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01-24-2011
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Just read the title of chapter 5    Looking forward to it  Now go get yer juices flowin! |
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01-24-2011
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01-24-2011
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Chapter 3 – Wednesday – All My Rowdy Friends are Coming down to Playa We lumbered out of bed around 9:30AM, in no hurry to go anywhere due to the steady rain outside. I guess I lumbered, TG is too hot to lumber. We hopped a cab up to Nativo (oddly enough, there are 2 of them on avenida 30 between Constituyentes and 20th). As we were arriving, Kathy.web and queencityfan were leaving; clearly, they did not have enough tequila last night. We used to like Cueva Del Chango better for breakfast, but after this trip, Nativo wins hands down. You get big smoothies for 25 pesos (for 35 pesos you’d actually get a whole liter), coffee for 20 pesos, and great breakfast for 50 pesos. I asked him what he recommended, and he said the spinach, mushroom, ham, and cheese omelette (that specific combo isn’t on the menu, so ask for it, you pay 5 pesos more than a regular omelette). Wowzers, was it awesome! TG had something inferior and was jealous of my order.   It was still raining after breakfast, so we decided to kill some time by walking through DAC (right across the street from Nativo). It is a small market / grocery store type of thing. It has lots of fresh stuff, which I could really care less about, but fresh stuff gets TG kind of excited. And an excited TG is a happy JG. I actually thought it was a pretty cool store, and if I had to get some fresh produce or a couple other groceries, I would certainly go here as compared to Wal-Mart of Mega, just because it is much smaller. DAC stands for Distributadora Alimientos en el Centro, or something like that. Not like you care.   The rain subsided, but it was still dreary, so we decided to go look for some provisions at Wal-Mart. TG first had to take some sort of meds, she says they make her happy.  Something kind of “exciting” happened at Wal-Mart. While TG was shopping, I decided to use the banos (#2). I locked the door of the stall behind me and noticed a slight discoloration in the toilet. No big deal, but I decided to flush anyway before doing my business. I flushed the toilet and the toilet started rapidly filling up with water and then started overflowing. I turned around and tried to escape, but I couldn’t get the door unlocked. I thought that was going to be the end of me, right there. But, I managed to escape just before a mini-flood engulfed my shoes. It literally scared the crap into me, as I no longer had the urge to go. I told TG of the episode, and she then decided to also use the bathroom (no comment on whether she went #1 or #2). After she was done, she unlocked the stall, pushed the foot-handle and literally ran out. She was safe. Beer prices at Wal-Mart were about 110 pesos for a 12 pack of Tecate Light cans and 120 pesos for a 12 pack of Dos Equis botelas. The only exciting thing at Wal-Mart was this display of breads. The big ones are probably 4 feet long. Good thing I was sober or I may have used one as a prop.  We returned to the Blue to more towel animals. Yeah. Like you guys are reading this report to see towel animals.  TG was going to be doing some baking for the PPS fundraiser of Friday, and the Blue’s kitchenette didn’t have everything we needed, so we went over to Tony and Cheri’s to grab some of their personal utensils – talk about full-service hotel owners! Here are their puppies.   We hung out and visited with them for awhile and established some ground rules for Friday night. I believe that no male frontal nudity and no donating funds to the PPS for every shot that Mike Grabow consumed were the only rules. A little bit after 2, I was walking down 26th to check the internet to make sure my friends’ plane arrived safely, when a taxi started flashing its lights at me. They had arrived! I have historically referred to them as BFF and Cita when referring to them on playa.info, but BFF developed the nickname “Ruso” on this trip (to be explained later). Collectively, we will refer to them as the Rabbits. They caught a cab from the airport, who quoted them a price of 800 pesos or US $80. All they had was US dollars on them, so that is what they paid. Well, they actually gave him a US $20 tip as well for stopping at the 7 Eleven for a 6 pack of Tecate Light. So, their transport to the Luna Blue cost US $100, ours cost 220 pesos. There are advantages to taking the bus. To be fair, they probably could have got away with paying 800 pesos and not tipping, but they are very generous people.  It was still raining outside, we just sat around and had a few beers in our room while TG baked up a huge batch of monster cookies for Friday night (she made several dozen).  After a sufficient amount of pre-partying, we decided to head out for dinner. The Rabbits had joined us on 2 previous Playa trips, but they had never been to Carboncitos (off 5th and calle 4), so that was a logical place for their first dinner. We ordered the 45 peso chips and salsa (ask for double pumpkin). It was awesome as always, as were all of the salsas in fact.  Our dinners were between 99 and 130 pesos. My Shrimp Bruchette really stole the show. I think beers were 28 pesos. The margaritas were strong, but the ladies were not overly impressed by the taste. We also ordered a round of tacos pastor, I think they were 11 pesos apiece without cheese. A nice little appetizer. Go there. Order the chips/salsa with a couple tacos pastor for an appetizer. Order the shrimp bruchette. You won’t be disappointed, and you will get great food at an extremely reasonable price, especially considering the location. 
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01-24-2011
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After dinner, we decided to introduce the Rabbits to my favorite bartender on the planet. The girls said that Manne’s makes the best (and strongest) Margarita’s they tasted in Playa.
