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roosterforme · 1 year

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Hands to Yourself | Rooster x Reader

Summary: Normally Bradley would encourage you to touch him as much as you want, but not when you've invited everyone you know over for a cookout.

Warnings: Smut and fluff

Length: 2500 words

Pairing: Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x Female Reader

This was written to accompany my series Is It Working For You? along with a bunch of my one-shots! (But it can be read on its own) Check my masterlist in my profile for the reading order!

You and Bradley had been engaged for just over a week when you invited everyone you knew over to the house for a cookout. The two of you had a lot to celebrate, including Bradley's big promotion to Lieutenant Commander and his return to work after his injury.

Bradley walked into the kitchen to find all of the food you were preparing for later that day. "Baby Girl, these people do not need anything fancy. We can just dump some beers in a cooler and serve them hot dogs."

"Sangria and marinated chicken isn't fancy, Roo." You rolled your eyes. You weren't about to invite people over for dinner and then toss a bag of chips at them. Even if it was just the usual crowd.

"Nat and I once ate sushi from a gas station, so really whatever you want to do is fine," he told you, and you couldn't help but laugh. "I'll be outside setting up."

He kissed your cheek as you continued to cut up fruit for the sangria, and you watched him walk into the dining room. He tapped out a few notes on the piano before heading outside. Then you watched him through the kitchen window while he played with Tramp and got the patio furniture cleaned up. God, he looked so good. You knew he was still struggling with his new scars and his body image since his injury, but just looking at him had you practically drooling.

Your period had ended, and you wondered if there would be time for a quickie once you finished up with all of the food. You rushed to get everything else ready. At least it was mostly things that needed to be grilled. You laughed and pulled out your I Love Meat apron for Bradley to wear while he was grilling.

You mixed all of the sangria pitchers and tried a sample of each one. "Delicious," you said out loud before pouring yourself a full glass and taking it outside. "Do you want a drink, Roo?" you asked, taking a long sip. "It's insanely hot out here!"

"Yeah, just some water, Sweetheart," he told you as he was cleaning the grill. You watched him in his gray tee and gym shorts, his biceps working hard as he scraped and scrubbed with the wire brush. You bit your lip as he swiped the back of his hand across his forehead. Even the sweaty spots on his shirt were doing something to you right now.

"What time is everyone coming?" you asked, finishing the rest of your drink in an attempt to keep yourself from touching him while he bent to pick up the propane tank.

"In about an hour," he said, grunting as he tightened the tank in place with his big hands. He really had no idea what he was doing right now, and you ran back inside to get him some water.

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You put out some snacks while Bradley took a shower. You had been so tempted to join him in there, but everyone would be arriving shortly. You were a few sangrias deep at this point, and when your fiancé walked out sporting damp hair, a snug white tee shirt and gray chino shorts, you moaned.

"I know what that noise means," he said, eyeing you with a smirk.

You pressed your lips together. "Call everyone. Call them and cancel. Please?"

"Baby Girl," he whispered, and you felt like your head was swimming. The wine was mixing with your neediness, and you were reaching for him. As soon as you pulled him down for a kiss that lingered and got your fingers under the hem of his tee shirt, someone started knocking on the door.

"Let's pretend we're not home," you whispered against his lips. He chuckled and gave your butt a squeeze.

"I'll take care of you later, Sweetheart. After everyone leaves."

You pouted in the kitchen as he walked to the front door. You recognized Maverick's voice right away, and you had to act totally normal in front of him, pretending you weren't thinking about his godson naked and inside you.

Soon your kitchen was filled with all of the aviators along with Cam and Maria. Everyone started to filter out to the backyard with drinks in their hands, but you pulled Bradley to the side and kissed him again.

"You look so hot right now," you told him, running your hand along the front of his shirt before letting it trail down his scarred left arm. "Good Lord, Bradley."

"Is this because we haven't had sex in a few days?" he asked in that raspy voice that made your eyes flutter closed. "I'll lay you on our bed later and take care of you. Don't I always take care of you?" He kissed your forehead before he strode outside.

You whined and squeezed your thighs together, and then you poured another huge glass of sangria and went out to socialize. You talked to Cam and Maria for a while about work. Your lab was collaborating with their lab on an upcoming project, and you couldn't wait to see more of them every day outside of lunchtime. But you watched Bradley slip your apron over his head as he laughed with Payback, his big hands making quick work of tying it in place.

