Forget Love. Please, Send Booze.
I’m still in Connecticut for the holiday weekend. Trust me; that sentence sounds much more bougie than I actually am. Before I moved to the east coast, words and phrases like Martha’s Vineyard, Manhattan, New England, The Hamptons and Connecticut sounded so rich, white and preppy. It’s weird to actually live and work in this region now. (Sidenote: I saw Trey Ellis — the dude who wrote The Inkwell — read at Rachel’s series, In the Flesh, the other night. He’s actually pretty funny!) But, back to CT. One of the weird things about this place is this: they don’t sell booze on holidays. Seriously, we went to the grocery store to buy a bottle of wine to go with dinner, and a big fucking green curtain blocked all alcohol in the store so you couldn’t even see it. What the fuck is that??? Seriously. What did they think would happen if people actually *looked* at a six pack of Corona?? I miss Manhattan — home of liquor stores that not only sell booze in single-size servings 24/7, they also deliver. Whatever. Anyway. Because we couldn’t buy wine, we bought sparkling cider to go with dinner … and we polished off a bottle of leftover rum hanging around the house. See how that works? Stupid blue laws barred us from buying wine, so we were forced to drink hard liquor instead. :) Such bullshit.
I hope you all had good Thanksgivings. Last night at dinner, we did the traditional thing and went around the table saying what we were thankful for. I said I was grateful for my life in New York. The first three years were really shitty at times, but the most recent one is going well … so far. Best wishes that life is going well for you, too. By the way, I kinda sorta wanted to live blog my Thanksgiving holiday. In the end, I only posted a few things. The transcript is below if you’re interested. Be well. Sending love e-booze from Connecticut …
November 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Happy belated Thanksgiving
November 28th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Thanks, Hooker!! ;)
November 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
How stupid is that..no liquor sales..isn’t that supposed to be a southern thing? Anyway seems like your Thanksgiving was fun..Ciao!!
November 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
would that mean that they more 2 sell 4 Black Friday….. back in the Day….. NYC
was kinda like that…. you couldnt buy booze on Sundays….. all you want Saturday nite….. but nada on Sunday…… the hard boiled just mounted up …. and drove to
New Jersey….. yeah, Soprano territory…… they didnt get the memo…. you could get all you could carry…. just dont let them scope your plates on the car and you were go 2 go….
lamesabassman…… save America….. do Black Friday just once….
November 28th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
thats almost as stupid as not having full nudity and aclohol served in the same place….welcome to jersey =(
November 28th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Twanna…you are hilarious girl!!! I was laughing my ass off in my home office thank GOD! Happy Thanksgiving Girl!
November 28th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
It just means that people are going to stock up EXTRA heavy prior to the holiday just to make sure it will last until the GREEN CURTAIN is lifted. It doesn’t keep people from drinking on holidays it just makes you smarter about how you go about doing it.
STU – PID!!! I guess its the…out of sight …out of mind theory.
P.S. People who live in Connecticut must be great organizers and party planners…experience pays off!
November 29th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Where in Connecticut? My family is from Guilford on the coast. I remember “package stores”, but you’re right… it’s different. I should fly back. Maybe Christmas. Anyway… great post.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:19 am
@ mrsbigg: I know!! I had to deal with the liquor laws when I lived down south during grad school. I sooo didn’t expect to bump into them up north. Seriously, I kept saying: “Are you kidding me? Really? Is this for real???”
@ lamesabassman: Wow, even in NY you couldn’t buy booze on Sunday once upon a time? Chicago certainly has it’s crazy history with booze and bootlegging. But, I guess I though NY would be different.
@ dkzone: I soooo didn’t know that about Jersey!! I’m sure someone has done a list of all the stupid laws. In North Florida, they once banned topless dancing. So, one of the old clubs introduced bottomless dancers. It was kinda a huge “fuck you” to the nonsensical rules. :)
@ Miko: THANKS!!! :) Glad I could bring the cheer.
@ zuelapooh: I know!!! It’s kind of like the places that close early during the weekends. In England, the bars close much earlier than they do here. So, they like POUND beers really fast and get really really drunk. Same with the no Under 21 stuff here; people just binge when they get to college and/or get a fake id.
@ Buddha: Edge of Greenwich.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I don’t know why people in power think that they can controll what people do with their bodies, it never works. Either disaster or crime results. Anyway, continued adventures for the holidays-more to write about! Like the allergic reaction I had to something I ate (never had that happen before) that gave me horrendously swollen lips by Friday.
December 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
WOW don’t they know besides the weekend is when everyone drinks. Our ABC stores was open until 4 that day.. I think that is why I keep a supply of spirits at home. You just never know.. I am glad you had a nice Holiday.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
We were also in CT over the weekend to visit my in-laws. In CT liquor stores are called package stores; they don’t even want to see the word liquor on a store sign.
In the 19th century when MA’s Harvard turned Unitarian CT’s Yale became a center for trinitarian orthodoxy. It would not surprise me if that bit of New England’s theological history has something to do with CT’s anachronistic liquor laws.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:12 am
@ kali: Whoa, scary!! Glad it was just your lips that were swollen; that totally could’ve ended in a terrible way.
@ Mahoganydymond: Glad bro had rum at home!! :)
@ David: You know what, you’re probably right!!
December 4th, 2008 at 1:34 am
ahhhh… ABC store….. now…. that’s a memory blender….. many a moon was spent
roaming those palaces of pain…. college…. band stuff…. acid jazz ‘n’ R’n'B…..
lamesabassman……. is the brick front still red… or did they funk wid it…
December 4th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Ct is my home , We all know where the bootleggers are , ask a native if you can’t find one, 3am and holidays are their busiest times. so avoid the rush on holidays @3 am
December 9th, 2008 at 12:13 am
You can’t buy liquor after sunset, either.
But I still love it there.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:22 am
@ lamesabassman: :)
@ toobee: Will keep that in mind for next time.
@ Brenz: It’s a beautiful area. And, I have to admit, it was nice to get out of New York for a little bit.