The shows this week were some of the most fun of the trip so far.
The Strutting Duck lived up to all expectations of ridiculousness. I'm not exactly sure what I want to remember about it.
Eddie's Attic in Atlanta is a really nice place. There's a long line of mugs way up on top of the bar that the bartender would not let me drink out of. After trying and trying, she still wouldn't budge. Finally I got to meet Eddie. I figured since it was his attic, I should bother him about the mugs. He immediately asked me which mug I'd like to use, and I spent the rest of the night drinking out of a massive BUD MAN mug. The only negative part about using the BUD MAN mug was that all the bartenders were very eager to fill it back up. Pictures to follow.
That night we stayed at Dylan's friend Maggie's place in Atlanta. Don't let her pleasant demeanor fool you - she has a HUGE boxer dog named Bruno who will lick, attack, jump on, kick, and slobber all over you as much as possible. Bruno was not a good sleeping companion.
Athens, Georgia was also a lot of fun. Next door to the Flicker Bar is a place called The Trappese Pub which had something like 5000000 beers from around the world. We met two friendly patrons who come in every week and try out the new ones that the bar receives (they even kept a notebook). They recommended something called Avery's Elation or Avery's Ecstasy or something like that, which was probably the best beer I've ever tasted. Ah, here it is.
Because beer does not occupy all the time on the trip, I'll mention that we ate some soul food at the Five Star Day Cafe in Athens, where $7 gets you a pile of chicken/cornbread/hoppin' John/mashed potatoes and who knows what else we ate.
I'm also addicted to Chick-Fil-A. People always insist that In-N-Out should open up more restaurants on the east coast, but I think Chick-Fil-A should be everywhere.
I'm still reading "Atonement."
It's 31 degrees in Nashville right now. My toes are frozen.
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My God...Bud Man...That had to be the inspiration for Duff man, right? How have we never seen or heard of that?
from steincollectors.org:
If you had purchased 2500 Bud Man steins in 1975 and stored them, that $15,000 investment would be worth almost $1,000,000 today. I wish I could remember where I stored mine.
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Last, but certainly not least, thanks must be given to Bill Parkinson who supplied the photos of CS1, the original Bud Man stein. Bill has made it a personal quest to own every single variation of Bud Man known to exist. His collection of the original 1975 Bud Man steins now includes 14 different versions. Yes, 14... one more than Anheuser-Busch has acknowledged.
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