltrouble]

is the cruise room that stellar art deco place at union station (is that what it's called?) the train station downtown? i only went there once, but was in love. it's really narrow, red lights white decor?
washington/sour apples are wuuuuuunderful... god, i'm salavating!

isn't there some drink called sweet tart?

i forgot about the mojito, which was the drink years ago. me likey.
nothing like home made mint juleps-- the offical drink of the kentucky derby.

have you guys had any of these drinks?

and yeah good vodka makes all the difference. i <3 grey goose.