Instead of Working
November 18th, 2002
I’m supposed to be packing. However, I can’t stop thinking about Utah and booze. In California, the single best thing is being able to buy liquor at the supermarket. Being able to comparison shop between Ralph’s, Von’s, Costco and Trader Joes forces the entire editorial staff to swoon.
I’m thinking specifically of how difficult it’s going to be to buy the premium (I didn’t say snooty and ridiculously overpriced) hootch for special occassions. The Blurbodoocery is partial to the following:
Vodka: Ketel One
Bourbon: Maker’s Mark (as featured in Sam Raimi’s Spiderman)
Gin: Leyden
Canadian Whisky: Seagram’s VO (this is new territory, we’re drinking a lot of Manhattan’s lately)
Irish Whisky: Bushmill’s
Scotch: The Dalmore (it’s really cheap at Trader Joe’s and it refers to itself in third person)
Tequila: Herradura Silver
I’m guessing we’ll be doing liquor runs to Wyoming, Idaho and/or Nevada. o
Tags: libation
Oh my heck! Are you and Dooce really coming back to Utah Jon? That’s great! Oh my heck!
dude, like, mail me. i’ll help you with your cocoon. (and wax your snowboard)
I live firmly in Maker’s Mark country (Louisville, Kentucky to be exact) and would be more than happy to help you procure a little Maker’s from time to time. Just say the word. I’m betting Maker’s is probably a wee bit cheaper here than it is elsewhere.
hi jon-
good luck with the move and have a good holiday. where exactly in utah are you headed?
I hated that “oh my heck” chick….If i were on that island i seriously would have punched her…no, beat her. I wish she had choked on her ABC candy…whoa, not nice
we’re big ketel one fans in my house, too. best ever status.
You so totally forgot Colorado on your list of states-to-make-liquor-runs to. We may elect Republican senators, but we sure as hell like our cheap beer. I mean, the Coors brewery is practically 30 minutes from my house.
I think you will be ok. It may cost a little more, but I have managed to get some serious hang overs since being back in Utarr. Remember you will need a note from your mom to get into the private clubs. I had the same reservations about coming back too. The hardest thing to get in UT is good beer.
I think I speak for many of us when I say that you have become, over the many years that I have known you, a stuck-up liquor snoot. When you (someday) come to visit me at the horsy bar here in the mile high city, I will force the two of you to drink Kamchatka, Smirnoff “twist”, and Old Swill or worse, Coors.