DRINKING
Last call was twenty minutes ago, but you’ve still got a full can of Miller Light in front of you. Just shotgun it. That’s what it was designed for. Dubbed the ‘Punch Top Can,” this new design increases air flow which reduces that pesky glug. It's science! Is this the most important invention since public sanitation? You decide.
This new product isn’t all inclusive, as you see in video below, you’ll still need some sort of tool to puncture the second tab. This is sure to cull an entirely new breed of party tricks.
It’s been a treacherous year in weather for New York City, suffering through those crippling snow storms and enigmatic tornadoes. Most evenings this side of twenty-twelve has seen consistently warmer nights unleashing that hibernating desire to imbibe in the open metropolis atmosphere. Finding the best bars with outdoor seating can be strenuous and time consuming, so here are a few ideas to get you started.
The Crown Victoria
60 S. 2nd St., Brooklyn.
Every year Wine & Spirits magazine conducts an Annual Restaurant Poll to showcase the most popular wines in America's restaurants. They transform the page into an interactive and exciting night of tasting (read: drinking) and eating at the Top of the List Wine Tasting Event!
Not to be missed, this spectacular wine tasting event is on Tuesday, May 10th at the Metropolitan Pavilion from 6:30-8:30pm. Don't forget to get your tickets early because they will sell-out. General admission is $65, while VIP tickets at $95 will get you into the event early.
It’s Saturday morning. You had a lot of plans today. You were supposed to clean the apartment, do the laundry, tinker around with your resume so you can start applying for a new job. The weather is gorgeous, bright and sunny—the warmest it’s been in months. After a little work around the house, you were planning on exploring the city on your new bicycle, then maybe going out for dinner and drinks with your best friend a little later. Drinks? You start to gag at the thought.
Nope, none of those things are going to happen today. You feel like you’ve been pummeled with a frying pan while riding a rollercoaster all night long...before crashing face first into the bottom of a birdcage. Your mouth is dry and your tongue, toxic. Nausea makes every little noise and ray of light feel like utter torture. You moan and clamp a pillow over your head, but that’s not before you realize that you don’t see your purse anywhere near your bed, where you usually dump it before climbing into bed after a late night. It must be near the front door, right? You bolt out of bed to check. Nowhere in sight. You must have lost it last night. Scheisse.
It’s Saturday morning. You had a lot of plans today. You were supposed to clean the apartment, do the laundry, tinker around with your resume so you can start applying for a new job. The weather is gorgeous, bright and sunny—the warmest it’s been in months. After a little work around the house, you were planning on exploring the city on your new bicycle, then maybe going out for dinner and drinks with your best friend a little later. Drinks? You start to gag at the thought.
Nope, none of those things are going to happen today. You feel like you’ve been pummeled with a frying pan while riding a rollercoaster all night long...before crashing face first into the bottom of a birdcage. Your mouth is dry and your tongue, toxic. Nausea makes every little noise and ray of light feel like utter torture. You moan and clamp a pillow over your head, but that’s not before you realize that you don’t see your purse anywhere near your bed, where you usually dump it before climbing into bed after a late night. It must be near the front door, right? You bolt out of bed to check. Nowhere in sight. You must have lost it last night. Scheisse.
Happy hour can be the best time to grab a drink in the city. Whether it be a pre-game to an outrageous night, or just a casual meeting before going home, happy hours can add an end to an awesome day or help to get rid of a unbearable one. With over 800 bars in San Francisco, practically one on every street corner, choosing the right happy hour can be daunting. Here’s a list of different bars, the happy hours they offer, and why those happy hours made it on our list.
Best 2 for 1 happy hour:
Toad Hall
4161 18th st. San Francisco
The World Health Organization just released a new report about global alcohol consumption. The highest levels of drinking are in Russia and much of Europe, while the lowest levels are in northern Africa through Asia. Moldova has the highest level of alcohol consumption, with each resident drinking about 4.8 gallons a year. The U.S. ranks mid-way, which is, frankly, rather disappointing. Where's our national spirit? And that horrid shade of pea! (Or is it puce?) Purple is so much more slimming.
According to a recent study conducted in Australia, the beer goggle effect does not only affect how men rate the attractiveness of women after slamming back a few, but it also makes guys think that they themselves are a lot hotter and more charming. 50% of the participants in the study reported feeling exceedingly sexy and desirable while drunk. Sadly, these loaded Lotharios are the only ones that seem to think so—only 3% of women find slurring dudes with sweat stains and stinky alcohol breath to be attractive. So in conclusion, alcohol makes men feel more confident. In other breaking news, water is wet.
Black, velvety and full of distilled tenderness from rich molasses, this vodka martini is in fact the new definition for style and delicious drinking.
Ingredients:
1 lemon wedge
Silver sanding sugar, as necessary.
1 shot ‘blavod’ black vodka
Ice
Procedure:
Take a medium plate and pour some of the silver sanding sugar on it, enough to cover the surface. Gently rub the lemon wedge around the edge of a martini glass and turn it up side down, placing the rim of the martini glass on top of the silver sanding sugar. Twist the glass around to make sure the entire rim gets covered with the sugar. Shake off the excess sugar.
3 Ring Thursdays at Carnival
110 University Place
(between 12th and 13th)
3ringthursdays.com
3ringthursdays@gmail.com
Whatever you usually do with your Thursday nights, it won't come close to the circus of debauchery you could be getting into at 3 Ring Thursdays, a weekly pre-game extravaganza dreamt up by the masterminds behind Johnny Utah's Monday Night Party - Matt Assante, Dustin Terry and Bobby Rossi.
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