Happy Holidaze From Telluride
El Dilector and I check out the bars in Telluride. Merry Christmas--your present is our presence. Yeah, I said it. |
A Thanksgiving Pub Crawl
I love holiday traditions. Those involving drinking are even better. |
ACL Minus the Music--Again.
So last year I didn't see any music except for three bands. This year I decided to not waste the money on a wrist band and see what happened. |
Celibracy: A Night to De-Tag
It's my last tango at the 555. And El D has important things to say. |
Adventures in Graduating
A belated graduation celebration in the ATX for me, me, me, me! |
Farewell to Colorado
A funky, weird, drunken evening on East Sixth as we wish Colorado well on his drive into the sunset. |
Boots and Brooke Tie the Knot
It's a wedding in Brenham, where GB and I are pretty sure we've been banned for life.
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El Dilector is Having a Birthday!
How did El D enter all of our lives? Mostly like a big crash landing. |
Zen in 2010
I strive for Zen in 2010, but first need to ensure a little madness occurs. Behold: New Year’s Eve.
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It's My Birthday: Round Two
I decide to have a celebration in both H-town and the ATX this year. Why? Why not? Read about the ATX version here. |
Thanksgiving 2009
We give thanks for drinks. And other stuff. But mostly drinks. Oh, yeah, and I really like shoes. |
Social Distortion
Something is distorted indeed. Is it my eyesight or something else? |
Miami: Take Two: Saturday Night!
The South Beach wildness continues during night two. |
It’s ACL, Baby, Just Doin’ It My Way
This article actually has nothing to do with music. I'm just sayin. |
Return to South Beach: Friday Night with The New Fab Five
Miami doesn't know what hit it when our fabulous asses swoop into town. And this is just Friday night!
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Independence Day Fun
It's another flashback. Bear with me, people! |
It’s a Flashback: One Sizzling June Night
This one happened back in June but I couldn't let it slide without some reporting. |
Splits Are Fun When You're Forty
After Party features one of my favorite things--drunken dancing in chairs while drinking wine. Yeeehaw!
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Happy Hour is Hot in the City
A brief glimpse into happy hour times in H-town. |
Infamous Infancy is Born
The magic of the After Party becomes a recording session--well, like no other. |
Return to the Lair
After four and a half years, the prodigal G&S girls revisit one of their old haunts Jimmy's Irish Lair. |
Exams are Done
Whee! After two weeks of actual buckling down, Shakira gets to party! |
Is it a Mugby? No one Knows.
Last call for alkeehal before Shakira buckles down for exams. |
El Dilector Turns the Big 3-4
Yay! Time yet again to party like a rock star. Booze, balls and death.
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A Blizzard of Fun
Two nights out in Breckenridge = mischief and mayhem. |
Holidaze, Part III
Hmmm. This is becoming a disturbing trend: a night out with El D. |
A Night--Morning?--Out in A-town
More wine and good times with El Dilector.
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Let the Good Times Stick to the Mirror
I visit Austin and swing by El Dilector's place to wreak some badly-needed havoc. |
Power Ballads: Awww Yeah!
The Alamo Drafthouse puts on a Power Ballads show and the G&S girls cannot stay away. |
The Mexican Adventures of Shakira and GWH
It's a triumphant return to Mexico for GWH and me, where we do more stuff and get more drunk. |
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Yam Versus Sweet Potato: Are They Different?
G$ and I head to the Driskill for an foodie evening with some work peeps. |
Celebration
Happy Hour
My second and final LSAT. I hope I never see another logic
game in my life. To celebrate, my peeps gather at Dog n Duck
for a happy hour. |
Bachelorettin'
Part 1 - Penises and Limos
Part 2 - Four Tiny Aunts and a Piano
Bar
Shakira, Bridesmaid of the Year, sent Gigi off with not one,
but two bachelorette parties. |
Happy
Birthday, Horseshoe Style
It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon and I have laundry
to do. But you know what sounds a lot better? Drinking beer
all afternoon at The Horseshoe Lounge with Sweet Thang. |
New
Year's Eve 06
Gigi
resolves yet again...to see more movies! Yay!
