Bendy & Her Friendies V2 ... This Bar Never Closes! New Thread Started!

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Alison ... I know I'm a greedy girl when it comes to drink pours.

Me too. My first thought was, Jeez...can they spare it? Oh well, it still looks lovely.

 

[oybolshoi]

Me too. My first thought was, Jeez...can they spare it? Oh well, it still looks lovely.

That's pretty much what I thought ... $35 per person, surely they can bring out the large eyedropper for everyone?

 

[oybolshoi]

Well, the beer dinner is out. Have spoken with management at The Scottish Arms twice, as well as the chef, and prepayment is required to book the dinner. I don't have a problem with that but they won't allow me to pay over the phone - I would have to drive there and pay in person. They are located 45 miles from our house - I'm not making an extra round trip like that just to have a beer dinner. And they're not conveniently located near where either one of us works and my schedule and Jay's are so crazy at work during the next two weeks that we couldn't take a long lunch to go buy tickets even if we wanted to.

So ... screw 'em if they don't want our money. If they don't want to meet us halfway then we won't go and they're out $100 and a lot of free word-of-mouth advertising from yours truly.

We just booked a single malt scotch tasting instead that's being hosted that night by The Wine and Cheese place. Not only is it $70 less expensive than the beer dinner, but we get to try 8 scotches! And it's over by 7:30 so we won't be out nearly as late as we would have been if we'd been able to convince the Scottish Arms to help us help them.

 

[Briarmom]

Me too. My first thought was, Jeez...can they spare it? Oh well, it still looks lovely.

That's pretty much what I thought ... $35 per person, surely they can bring out the large eyedropper for everyone?

Great minds. I thought the same thing.

Well, the beer dinner is out. Have spoken with management at The Scottish Arms twice, as well as the chef, and prepayment is required to book the dinner. I don't have a problem with that but they won't allow me to pay over the phone - I would have to drive there and pay in person. They are located 45 miles from our house - I'm not making an extra round trip like that just to have a beer dinner. And they're not conveniently located near where either one of us works and my schedule and Jay's are so crazy at work during the next two weeks that we couldn't take a long lunch to go buy tickets even if we wanted to.

So ... screw 'em if they don't want our money. If they don't want to meet us halfway then we won't go and they're out $100 and a lot of free word-of-mouth advertising from yours truly.

We just booked a single malt scotch tasting instead that's being hosted that night by The Wine and Cheese place. Not only is it $70 less expensive than the beer dinner, but we get to try 8 scotches! And it's over by 7:30 so we won't be out nearly as late as we would have been if we'd been able to convince the Scottish Arms to help us help them.

That is stupid. Anyone who doesn't live *right there* will not book that.
Bad business move, IMO.

 

[PNO4TE]

Brenda - I am sorry the Arms was stoopid!

By the way, friendies... Deb Martin Koma added all the prices for the F&W booth offerings last night. It is on AllEars:

http://allears.net/tp/ep/fw09/fw09_booths.htm

 

[hmgray95]

Heather ... your friend was on Lupron for two years?

The FDA only approves 12 months maximum and even the second 6-month course is frowned upon. She could have serious bone density issues because of that (along with other things). I blame the lurpon for a lot of my joint issues, none of which (other than my back) were ever a problem before I took those injections. All the lupron did was limit some of the lesion growth between surgery ... it did nothing to stop all those ovarian cysts from reforming. I ended up losing 3/4 of my right ovary and 1/2 of my left ... she did that rather than the H because of my age - didn't want me taking synthetic hormones at such a tender age I suppose. And it has been better since then but I take birth control three months straight followed by one month off with mother nature's curse. I'm dreading the day my GYN tells me I have to give up BC because of my age. At that point I may just tell her to yank it all.

Alison ... I know I'm a greedy girl when it comes to drink pours.