 I thought we would just be there for a beer or two and then be on our way. Especially because the kegs had run dry and thus we were just drinking bottled beer. But then the girls order a couple shots. And Ronnie brought some for Ruso and me as well.  The girls needed another. Ronnie, “What, you think I’d let these hot chicks drink alone?”  JG, “Thanks Ronnie. I sure look like I needed another one.”  JG, “Ruso. You are a pussy. Only pussies use limes.”  Tequila starts to lubricate the Rabbits.  Watching this mayhem was a nice innocent local who perhaps many of you have met. He is an artist, and has done many of the wall paintings at PG’s Sandbox. We talked to him at length and are pretty sure he will do a family portrait for us when we return in March. He quoted something like 200 pesos for a coal painting, 500 pesos for an oil painting, and 300 pesos for something in between (maybe magic marker). Go figure I can’t remember what it was, but at least I still have his contact info. Great guy.  Random lady, “I saw that pic of JG in the speedo. Is it really only ‘this’ big”.”  Tequila. It makes me happy.  Nice limes Rabbits.  Artist, “You guys are crazy. I hope you know I gave you a false e-mail address.”  Ronnie, “Who is the man, now JG?”  “Give me some love girls.”  Cita, “Why are you 2 goofballs yelling at the camera. I bet one of you is going to puke tonight.”  Ronnie, “Yeah, like I am going to puke. I am a stud. Just ask JG.”  Cita, “Ronnie, did something fall out of your pants? It looks so teeny.”  TG, “Cita said Weenie!” Ronnie, “She is going to puke tonight isn’t she?” Cita, “Not on my bed.”  Everyone in the bar, “You girls may as well just drink them shots already, as Ronnie is going to stand and hold you as long as he can.”  Roni, “I am the only ugly one in this picture, but the only one who doesn’t look dorky while shooting tequila.”  TG, “Ain’t you gonna drink up, you pussy?” Cita, “This was stupid. I have stupid friends.”  TG, “Ronnie is holding his wiener while doing his shot!”  TG, “Ronnie, are you making love to that lime?”  Artist, “Oh, my goodness. I was just trying to sip my tequila. And now these big hairy guys have me surrounded and are making fun of me.”  Closer your eyes if you are not sober.  Don’t worry Ruso, it isn’t like this is a group shot or anything.  Ronnie! One more round!  In the span of a maybe 90 minutes, the 4 of us had 2 margaritas, 8 beers, and 18 shots of tequila (we only ordered 2 of them). Our total bill = 434 pesos. I love Ronnie. Well, as much fun as that was, we wanted to be able to walk the next day, so we decided to walk up to the Blue to hear Grabow. Cita and I grabbed a big Gatorade from mini-mart, Ruso grabbed a beer, and TG grabbed nothing. That would prove to be a mistake. Grabow, “Oh goodness. I was hoping you guys wouldn’t show.”  TG, “I am not drunk. Despite the fact that I had a couple strong margaritas and a few shots of tequila it less than 3 hours, oh, and another margarita from the blue, I am not drunk. I will prove it to you by dancing for you.  Cita, “TG is drunk. Maybe if I smile at her she will sober up.”  Cita, “Nope, I better hold her up.”  That isn’t TG’s bra. At least I don’t think it is.   Are these gals about to kiss?  Well babe, if you insist, I’ll dance. But only if I can make some real studly facial expressions.    Our bow chica wow wow move  JG, “Ummmm, Mike. You are playing the guitar all wrong.” Mike, “You know I could break this over your head any second now and no one would be sad?”  In all seriousness, Mike did not know how to play Wild Thing. He also did not know the full lyrics. It is the only song I know how to play on the guitar and know all the lyrics too. So, I taught him the chords, and he let me sing. It was quite cool. Especially because I didn’t have to hear myself sing.  Mike, “I think you just permanently warped my microphone, dude.”  Mike and his girlfriend Laura singing. I am thinking Mike would have rather been singing with me.   See. I told you so! Mike actually didn’t know the 3rd verse to “Friends in Low Places”, so I had to help him out. In case you haven’t heard it, the 3rd verse (sung only by Garth in concert), starts like the 2nd verse like this: “I guess I was wrong. I just don’t belong. Then, I’ve been there before. Everything’s alright. I’ll just say goodnight. And I’ll show myself to the door. Hey I didn’t mean, to cause a big scene” And then the words change, “Just wait till I finish this glass. Then sweet pretty baby, I’ll head back to the bar, and you can kiss my ass!”  Rick and Sue. The happy couple.  Mike, “I am thinking of using this look for my next album cover. You think chicks would dig it?”  Jimmy the Omnipresent with Sue’s dog Barney  TG and Sarah. TG has water. Too little, too late.  Mike played, “Show them to me.” Ruso obliged.  Mike, “Ya’ll Minnesotans are pretty weird.” 
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01-24-2011
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Grabow finished up at 11. I tried to persuade the others to head out, but we decided just to have a drink on the Rabbits’ balcony. Ruso fell asleep 1/2 way through his first beer. As for TG, let’s just say it wasn’t a pretty ending.
  No Bow Chica Wow Wow for JG.  Probably none tonight either after posting that pic. Click HERE to skip the comments and go directly to Chapter 4 Last edited by January Guy; 01-29-2011 at 11:45 AM.. |
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01-24-2011
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añejo
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I have never heard of anyone having the crap scared into them. Good thing in that case you checked the thing first! Oh my... Nativo looks great! Can't wait to try it next month Nice panties! I mean speedos  You wear them well!
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