"Want me to grab you a beer, Angel?" Jake asked as he walked past you, and you must have told him yes, because soon you were drinking both your sangria and a beer. Bradley was preheating the grill now, and you had to press your lips together to keep from making a seriously needy noise as he squatted down on the ground to open the tank valves.

You finished both drinks and went to wrap your arms around his waist as soon as he stood up.

"Having fun?" he asked with a smile. The playlist you made was perfect, everyone was eating your snacks, and you could overhear pleasant conversations everywhere.

"I'd be having more fun if my hands were down your pants," you told him, and he choked on his sip of beer.

"Sweetheart," he gasped as he coughed. "Later." He turned away from you as Bob called his name, and you sighed as you started talking to Jake about his girl problems.

After a few minutes, you were still shaking your head at him and sneaking glances at Bradley through your tipsy haze. "Jacob, just be less of a fuckboy."

"I don't know how!" he replied, but you had to bite your lip, because now Bradley was standing with his hand on his hip while he grilled the chicken you had prepared along with some burgers and veggie burgers. "The two of you are absolutely disgusting. You know that, right?" Jake drawled once he saw where your focus had drifted.

"Mmm," you hummed in agreement before making a beeline toward Bradley. "You need anything, Roo?" you asked sweetly, slipping one hand inside the apron and stroking his belly before letting your hand glide lower. You watched him glance around to see if anyone was looking and you giggled.

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Bradley grunted as your hand rubbed him through his shorts. "You need to knock it off," he whispered in as stern a voice as he could manage. Because God, your hand felt good on him right now. "Go find someone to talk to. I told you I will take care of everything you need later tonight."

You just whimpered. Your cheeks were flushed, and he knew you'd had a few drinks. He had honestly never seen you this poorly behaved before. Thank goodness he'd already locked you down with a ring, because this was delightful. He had to reach for your hand and remove it from inside the apron, because you were refusing to listen to him.

"What has gotten into you?" he asked, nodding at Fanboy when he asked if Bradley wanted another beer.

You looked up at him and licked your lips. "Sangria and lust. And hopefully you, soon."

Bradley tried his best not to laugh, so he pressed his lips together and nodded until he was able to speak. "You know we can't do that right now. Go talk to Nat."

He watched you pout and head away from him, your sundress swirling around your thighs. Great, now he was a little hard. He watched you conversing with his best friend, and he flipped the chicken before anything burned. Fanboy and Payback joined him at the grill and helped him get all of the food off when it was ready.

"Congrats again, Rooster," Fanboy said as he drank one of your fancy sangrias. "You two look so happy together. When's the wedding?"

Bradley glanced at you across the patio, and you were already looking at him. "We haven't made any solid plans yet. I'm hoping for this year though."

You winked at him, and he shook his head in response. He couldn't believe you. When he carried the grilled food to the table, and everyone started to dig in, he turned to face you. "Are you ready to behave now?" he asked you softly since everyone was gathered around the vicinity.

"No, I'm still feeling a certain way about how sexy you look today."

He heard Nat snicker and look at him over her shoulder. "The two of you are a serious problem," Nat told Bradley. "Plus, I am honestly shocked you found someone who can stand your personality and your looks."

Bradley sighed. He supposed he was lucky, but he still shook his head at you. "Eat something to soak up all of the alcohol you drank. I'm going to wash my hands." Bradley barely made it inside and to the laundry room sink before you slipped inside the room with him.

You closed the door and leaned against it, chewing on your bottom lip and eyeing him up and down. Bradley slowly dried his hands, taking a moment to wipe his brow with the paper towel before throwing it away.

"You're acting like a brat," he told you, but that just made you gasp. "You're being a bad girl."

"Oh my god," you moaned, and he knew he wasn't getting out of this room unless he took care of you. "I am so horny, Roo. I don't know what it is about you today! Or maybe it's because we're engaged, but I just... I can't...."

He smirked at you and nodded toward the washer and dryer. "Put your hands on top of the washing machine." He watched you do as you were told, and when he pressed the front of his body against your backside, you pushed back making him groan.

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"Please," you whispered, and when Bradley's right hand reached up the front of your dress, you wiggled back against him.

"I can't believe you today," he growled next to your ear, his mustache brushing you softly. His fingers traced your slit through your underwear before he reached his entire hand down the front and circled your clit. "I told you to wait."

"I couldn't," you moaned. He worked his fingers through your wetness and he groaned. "Are you going to fuck me?"

