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Cheapest alcohol in the country?

The Hoosier state. Lots of farmland and corn fields. A vast openness that tugs at ones inner desire to drink heavily and smoke whatever is around. Where hotels vie for customers by advertising their complementary "drink and social hour". And why not? Liquor is so readily available and affordable here. So much so that at the checkout aisles in stores where normally candy bars and gum reside there are combo packs of handles of bourbon coupled with two-liter coke for $12.99.

That's ridiculous. I wonder what the mean drinking age is around here.

It is confounding to think about how I've been getting ripped off all these years.
If I just had that money back.

I realize there are differences in the quality of alcoholic products in general. The "best value" I observed was a GALLON of vodka for $9.99!!!! What a deal. Now the higher end libations were more expensive but still far less expensive than back home.

Why David Allen Coe should have been a travel agent

(side note:  one of the best DAC songs ever!)

Rolled into Boston Late Friday night. The streets are laid out in a completely random ADD pattern that is confusing at best.   I absolutely love an urban environment.   Being able to walk to everything you need or catch the train to some other part of the city is very appealing to me.  Of course you are completely screwed if there is some sort of disaster or epidemic due to the concentration of people. You'd never see the zombies coming for you.

I really wish Birmingham could have that urban feel to it but its way too disconnected from reality to make that kind of commitment to being a better "city".   But, I digress.

Our friends took us just up the street to a tapas restaurant.  Life experiences like these help me break out of my shell.  The Chimay and Sangria helped that along I suppose.  I really wish I could tell you the different foods we tried, but it was all a blur, I remember lamb sausage, croquettes, muscles steamed in ginger and garlic, rare filet in some kind of gravy, sangria, no the best sangria ever and, oh yeah, tiramisu.

I can't wait to see the Harvard/Princeton Football Game today.  Should be fun.

roll tide!

smoked salmon pizza!

Tonight was kinda a fusion of culinary weirdness.  I had a flatbread pizza with smoked salmon, cream cheese/mozzarella blend, capers and cucumber.  It was incredible to taste.  4 bloody marys heavy on the grey goose may have helped it along.  The accompanying caprese salad was a nice touch as well.  Who doesn't love a caprese salad?? Hope all is well in the ham!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

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