{"id":211,"date":"2008-12-18T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T23:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/?p=211"},"modified":"2008-12-22T17:24:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T21:24:23","slug":"doing-the-mistletoe-mingle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jayceland.com\/blog\/archive\/2008\/12\/18\/doing-the-mistletoe-mingle\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing the Mistletoe Mingle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ali, Christina, and I decided to do the Mistletoe Mingle pub crawl. As it turned out, it wasn't associated with Michael Warren Thomas<\/a><\/strong> at all — it was part of The Business Association of the South Wedge Area (BASWA)<\/a><\/strong> under the Savor Our Flavor<\/a><\/strong> moniker. We started at Little Venice Pizza<\/strong> (742 South Ave.<\/a>, formerly Skippy's) so Christina could get some food in her stomach before drinking; Ali and I had already eaten. From there we started at the north end at The South Wedge Colony Bar and Grill<\/strong> (503 South Ave.<\/a>, formerly Dashen Restaurant) I still have very lukewarm feelings about the place — it just seems so much like a poor imitation of an East Avenue bar; and as such, it wouldn't get better by being a better imitation. We got our first playing card there for the poker contest.<\/p>\n

Next we went to Solera Wine Bar<\/a><\/strong>\"MySpace<\/a> (647 South Ave.<\/a>) and picked up another card and had a decent glass of wine that was on-special for the crawl. At Lux Lounge<\/a><\/strong>\"MySpace<\/a> (666 South Ave.<\/a>) we figured out the card-marking scheme and devised a way to cheat — the goal was to have the best 5-card poker hand at the last of seven bars. The Beale Street Cafe<\/a><\/strong> (689 South Ave.<\/a>) offered welcome relief as they set up their back restaurant room for the pub crawl and we got a chance to sit down and warm up for a bit. But it was short-lived as we headed for The Tap and Mallet<\/a><\/strong> (381 Gregory St.<\/a>) a half-hour later. Although The Keg<\/a><\/strong> (315 Gregory St.<\/a>, behind German House where Rohrbach's used to be) set me up with a half-shot \"shot\" drink special, at least the band was amusing and there were holiday cookies and stuff.<\/p>\n

Caverly's Pub<\/strong> (741 South Ave.<\/a>, formerly Genesee Co-op Credit Union) was our last stop and we paced our drinks well by skipping a few along the way. It turned out our cheating scheme was for naught — Ali had an honest full house which was better than we could have cheated together. Alas, someone else pulled out 5 aces that went unchecked, card-marking-wise. The way I figure it, the odds of getting 5 or more aces from 7 decks is about 399,672:1 against so, although possible, I kind of doubt it was done honestly. Regardless, we had quite a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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