"No," he said, sliding one finger inside you.

"Why not?" you asked as he held you snug against him and used a second finger to fill you up.

"Because that's what you want me to do."

You gasped as he started to pump his fingers into you, fucking you with his hand. His left forearm was wrapped around your breasts, and the veins bulging in the back of his hand had you feeling wild.

"Please, fuck me with your cock," you gasped, but he was grinding your clit with the heel of his hand now. He knew exactly what you liked.

"No." he told you again, his voice firm and unwavering as his breath teased your ear. "You know I'm never quick, and we only have a minute. And frankly, I don't think I should be rewarding this behavior."

"Ohhh," you moaned, and he hissed as your ass bumped him while he worked his fingers in and out.

"You're such a filthy little thing, Baby Girl. Gonna have my hands full for the rest of my life."

You were so close now, you were squeezing your eyes closed as the wave of tension inside you grew. "You asked me to marry you."

Bradley grunted. "Of course I did. I love you. Even when you act like a needy little princess."

You bit your lip and let your head fall back against his shoulder as he rubbed his thumb across your clit, making you clench around him.

"You cum for me right now, and later tonight, I'll spread you out on our bed and do you the way you deserve."

You were whining and gasping for air, your fingers bending against the top of the washing machine as you came. Your skin felt so hot from the combination of sangria and Bradley's attention. When he withdrew his fingers, he brought them up to your mouth, and you licked and sucked them clean.

"You better behave now," he threatened, grinding himself against your backside before leaving you alone in the laundry room.

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Bradley watched you make your way back outside on shaky legs. Nobody seemed any wiser; the two of you had been inside for less than ten minutes together. You looked at him as he took a bite of his burger, and the soft smile on your lips had him smirking back at you. You absolutely owned his heart and his body, but he still couldn't believe your behavior while you had company over.

As soon as everyone had finished eating and drinking and the sun had set, your friends started to leave. Bradley watched you saying goodbye to Coyote and Bob, the last two stragglers.

"Everyone's gone," you told him, standing under the strands of fairy lights that you had hung up outside.

Bradley just looked at you for a few seconds, your ring sparkling on your finger. "Go get in bed and wait for me," he said. Now his voice was deep and needy. He watched you smile and dash inside.

Bradley shook his head and cleaned up some of the food and dishes, making several trips into the kitchen. He decided he'd make you sweat for a few minutes, make sure you were even more worked up for him. He washed his hands and started to unbutton his shorts as he walked into the bedroom.

And there you were, curled up in bed with Tramp. Both of you were snoring softly, your cheeks still flushed from all the wine you'd had to drink. Bradley just watched you sleep for a moment before he sighed and walked around the bed. He gently extracted the worn out dog and set him down on his own bed. Then Bradley covered you up and kissed your forehead before he got himself ready to go to sleep next to you.

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Thanks for reading Roo and Baby Girl! I hope you liked this one where she was being a bit of a brat...

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slocumjoe · 10 months

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do you think any of the companions drink? what would their habits be?

how the companions booze it 🍻

Cait; Hard drinker who, surprisingly, can't hold her liquor. She gets drunk quickly, but takes some time to drop out of the race, so to speak. Obviously, she used drink out of trauma response, but having gotten clean from the drug addiction, Cait drinks sparingly and rarely. Like, actually eats as she does so. Doesn't drink water because Cait isn't a water drinker. Her drunkenness depends heavily on her mood pre-boozing. Her booze of choice is beer.

Curie; does not drink. However, did try wine. Did not like it. She just makes sure there's water and food available for the local alcoholics, and badgers them to partake in such necessities. The worst days at the clinic are days after a party and she likes to lessen that load as much as possible.

Danse; Alcoholic. One of the alcoholics Curie is always after. Danse drinks when he doesn't have work, to sleep. No exception. And he drinks a fucking LOT. Like...opposite to Cait, he takes a lot to get drunk, and even more to fall down. He chugs vodka, whiskey, tequila...basically, if even one shot isn't for the faint of heart, Danse takes swigs right from the bottle. It impresses some people, but he isn't doing it to impress. Danse isn't that kind of person who takes pride in his alcoholism. This problem gets worse after BB, but he gradually gets better as time goes on.