Well, this was over 5 years ago, so I can't be sure, but I could swear she was on it for 2 years, and she was in her mid 20's at that point. It did help with her endo to an extent.....she started off with having surgery, and when that didn't stop the problems, they put her on the lupron. That helped slow the growths enough that she was able to go off the lupron, but then she spent a couple of years taking her birth control pills back to back so that she didn't cycle at all. It's only been in the last 2 years that she was able to resume normal cycles. But she didn't have any permanent fertility damage because she was able to get pregnant and actually just had her first baby a few weeks ago.

 

[Me&3]

Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale. It was pretty good. I only had one, as it's a regular beer and it has more calories than the crappy light beer that I drank in the hot tub.



Holy crap! What the heck?

My DH had the Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale too. Then I got him the Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale he said he liked that one better. Maybe you would like that one too.

 

[PNO4TE]

Had the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale with dinner tonight. It was also nice. Southern Tier is still the clear winner here!

 

[Me&3]

Had the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale with dinner tonight. It was also nice. Southern Tier is still the clear winner here!

I don't think he has tried these yet we'll just to take care of that.

 

[PNO4TE]

I don't think he has tried these yet we'll just to take care of that.

 

[ChelleinNC]

I try to tell as many people as possible about this [only benefits me in that I feel better when I use it...I don't own the company or anything, LOL]:

DD15 and I use this: http://www.hmenterprises.com/Howtousehpms.html

It's a very natural progesterone cream. For me, it's alleviated those "I'm getting older but not quite menopausal" symptoms, including bringing me back from the brink of "un-sane-ness" last year. I went from being curled up in a ball crying to functioning better than I have in years.
[Many of the moms in our homeschool group have started it also, and we're a much happier group now.
My dh says about me - "I don't care if it's just a placebo, we're going with it! LOL]

My dd uses it, and now can get of of bed on "day 1" and has shortened down from 9 days to 5 or 6. Another friend's young adult dd can get through the first couple of days without throwing up since using it.

Instructions for different circumstances are at the bottom of the page that I linked. When I'm not pregnant, I go through a tube in about 3-4 months.

Hope that helps someone, it's been a miracle for us, and didn't require a prescription or a male doctor telling me I'm crazy. Oy.

Thanks for the info, I'll look into it

Morning...

Freezing my little butt off this morning... hit the upper 30's last night...

Here's a free download of Harry Connicks new song from Oprah.com...

it should work until later today... give it a try...

it's a good version of "All the Way"...

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090925-tows-harry-connick-song-download

I LOVE Harry!!!! So much so that Jon sang a Harry Connick Jr song to me for our anniversary at Krazy Karaoke

Well, the beer dinner is out. Have spoken with management at The Scottish Arms twice, as well as the chef, and prepayment is required to book the dinner. I don't have a problem with that but they won't allow me to pay over the phone - I would have to drive there and pay in person. They are located 45 miles from our house - I'm not making an extra round trip like that just to have a beer dinner. And they're not conveniently located near where either one of us works and my schedule and Jay's are so crazy at work during the next two weeks that we couldn't take a long lunch to go buy tickets even if we wanted to.

So ... screw 'em if they don't want our money. If they don't want to meet us halfway then we won't go and they're out $100 and a lot of free word-of-mouth advertising from yours truly.

We just booked a single malt scotch tasting instead that's being hosted that night by The Wine and Cheese place. Not only is it $70 less expensive than the beer dinner, but we get to try 8 scotches! And it's over by 7:30 so we won't be out nearly as late as we would have been if we'd been able to convince the Scottish Arms to help us help them.

Well that stinks! and Good news Can't believe the Scottish Arms couldn't/wouldn't take payment over the phone. It's not that hard to do. Cool that you get to do the scotch tastings closer to home and have money left for Disney

Jon finally got home last night; he & his boss had been out to Vegas & Palm Springs since last Sunday. Gotta let my friendies know that overall, he was not happy in Vegas and he normally loves it there. Said it was empty, the restauants were all walk in but customer service everywhere was awful. Lines to check in at the Wynn were crazy long even during the middle of the day but there was only 1 person working the desk. Cutbacks were obvious everywhere they went

 

[Briarmom]

My DH had the Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale too. Then I got him the Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale he said he liked that one better. Maybe you would like that one too.

