Sunay Morning Coming Down

It's a quiet Sunday morning in Sacramento. Our friends just bought a great looking new house that is about 40% of the price it was going for 2 years ago. It's bigger than a small family would need, but it's got a lot of great swinging funky features that you'd expect to see in an early 70s built home. A built in brick barbecue in the backyard, lots of paved over rocky surfaces in the yard, and a swanky dual sided fireplace that can be enjoyed from rooms on each side of it. There's also a bar built in next to the dining room with a giant mirror behind it.

Apparently the house was built by a guy that used to own the Pussycat Theater in Sacramento. It's definitely a house that was built for entertaining. The living room is very spacious with a hardwood floor that's perfect for dancing. The upstairs is virtually one giant room as well with built in benches against the wall. Indeed the party potential is tremendous.

That room also has a balcony that looms over the backyard as well.

We hung out last night and had a good old time, drinking Gin and Tonic. Gin is definitely one of those spirits where you can't go cheap. Cheap gin is a guaranteed headache. The first drink I ever ordered in a bar (when I was 20) was a martini with gin. I wasn't sure if James Bond used gin or vodka, but my grandparents were big fans of Beefeater gin, so I decided to err on the side of caution. I hated it. I'm sure it was some shitty well gin, but the whole thing tasted like I was drinking a bottle of cologne. And not even good cologne, like some sort of celebrity cologne endorsed by P.Diddy or something like that.

Anyway, a good time was had by all. It's nice to have an assortment of friends who enjoy drinking. As the economy gets worse and times are tougher, social drinking at friends houses will likely get more and more popular as a cheaper and perhaps more fun option to going out to clubs and bars. This was the case during The Depression era, which gave birth to the martini in the first place. The ultimate forget about your troubles drink.

Drinking with your friends erases all the of the day's tensions and worries and just lets everyone enjoy the company and have a great laugh.

Sweet alcohol...truly the nation's great solution for economic woes. Obama would do well to send a case of booze to every home as a true stimulus package.

Yes We Can!