Deacon; used to have a problem, so now alcohol is kind of a...soft no. He'll have a drink. A drink. And it won't be anything too crazy. A glass of wine, a beer or two, maybe a shot. He drinks as a social thing, just to be polite. Customs, yknow? Besides, he wants to keep his head clear. Also suffers from bad hangovers. The type to spend the whole morning puking even if he didn't have that much.

Gage: Also used to have a problem. He wasn't an alcoholic, but rather, weak to peer pressure. He wanted to impress all the big tough raiders by putting away as much crap as they could. And for the most part, Gage very much could outdrink most people. But being that drunk that often is not safe for a young man in his position, and he learned real quick that its better to the smart stick in the mud than the fun, cool, vulnerable target.

Hancock; the type of guy to think his problem makes him cool and fun. Im sorry, but he is. Hancock is the kind of person who's like "yeah man I was barely walking and shit, I had like, 30 shots or something? Haha I forget dude! So I'm like half crawling back to my place and its fucking...what, 10 in the morning? And I got work in 2 hours man, and everyone on the streets looking at me weird, ahah, shit was crazy!" Hancock drinks whatever he has, with no preference or complaint. However, there's a specific brand of whiskey that burns like a mother fucker that he likes to drink to show off. Doesn't eat or drink water. Curie has yet to give up on him in all but spirit.

MacCready; the most normal, healthy drinker. He likes the occasional beer, but his soft spot is a margarita. Or a sangria. Not into alcohol on its own. He doesn't want to taste it. He'll rarely have a drink without food. Drinking water is his weakness here, as he also isn't a water person. Mac will have a beer with dinner, and maybe another, and maybe another if the vibe is right, and if he doesn't catch himself, will end up tipsy. If he doesn't catch himself at tipsy, homeboy is getting pickled.

Nick; Used to enjoy a martini, a brandy, a wine, a rum. A gentleman of refined taste. At least, thats what he'll say. OG Nick bought his alcohol based on coupons or whatever was cheap. This man drinks bud light. Now, Nick mostly just babysits people who can get drunk. But he used to have his alcohol in accordance to whatever he was eating. Sub from the shop down the corner? Donuts? Afformentioned bud light. Dinner with Jenny, homemade seafood pasta? A wine. He's big on the idea that certain drinks have rules.

Piper; wine bitch. Drinks out of a coffee mug if ones clean. If not...girly gets a straw. She doesn't have a problem, but you wouldn't know it if you saw her while she enjoyed a drink. Wine is pretty much the only drink she likes. Beer is gross, moonshine has done enough to her, vodka is too strong to be enjoyed. She likes wine because it tastes good to her. Her taste sways towards the dry ones. Because she drinks for the taste, she isn't keen on getting drunk, so Piper is good about staying fed and hydrated. When she isn't, her hangovers are...demonic.

Preston; drinks occasionally, and never wants to get drunk. He doesn't like the feeling of being drunk, though he doesn't get hangovers. Even when inebriated, Preston mama-hens and keeps everyone eating and chugging water, so he ends up taking care of himself as well. His taste is both broad and limited. He'll drink anything—provided its local. Preston will not drink a name brand. He doesn't want Heineken, he wants Craig's magic wheat poison. He doesn't want Franzia, he wants a bottle of whatever the twitchy lesbian living in a boat house has fermenting amongst the seaweed and barnacles.

X6-88; the only alcohol you could get this man to drink is alcohol disguised as dessert. Ole Smokey banana cream moonshine comes to mind. He'll know its alcohol, you can't hide it from him, but provided its tasty enough...you might get him to indulge a little. If only for the fact that its basically candy. Otherwise, he isn't drinking. He probably can't even get drunk, not without causing a shortage.

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trash-town-champion · 8 months

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What drinks da2 characters order

In absolute fuck it we ball energy, I am replaying da2 here is a post for any of u who are still here from when I made this blog in high school

Yes this is modern / our world i dont care

Hawke: coronas. No, coors lite. Idk the beeriest college beer there is. Hawke is a ferelden farm boy this dude doesn’t even do mixed drinks he buys 6 packs only. Catch hawke in the club with one of those pitchers of beer thats like 64oz. If he must, whiskey soda(cola), and his go to shots are jameson

Varric: old fashioned is his go to, gin and tonic if he’s slowing down, and guinness if he’s really taking it easy, he doesnt really do shots

Fenris: he’s from tropical tevinter so must be tequila and mezcal, he usually does traditional tequila shots with salt and lime, but he’ll take a traditional margarita, salt rims on everything, he also likes tajin and will do mango if it’s spicy. Wine is a whole other ball of wax but he doesn’t really fuck with anything white or rosè he’d drinks cabs