Had the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale with dinner tonight. It was also nice. Southern Tier is still the clear winner here!

I'm on it.

I LOVE Harry!!!! So much so that Jon sang a Harry Connick Jr song to me for our anniversary at Krazy Karaoke

He should be a beer flavor....

 

[Me&3]

WOW only three days til you go to F&W how lucky

 

[oybolshoi]

had a great time at the wine dinner last night - terrific food and wine (all served in grossly inappropriate glassware, I might add ) and wonderful presentation. the restaurant apparently does these dinners fairly frequently and gave us menus for a beer dinner they're hosting next month ... it's a little too soon after our return from WDW and it's a very gamey German menu so we're going to pass. but they're also supposed to host a french burgundy dinner in November so we may sign on for that one as we get closer to the date.

and in keeping with the way things have been lately I felt great when we got home last night and then spent all morning sick as a dog. Feeling better now and am going to see if I can keep any food in my system but I'm starting to get nervous about next month ... I don't need or want this kind of aggravation during the highly overscheduled best trip ever. Jay and I are both hoping that I may have eaten a bit of shrimp shell by mistake ... they were coated with panko breadcrumbs and it was hard to tell where the meat stopped and the shell started because of the breading.

I guess Spanish themed food doesn't agree with me ... first Wapango and now this. Jay just commented that we're going to be in Barcelona next September looking for a McDonald's so that I can eat without incident.

 

[oybolshoi]

Many of you have already started reading it, but if not ... check out ImprovGal's live F&W reviews on the restaurant review board. Very good pics and very funny commentary.

 

[BriarRosie]

I did not take any food porn last night. I went to The Melting Pot for the first time and had their fondue. I've been to another fondue place before, just not that one.

I didn't have the cheese fondue, but I had the entree and dessert fondues. I must say they were excellent, as was the glass of De Loach Pinot Noir.

This was a Girl's Night Out dinner with three friends, and we were originally going to eat at the Cooper's Hawk Winery/Restaurant, another place I hadn't been to. What did we do after indulging in fondue?

We went to Cooper's Hawk to do the wine tasting!
For $7, they gave samples of 8 wines, and boy they were fantastic! My favorite was a red wine I hadn't had before, a Barbera. Pronounced Bar-BEAR-ah, like the animator, not Barbara, like the name. That and the Petite Syrah were my faves.

I enjoyed them so much, I joined their wine club. Every month they charge you for a wine that you can either pick up at the place or have it shipped every three months. I chose the pick-up method. You had options to choose from, too. If you like whites, you can choose to have only whites. Or only reds. Or the "variety" option. Since they alternate white and red from month to month, you can pick any wine for your option, up to $20. I chose "reds", and October will be a red month.

And you earn points towards a $25 gift certificate towards dining in the restaurant, for every 350 points you make in purchases or dining in the restaurant. You get discounts on purchases and cases.

And their merchandise was awesome. I saw some great rhinestone tshirts with cute wine slogans on it. "Save Water, Drink Wine" and "Well Red" with a book and glass of red wine outlined in red rhinestones, all designs over black tshirts. I found pics of them on the internet, too.

And they have $65 wine event dinners that sound awesome, too.

You can shop online at their site http://www.coopershawkwinery.com/ and even join the wine club online. I think the prices were fairly reasonable with most wines $19.99 or less, except for their "lux" wines in the $35 range. I tried the Lux Merlot and didn't like it as much as the cheaper wines.

And here's something for Brenda: Looks like they are coming to St. Louis! Guess we'll have to keep checking their home page to see when the St. Louis location will be open. The one I went to is a new location in South Barrington, IL. The Wheeling, IL location is actually closer to me, and that's the one I'll be most likely to go to.

Ok, now I want to discuss my Gluttoberfest review. I was thinking about a rating system similar to Catherine's Simpsons Rating System™.

I thought, why not have something related to Sleeping Beauty, since that's my favorite Disney film? So I devised the SKUMPS! Rating System™, which I have not yet posted. I'm posting here first to find out from the friendies whether I should actually use these!

