Mon update: My home has a new living room, Unveil Downtown winners, trivia at Ferraro’s, wine dinner at Paulette’s

I got up too late for brunch at the Majestic yesterday, so I started the day at noon at the Flying Saucer. When I got there, I discovered something new. My home away from home has a new living room.

They’ve converted the former stage area into a lounge area. The three benches that were previously there are gone, and in its place are comfy couches, tables, and chairs. I really like it. For years servers complained about getting that section, because it was the most unappealing part of the entire bar. Not so anymore.

So, what happened to those benches? They’ve been moved to the little nook behind the pool table.

I hung out at the Saucer until 3, then migrated to the Blind Bear. From there the group decided to hit Bardog for some of those $2 Coronas. Unfortunately they had run out, with another shipment due Tuesday. Not that we minded much though – it’s Bardog, never a bad place to spend a Sunday. Our friend Buddha put Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” on the jukebox and we rocked out.

Me rocking out to "War Pigs." This is the kind of thing where the hair comes in handy.

After Bardog, I went back to the Blind Bear, where frequent blog reader Kelly was hanging out. Now, I’ve given Kelly a lot of grief on this blog lately, but I have to say that I am very proud of some of the decisions she made yesterday. For one, let’s look at what she was wearing:

She’d been out with her family at Texas de Brazil and Beale Street earlier in the day. She was too hot in the clothes she was wearing, so she bought a tube top dress and changed into it.

Speaking of that trip to Texas de Brazil… she was there for brunch. That meant that they had lobster bisque and breakfast meats on the salad bar. She got a bowl of the lobster bisque and used it as a dipping sauce for her bacon and other meats. Where did she learn to do that? Right here.

In other news around Downtown, prizes were awarded to three Unveil Downtown artists. Elisha Gold (work on display at Lansky 126), Rebekah Laurenzi (work on display at Art on a Hot Tin Roof), and Jimpsie Ayres (work on display at Thai Bistro) were the winners. You can see their work through June 20.

It’s been announced that Tuesday trivia with Kevin Cerrito at Ferraro’s will soon have an earlier end time. That’s very good news. Having played on a team for five years, I can tell you that professionals who work 8-5 jobs really appreciate it when trivia wraps up at 10 or earlier. Don’t forget that there’s $1 PBR and Rolling Rock at Kevin’s trivia. It starts at 8 PM on Tuesdays.

Paulette’s is having a wine dinner tomorrow night, Tuesday, June 5. It will feature Argentinian wines that scored in Wine Spectator’s 89-92 range. Details here. The River Inn is also offering special room rates in conjunction with the dinner, should you choose to stay the night.

All right, time for a quick bite then back to work on my current PHP/MySQL project. Plans for tonight: Pint Nite at the Saucer.