Isabela: she’s a pirate so she likes rum, rum&coke is her go to, but she’ll do piña coladas, daiquiris, mai tais, and corny stuff like jello shots, blowjob shots, isabela only really likes shots if they’re this big communal event you make everyone do, she doesn’t do shots on her own, she’s the queen of mixed drinks and is low maintenance, if no rum she goes to vodka cran

Anders: white claw queen, trulys, high noons, go to mixed drink is long island iced tea, maybe screwdriver, but he will send things back if they’re not sweet enough and makes a terrible sour face every time he does a shot. This does NOT mean he does not do shots. He just has no preference bc he has no taste for liquor. He will order those ice blended drinks that are gross fake sugary, he drinks artificial shit like green apple flavored vodka, he brings malibu to every house party

Carver: he’s cut from the same cloth as hawke so he also drinks 6 packs. they order gallons of beer at a time and split them often, he’s always sipping mini fireballs out of his pocket as if he’s not surrounded by alcoholics, and he orders hennesy shots flat with no special flair

Bethany: cosmo, lemon drop, sex on the beach, sangria, she rejects beer because of her brothers, but she’ll do whiskey shots with them. she also likes ceremonious shot rounds like isabela

Aveline: ok so she’s obviously not down at the bar getting fucked up with everyone else, she mostly drinks beer and wine, she likes ipa’s and can get surprisingly sophisticated about beer, she doesn’t feel she has the refined palette of good wine choice (but she’d probably pass up many others) if she must order a mixed drink she’ll have whatever her friend is having, and if they’re doing shots she takes them like a pro

Merrill: oh boy this one’s hard. I think they just feed her drinks until she likes one and the ones she picks are so random to them they can’t follow the pattern. In reality, she has a preference for an herbal taste where she’ll like anything that tastes like she’s eating the forest or a garden, gin because it’s piney, garnishes with sage or basil or rosemary but she always eats the garnishes out of her drink whole, and she also likes to chew on the ice afterward. She’s a huge lightweight and gets drunk after two drinks but she really doesn’t mind the taste of them bc she would eat grass so she slurps down many a hard drink and then shes wasted

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stickthisbig · 1 year

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I made a pitcher of sangria out of a bottle of rose, some awful pomegranate liqueur, and some fruit I needed to get rid of, and goddamn, I forgot girl drink drunk don't fuck around. I almost never drink anything except for bourbon, beer, or red wine, and I rarely have more than one or two glasses. I've had three cups of this shit and suddenly I want to call my exes and explain a few fuckin things, like I wanna go swear at a stranger in public, how did I ever survive doing this every weekend

#me me me me me

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legitelizabethwwefan · 2 years

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Valorant Headcanons - Favourite Alcoholic Drinks

A/N: I was thinking about this the other day, so I decided to write it up. Enjoy!

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Word count: 506

No warnings.

Astra: Doesn’t like the taste of alcohol, so anything that tastes fruity works for her. Piña coladas and sangrias are her favourite. She doesn’t have any specific preferences as to flavour- all that matters is that it doesn’t taste like alcohol whatsoever.

Breach: Beer- but not American beer. That stuff tastes like water to him. Also likes the occasional glass of vodka and will happily drink it with Sova.

Brimstone: Used to stick to American beers, but Breach and Skye have helped expand his horizons. He also likes a glass of whiskey once in a while.

Chamber: Prefers white wine or French spirits such as Cognac or Grand Marnier. Will also enjoy a glass (or two) of champagne on special occasions.

Cypher: Only likes Mahia, a Morrocan Jewish brandy. May have a glass of red wine with dinner, but very rarely.

Fade: Rakı (a Turkish alcoholic drink) is her all-time favourite. But she also enjoys absinthe and whiskey.

Jett: Loves Soju the most because it reminds her of home. But she’s also down for a beer or two and isn’t picky about where it’s from.

KAY/O: Doesn’t drink, as it could mess up his system.

Killjoy: Despises German liquors like Jägermeister- they’re way too strong for her liking. She likes fruiter drinks like Astra, especially red sangrias. They allow her to get drunk without having to endure the taste of alcohol.

Neon: Lambanóg and other coconut-flavour alcohol (i.e. coconut rum) are her favourites. She also likes fruity drinks, especially if there’s a hint of coconut in it.