Yes, you are my guinea pigs! So let's start for the worst rating to the best rating.

First, we have King Hubert with the Bad rating:

"The food is so bad, I should cut the people responsible for cooking this mess with my rapier-sharp fish!"

Next, we have the Minstrel, in his first of many appearances with the Ok rating:

This means: "The food was perfectly ok to be served to the masses."

Next, we have the Good rating:

As in, "If you don't mind, my good man, I believe I'll have some more."

And now, the Excellent rating:

"This is excellent; too good to let any go to waste!"

And since Catherine pointed out that we need a Homer, a gastromic ecstasy picture, I finish with a Gluttony rating:

This should be self-explanatory.
This picture should state, "My excess of gluttony and sloth is a sight to behold. That's how good the food and wine were."

 

[Briarmom]

I did not take any food porn last night. I went to The Melting Pot for the first time and had their fondue. I've been to another fondue place before, just not that one.

I didn't have the cheese fondue, but I had the entree and dessert fondues. I must say they were excellent, as was the glass of De Loach Pinot Noir.

This was a Girl's Night Out dinner with three friends, and we were originally going to eat at the Cooper's Hawk Winery/Restaurant, another place I hadn't been to. What did we do after indulging in fondue?

We went to Cooper's Hawk to do the wine tasting!
For $7, they gave samples of 8 wines, and boy they were fantastic! My favorite was a red wine I hadn't had before, a Barbera. Pronounced Bar-BEAR-ah, like the animator, not Barbara, like the name. That and the Petite Syrah were my faves.

I enjoyed them so much, I joined their wine club. Every month they charge you for a wine that you can either pick up at the place or have it shipped every three months. I chose the pick-up method. You had options to choose from, too. If you like whites, you can choose to have only whites. Or only reds. Or the "variety" option. Since they alternate white and red from month to month, you can pick any wine for your option, up to $20. I chose "reds", and October will be a red month.

And you earn points towards a $25 gift certificate towards dining in the restaurant, for every 350 points you make in purchases or dining in the restaurant. You get discounts on purchases and cases.

And their merchandise was awesome. I saw some great rhinestone tshirts with cute wine slogans on it. "Save Water, Drink Wine" and "Well Red" with a book and glass of red wine outlined in red rhinestones, all designs over black tshirts. I found pics of them on the internet, too.

And they have $65 wine event dinners that sound awesome, too.

You can shop online at their site http://www.coopershawkwinery.com/ and even join the wine club online. I think the prices were fairly reasonable with most wines $19.99 or less, except for their "lux" wines in the $35 range. I tried the Lux Merlot and didn't like it as much as the cheaper wines.

And here's something for Brenda: Looks like they are coming to St. Louis! Guess we'll have to keep checking their home page to see when the St. Louis location will be open. The one I went to is a new location in South Barrington, IL. The Wheeling, IL location is actually closer to me, and that's the one I'll be most likely to go to.

Ok, now I want to discuss my Gluttoberfest review. I was thinking about a rating system similar to Catherine's Simpsons Rating System™.

I thought, why not have something related to Sleeping Beauty, since that's my favorite Disney film? So I devised the SKUMPS! Rating System™, which I have not yet posted. I'm posting here first to find out from the friendies whether I should actually use these!

Yes, you are my guinea pigs! So let's start for the worst rating to the best rating.

First, we have King Hubert with the Bad rating:

"The food is so bad, I should cut the people responsible for cooking this mess with my rapier-sharp fish!"

Next, we have the Minstrel, in his first of many appearances with the Ok rating:

This means: "The food was perfectly ok to be served to the masses."

Next, we have the Good rating:

As in, "If you don't mind, my good man, I believe I'll have some more."

And now, the Excellent rating:

"This is excellent; too good to let any go to waste!"

And since Catherine pointed out that we need a Homer, a gastromic ecstasy picture, I finish with a Gluttony rating:

This should be self-explanatory.
This picture should state, "My excess of gluttony and sloth is a sight to behold. That's how good the food and wine were."