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Texas
Longhorns: 2005 Season, Part 3
We did it! And by we, I mean me, GWH, and the Longhorn football
team, of course. |
Birthday
Happy Hour
I grow another year older, and my memory grows a little bit
shorter. |
London
Reign
I'm the Queen of England! |
Texas
Longhorns: 2005 Season, Part 2
Okay, so my recall of specific plays is not so great. But
I'm having a great time, and that's what matters most. |
ACL
Fest: Day 3
It's hot. Really really hot. And dusty. And apparently
I have nothing in common with rich people. |
ACL
Fest: Day 2
Why do people insist on talking so much? I'm just
trying to get a little buzz on and listen to the music. |
ACL
Fest: Day 1
Dark Side of Drunk meets reviews as the music festival
kicks off another year. |
Texas
Longhorns: 2005 Season, Part 1
Three games down, seven regular season to go. That’s
right, I said regular season. I won’t say anything to
jinx us. |
BBQ
at Fast Eddie's
Crazy times ensue as Gigi and her sister brave a
barbecue at Fast Eddie's. Unfortunately, the swingers couldn't
make it. |
A
Trifecta of Drunken High Stakes
Yes, I needed another bad habit. While the slot
machines didn’t do it for me the races totally rule!
Come with me on my journey through the Triple Crown. |
Karaoke
Sushi
The G&S girls get groped and gonged at one of Austin’s
finest sushi restaurants. |
The
Rites of Spring
Time for drinking outside to celebrate a hard-fought week
at work. Wheee! How many ways can I say I’m wasted,
peeps? I’m having trouble seeing straight. |
Diary
of a Hangover
The longest hangover of my life. The only thing worse would
be to enter a grocery store at this moment. |
Tips
for a Cheap, Low-Cal Drunk
Only have a couple of bucks on you? Trying to shed those last
five pounds? Quitting your weekend (or weekday) drunk is ridiculous.
Follow these tips to stay on track. |
Costumes,
Booties and Boobs...Oh MY!
Austin
celebrates Mardi Gras....Brazilian style. |
La
Bare, Part Trois
It’s the third annual! Time to road trip it to La BAAAAARREEE! |
Playing
in Playa del Carmen
Days one through four in Playa del Carmen, as GWH and I adjust
to the Simple Life. No really. I think we’ve become
dumb. |
Playa
del Carmen: Day Five: A Study in Lethargy
Okay, now we're dumb. But still very very funny. |
Girls
Reunited!
What happens when some of Boston's craziest party girls of
1994 get together for drinks 10 years later? Innocent bystanders
cower and run... |
Girls
in Gruene
We descend upon this sleepy town to celebrate Lady Butterfly’s
Bachelorette. Oh, Gruene, Texas, I’m not sure you understand
what you’ve gotten yourself into. |
The Land of Milk and Honey
Honey, this place is overpriced and silly if you ask me. And
LAGrrrl and I can’t figure out why no one has a butt
around here.
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Bon
Voyage Hartnett
The going-away party degenerates into late night whiskey imbibing.
Productivity in Austin is halved the next day. |
Gorgeous
and Sassy on the Prowl
Gigi, Shakira and Lola shake their groove thangs in the Warehouse
District. |
Lucky
Seven in NYC
We manage to hit seven bars in NYC. That’s not quite
a record but an amount that will make even El Dilector proud. |
The
Great Tubing Trip 2004
Fourteen hours of drinking is a really intelligent idea: 8
Tecates, 1 Dos Equis, 1 Dr. Pepper concoction, and 8 Stoli
vanilla Cokes. Inside this article: just how easy it is to
entertain me. |
A
Weekend of Not Staying at My Place, Part 3
Segment three of the drunken trilogy. My liver is still functioning.
But barely. |
A
Weekend of Not Staying at My Place, Part 2
It's day two of the drunken Memorial Day celebration! Where
in the world will Shakira end up this time? |
A
Weekend of Not Staying at My Place, Part 1
Yay Memorial Day! My idea of honoring fallen country men is
much like the rest of the U.S.: drink too much, eat everything
in sight, sunbathe at the lake and…well, okay, maybe
I differ here, but also kiss cute boys. |
Hit
Me Lubbock One More Time
Oh yes, you heard right—Lubbock has one esteemed karaoke
bar. Where the waitress might propose to your boyfriend, random
boys in the audience tell you that you could indeed be the
next American Idol, and men wear strange shiny jersey shirts. |
Return to Lubbock
Who would think I'd
meet some hot Irish guys on a trip to Lubbock: the cultural
capital of the world? |
Slyther
and Shakira Feel the Music. And Other Things.
We're up to no good as usual. Shots?
There were shots? Who's that guy? Oops, I kissed him. |
The
Pod People
The problem with going to so many damn bars is that I get
completely wasted. El Dilector makes me chug my beer as we’re
leaving each place and next thing I know, I’m standing
at Club DeVille slobbering all over my friend from college.
