Arse's Fatty Rewind™ (Prepping for Mardi Gras)

With just a few weeks left until Lent, and the full on debauchery which occurs before then, I began to get my body ready for the shite show. I ate worthless calories and consumed copious amounts of alcohol. Unfortunately, I passed the frick out around 9:00 Saturday and Sunday. I need to step my game up on that end.

Before leaving work on Friday, I checked the fridge to see if I had to throw anything away. I found some flan from Pho Tau Bay I had forgotten about. I scarfed that down and headed to Walmart. It was delicious.



I didn't plan on going out because the shitty weather had me exhausted. I ran to Walmarks to grab some shite to make a chili. It took twenty minutes to check out. frick that place.

Heading home, I grabbed some sushi from Origami. I went with escolar and a poke salad. Both were very good. Origami has become my go to sushi spot.




After eating, I commenced pounding the Beam and making the chili. I always use tavolatim's recipe, but I also add a can of beans.



After polishing off the 5th, I passed out.

Saturday morning I awoke around 6 feeling fresh. I threw on my running clothes to go jog with my brother. Our fat boy 10k training is coming along nicely.

After our jog, I wanted something to eat. I drove to Mid-City to check out the $5 breakfast at Betsy's. Unfortunately, they are closed on Saturdays. I then went to Blue Dot to grab some donuts.



I grabbed some glazed, chocolate covered glazed, red velvet, peanut butter/banana and strawberry cream cheese. I was not impressed and believed their quality has dropped off some. I'm not sure how long the glazed had sat out. And the peanut butter banana's flavors were not that great.

From there, I ran to Lafitte's to get some bourbon and share the donuts. We discussed the possible effects of the looming smoking ban. I also found this lovely couples picture. If it's any of you, the bar has them.



After a couple drinks, I ran home to shower. I had to go to the plot draft for Hogs at Nola Brewery. I didn't see Kirk, but they were plenty of familiar faces in the crowd.

I went with a Girl Scout Cookie Stout first. Many of you know that I'm no beer connoisseur. My favorites are Dixie, Budweiser and High Life. I thought the beer was good, but I didn't taste any cookie. My beer snob friends disagreed and said they could definitely taste it. I guess I'll just stick to cheap bourbon.



The grounds were nice and the port-o-lets were clean. All in all I had a fun time there.




From there, we ran to Bachanal. I was disappointed the upstairs bar was not open, but I loved the food. I grabbed a couple of beers and went to sit outside. I laughed at all the fools trying to figure out how to turn on the propane tanks. I guess it takes a genius to realize the tanks were not on.

We got a cheese plate and some type of goat cheese appetizer. I was licking the shite out of the goat cheese bowl. I love cheese.





After polishing off the plate, we ran back to Lafitte's before heading Uptown to meet some friends at the Bulldog. I grabbed a Beam and cozied up by the fireplace.