I am so jealous of anyone who gets to go out with girlfriends. I miss mine. Fondue and wine. Yummm! I have to say that after Fri/Sat night wine drinking, I am askeered to go to Weight Watchers on Tues.


I love the rating system! Sleeping Beauty is awesome.

 

[oybolshoi]

I like the rating system ... use it!

 

[D&R love Disney]

I did not take any food porn last night. I went to The Melting Pot for the first time and had their fondue. I've been to another fondue place before, just not that one.

I didn't have the cheese fondue, but I had the entree and dessert fondues. I must say they were excellent, as was the glass of De Loach Pinot Noir.

This was a Girl's Night Out dinner with three friends, and we were originally going to eat at the Cooper's Hawk Winery/Restaurant, another place I hadn't been to. What did we do after indulging in fondue?

We went to Cooper's Hawk to do the wine tasting!
For $7, they gave samples of 8 wines, and boy they were fantastic! My favorite was a red wine I hadn't had before, a Barbera. Pronounced Bar-BEAR-ah, like the animator, not Barbara, like the name. That and the Petite Syrah were my faves.

I enjoyed them so much, I joined their wine club. Every month they charge you for a wine that you can either pick up at the place or have it shipped every three months. I chose the pick-up method. You had options to choose from, too. If you like whites, you can choose to have only whites. Or only reds. Or the "variety" option. Since they alternate white and red from month to month, you can pick any wine for your option, up to $20. I chose "reds", and October will be a red month.

And you earn points towards a $25 gift certificate towards dining in the restaurant, for every 350 points you make in purchases or dining in the restaurant. You get discounts on purchases and cases.

And their merchandise was awesome. I saw some great rhinestone tshirts with cute wine slogans on it. "Save Water, Drink Wine" and "Well Red" with a book and glass of red wine outlined in red rhinestones, all designs over black tshirts. I found pics of them on the internet, too.

And they have $65 wine event dinners that sound awesome, too.

You can shop online at their site http://www.coopershawkwinery.com/ and even join the wine club online. I think the prices were fairly reasonable with most wines $19.99 or less, except for their "lux" wines in the $35 range. I tried the Lux Merlot and didn't like it as much as the cheaper wines.

And here's something for Brenda: Looks like they are coming to St. Louis! Guess we'll have to keep checking their home page to see when the St. Louis location will be open. The one I went to is a new location in South Barrington, IL. The Wheeling, IL location is actually closer to me, and that's the one I'll be most likely to go to.

Ok, now I want to discuss my Gluttoberfest review. I was thinking about a rating system similar to Catherine's Simpsons Rating System™.

I thought, why not have something related to Sleeping Beauty, since that's my favorite Disney film? So I devised the SKUMPS! Rating System™, which I have not yet posted. I'm posting here first to find out from the friendies whether I should actually use these!

Yes, you are my guinea pigs! So let's start for the worst rating to the best rating.

First, we have King Hubert with the Bad rating:

"The food is so bad, I should cut the people responsible for cooking this mess with my rapier-sharp fish!"

Next, we have the Minstrel, in his first of many appearances with the Ok rating:

This means: "The food was perfectly ok to be served to the masses."

Next, we have the Good rating:

As in, "If you don't mind, my good man, I believe I'll have some more."

And now, the Excellent rating:

"This is excellent; too good to let any go to waste!"

And since Catherine pointed out that we need a Homer, a gastromic ecstasy picture, I finish with a Gluttony rating:

This should be self-explanatory.
This picture should state, "My excess of gluttony and sloth is a sight to behold. That's how good the food and wine were."

I love it

On another note, I'm working on my Mom to come with me next month. I've already waitlisted for another night at BCV and VWL and booked a night at WL just in case.

I hope she comes, we are very close and she wants to get away and relax by the pool for a few days and also do Disney (again )

 

[BriarRosie]

I love it

On another note, I'm working on my Mom to come with me next month. I've already waitlisted for another night at BCV and VWL and booked a night at WL just in case.

I hope she comes, we are very close and she wants to get away and relax by the pool for a few days and also do Disney (again )

I hope you get Mom to come with you!