{"id":1021,"date":"2007-06-02T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2007-06-02T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-02T15:51:00","slug":"the-past-week-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/02\/the-past-week-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"The past week in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;ve posted a little less than usual this week, I figured I&#8217;d put some photos on the blog so you can see what I&#8217;ve been up to.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5260172-783956.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5260172-783495.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Last Saturday I started the day at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluescitypastry.com\/\">Blues City Pastry<\/a> getting some work done on the laptop.  This is a Zebra Square, one of their pastries, and it&#8217;s as tasty as it looks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5260175-721206.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5260175-720738.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The things you see downtown&#8230; later in the day I was having a beer at the Saucer, and I looked out the window and a giant burger was walking around.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270180-747113.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270180-746615.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Now we move on to Sunday Fun Day.  After the usual stops at the Majestic and the Saucer, we decided to hang out on EP&#8217;s patio.  This is bartender Ugly Steve, whose cocktail concoctions are responsible for some of the stuff you&#8217;ll see in later pictures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270178-775021.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270178-774539.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>This was one of the drinks we all had.  It tasted like grape Kool-Aid but I nicknamed it &#8220;Halloween&#8221; because it reminded me of the color of a spooky night sky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270188-789739.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270188-789276.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>This was the other drink we had, which was named F.U.C.T.  That&#8217;s an acronym for something but I never found out what.  The other customers at the bar seemed somewhat disturbed when I strolled up with an empty glass and yelled out, &#8220;Hey Ugly Steve, I&#8217;m ready to get FUCT again!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270184-703633.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270184-703141.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Tastes like happy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270190-789035.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270190-788519.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>A group photo of the gang at EP&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270182-753437.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270182-752720.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>I was quite pleased with the grape drink.  Have I ever mentioned that I love Romanian girls?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270197-731156.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5270197-730653.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>After EP&#8217;s it was time for some drunk Frisbee on MLGW&#8217;s lawn.  Well, I ALMOST caught that one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5280206-749286.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5280206-748813.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Memorial Day was the inaugural Downtown Night at the Westin lobby bar.  Happy hour cocktails and hors d&#8217;ouevres for Downtowners the last Monday of every month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5280207-765747.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5280207-765284.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The lovely Di Anne Price on piano.  You can catch her every Monday at the Westin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5280208-772774.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P5280208-772289.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Special thanks to Joan &#8211; Downtown Night was her idea.<\/p>\n<p>No pics were taken Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, but picture me sitting on a bar stool at the Flying Saucer and you have a pretty good idea of what happened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010214-729460.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010214-728986.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Last night I finally made it down to Pearl&#8217;s Oyster House and found the gang sitting at the bar.  In this pic:  Ray (the owner of Pearl&#8217;s), me, Mikey the Camera Nazi, and Jessica.  Pearl&#8217;s is a great place.  I&#8217;m going to do a separate post about it later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010219-754845.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010219-754379.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The downstairs bar at Pearl&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010220-777580.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010220-777108.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The downstairs has comfy couches where you can sit and listen to the band&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010223-771691.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/P6010223-771211.JPG?w=840\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>&#8230; or you can lean against the upstairs rail and watch them from above.<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/paul.ryburn\/TheWeekOfMemorialDayInPictures\">the entire photo album<\/a> &#8211; 46 photos.  I can&#8217;t believe I didn&#8217;t get one tube top photo the entire week.<\/p>\n<p>Man those bourbon and cokes I had last night were good.  I was almost drunk enough to be a state Senator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;ve posted a little less than usual this week, I figured I&#8217;d put some photos on the blog so you can see what I&#8217;ve been up to. Last Saturday I started the day at Blues City Pastry getting some work done on the laptop. 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