Some Things I learned at Tales of the Cocktail

• I have endless amounts of strength and endurance when it comes to spirits and food.
• Thank goodness for the above. I needed every bit of it to make it through Tales.
• Real Louisiana boys are rare and special. When you meet one, its like riding a unicorn.
• I would like to drink nothing but coffee with chicory evermore.
• I can fall in love 2 and a half times in little less than 4 days.
• I don't know why beignets come in three when I can only consume one.
• New Orleans likes their cocktails sweet.
• Germany is perceived as the Ohio of Europe here in the states.
• I don't care about cooties and I will put my lips on any bottled offered to me...
• But I would never take my shoes off anywhere near The Olde Absinthe House.
• Sleep? Who needs that?
• Hangovers can be avoided if you just never stop eating and drinking.
• There is some sort of Voodoo blessing on me that makes me charming, witty and pretty within the confines of the Crescent City.
• I should move to New Orleans as soon as possible. (see above)
• Jesus and his followers were probably alcoholics, "Look Jesus! A puddle! Look!"
• GatahChop: when you are down for the count in NOLA.
• Bacon sandwiches made with french toast and dipped in maple syrup. That is all.
• Texas has adorable people in it.
  
• If I wanted to get married and have kids, once again, I have chosen the wrong profession.
• But everyone had dogs instead of kids and showed pictures on their phones squealing, "Look at my Baby!", so I guess I fit in.
• Oysters are good. Shrimp is good. Hush Puppies are good. Scallops are...well you get the idea.
• Cute bartenders from LA make a good Birthday gift (Enjoy your presents Andrea!)
  
• Carlos at Luke is my favorite waiter in New Orleans. Go visit him now.
• I like a town where everyone wears a dapper hat.
• I would like to spend part of every day poolside with a frosty cocktail.
• Karaoke in New Orleans can be a drag.
• Why sing with crappy background music when you have great live stuff all around you?
• I, apparently, live in the center of the cocktail universe and all my local favorites (Clover, Pegu) are the best cocktail bars in the world.
• But apparently the judges don't go abroad much so I still need to visit friends in Amsterdam, LA, Belfast, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, Munich, Tokyo, etc...and judge for myself!
• Belfast got its cocktail on! Gotta be better than Dublin (up the Dubs!)
  
• Textquited: when you quit your job via a text message.
• The people in this new business can be kind, generous and very sweet. Much like the aforementioned NOLA cocktail.
• What am I forgetting? Probably a lot.

Poolside libations