I digress. |
South
by Southwest, Gorgeous and Sassy Style
How much did you say it was for a ticket? Huh? Yeah, I’ll
take a free concert at auditorium shores, a trip to Jimmy’s
Irish Lair and some fries at Gyro Palace. Who says I’m
missing out on the music? |
What
Happens at La Bare Stays at La Bare
It's
The Second Annual National La Bare Day! |
Horatio
Sanz vs. The Evil Professor
Contrary and I begin the night with cheap beers. Contrary
and I end the night with cocktails. I end the night…well,
way too late to be productive the next day. |
The
Year of the Drunk Monkey
Gigi celebrates Chinese New Year with monkeys and monkey shots.
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Kickin'
It Munich-Style, Take 8
Alas, it's Saturday night and El Dilector and I have come
to the end of a nine-day drinking spree. We decide it's Bonus
Night and strike out in search of something fun in Munich.
And something fun this way comes… |
Kickin'
It Austrian-Style, Take 7
I am a sad girl. I have sad eyes! It's our last night in Kitzbuhel.
Can we make the most of it? |
Kickin'
It Austrian-Style, Take 6
El Dilector, Radler, The Timo and I actually venture out to
another club besides The Londoner. Mmmmm. Boys. That's why
El Dilector makes us leave. |
Kickin'
It Austrian-Style, Take 5
For some reason, Denunziant is actually hanging out with us
again. Dude, she must really dig El Dilector to put up with
us. |
Kickin'
It Austrian-Style, Take 4
Tonight we bring you something amazing but true: karaoke.
From Austria. I just could NOT stay home. |
Kickin'
It Austrian-Style, Take 3
The
Timo and Radler hang tough with us at The Londoner. |
| Kickin'
It Austrian-Style, Take 2
English
sarcasm. Whatever. That's just the phrase Dodi uses to cover
up every single insult he hurls my way. I do NOT look like
a 35-year-old Ricki Lake. Then again, he thought that Radler
was my mother. |
Kickin'
It Austrian-Style, Take 1
What do you get when you combine jet lag, Red Bull and one
bar called The Londoner? One crazy Austrian night. |
Do
You Think Tex is Scared?
If
it's wrong to frighten a boy, then I don't want to be right.
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Peeps
from College Station
I meet some interesting peeps 'round the bonfire. No, not
THAT bonfire. |
Hey,
Isn't That THAT Guy?
How an innocent trip to Eeyore's birthday party turns into
a night of free cover, free drinks, free pickles and free
rides. |
Fo'
Shizzy in the Hizzy
Big Guy poses the question: "Is four o'clock too early
to start drinking?"
"Huh?" I reply. "Is this a trick question?" |
El
Dilector's Party of the Century
El Dilector invites the whole world to celebrate its vices.
And the whole world shows up. |
LP's
Birthday Karaoke Extravaganza
The G&S girls venture to Common Interest to showcase their
fabulous songbird voices. Oh yeah, and to celebrate the day
of LP's birth. Of course. |
Network
Administrators on the Ping
A chance meeting with El Dilector and MackTate leads G&S
into the underground and scary world of after-hours bars.
You guessed it. Pollyester's. No, we're not proud. |
Stooges'
Night Out
Intrepid H. and Slyther join Gigi and Shakira for some cocktails
and conversation. |
Tiny
hands on a Hard Ass
Things go horribly wrong at the second-best hotel in South
Beach as tiny hands just doesn't get the meaning of "Please
don't touch me anymore." |
Another
New Year's Saga
Laughter, tears, alcohol, glitter, bad music, disappearances
and lots of kissing. |
New
Year's Eve Highlights
Now I'm one step closer to appreciating the Longhorn football
team. I think I know a bit more about how it feels to be tackled.
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| Next-Day
Drunk
There's the All-Day Drunk and then there's Next-Day Drunk.
Can't every morning be like this? |
What
did ya do last night?
Saturday night. Blur. Confusion. Wait a minute. Who are you? |
The
All-Day Drunk
Not as many bars as the 10 Bar Night, but just as many drinks,
and many, many more hours. However, less recall. Here's what
I've gathered so far. |
On
Life and Late-night Breakfast
Few topics inspire such passionate and intense debate. Let's
listen as Big Guy and MackTate lead us down the path to enlightenment. |
A
Hangover Story
The morning after..... |
10
Bars, 32 Cigarettes, and 2 Uncomfortable Shoes
One
Friday night El Dilector came up with a challenge: Could we
hit 10 bars before
2 a.m.? Never
one to turn down a challenge, I rose to the occasion... |
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