Omen: Doesn’t drink much, as he doesn’t see the point in it. If he does, however, he’ll choose brandy because it makes him feel warn inside.

Phoenix: Beer is his first choice- Guinness is his favourite, as well as other dark beers. Jett also introduced him to Fireball initially as a joke, but he also loves taking a few shots of that too.

Raze: Enjoys cachaça once in a while, but mostly prefers beer. It’s easier to get a hold of and doesn’t get her drunk as quickly.

Reyna: Tequila is her favourite- doesn’t matter how alcoholic it is or how strong it tastes, she loves it all. She’ll do shots of tequila without flinching. She also enjoys drinking red wine too- white wine is too sweet for her.

Sage: As I mentioned in my Guilty Pleasures Headcanons post, Sage likes wine. She’ll drink either red or white wine- she doesn’t have a preference.

Skye: Loves craft beer (also mentioned in my Guilty Pleasures Headcanons). But she also likes bourbon once in a while.

Sova: Vodka, obviously. He’ll drink beer if it’s offered, but will always choose vodka first. Will drink a glass of white wine at dinner too.

Viper: Will only drink hard liquor- bourbon, brandy, rum, etc. Everything else isn’t strong enough for her. She may drink red wine or champagne if offered, but she’s not too crazy about either option.

Yoru: Will drink beer with the others, especially Asian beers. Also likes drinking sake with dinner.

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parisupdates · 4 months

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Ring in the New Year Gala || December 31, 2023 - January 1, 2024

What better way to ring in the New Year than with drinking around the world? No, I don't mean to get on my private jet and just go - it wouldn't fit all of Paris. But, I have the funds to bring the rest of the world to Paris.

You're welcome,

Heather du Pont-Moreau

When/where does this event take place in game?

The gala will be held on December 31, 2023. This event takes place at the du Pont-Moreau Residence, which is located in West Paris.

How long do we have to write?

Threads can begin on Sunday, January 6th @ 12:00 AM EST and must be wrapped up by Sunday January 13th @ 11:59 PM EST.

What else do we need to know?

Aside from every other detail in this post, it should be noted our first interest check will still occur on Sunday. You are not required to participate and you will not need to pause your regular threads; but we ask that any threads related to the event are tagged clearly either using a personalized tag or as #paris.event:001. We ask that any starters specifically for this event are also tagged as #paris.event:001 in addition to being tagged as #paris.starter.

This event will include a decent set of drinking games from around the world hosted by friends of Heather's from abroad, live entertainment, and fine cuisine. Some examples can be found below; but please feel free to use your imagination or even suggest some that we could add to this post.

Games & Activities

Goon of Fortune (AUS); Loosely based upon Wheel of Fortune, this is yet another drinking game where players must sit in a circle, this time underneath a Hill Hoist-style clothesline. Attached to one end of the line is a bladder of goon, the local term for cheap, boxed wine. Spin the line, and whomever the bladder stops above has to drink. And no, you never need to buy a vowel or ask to solve the puzzle.

La vache qui tache (FR); No surprise, you’ll need a wine cork to play La vache qui tache (“The Cow Who Stains”), of which one end is blackened by a candle flame. Players take turns calling out fellow players by their pre-assigned numbers until someone screws up in remembering an opponent’s number. At that point, your face gets spotted with the blackened cork and game play continues.

Ping Pong Pan (JPN); Start in a circle with one person saying “ping” then, going clockwise, the person to their left must say “pong.” Then, the next person says “pang” while pointing to a random person, who must then say “ping,” and so on. Seems like they could really spice this game up with an actual ping pong ball and some Solo cups.

Sapo (PE); Unlike most drinking games, which simply involve a table, some alcohol, and some drinkers, Sapo actually involves an apparatus that seems a little costly. Purportedly created by an Incan king, players today toss tokens at a board adorned with a brass sapo (toad) and 25 holes. Tokens that land in the toad’s mouth are worth the most.

Kinito (ESP); Kinito is like Yahtzee for drunks. In this popular game in the Basque region, players sit in a circle (of course). One player shakes two dice inside a shaker, then privately looks at what she rolled, telling her opponents what that number is (which may be a lie). The next player guesses if she is being truthful or not, then rolls his own dice, trying to score higher. At least sangria is usually present and ample.

Pon/Toma (MX); In this game, a six-sided dreidel is employed, with each side bearing a drinking instruction (“toma dos”). Sit in a circle with a community libation in the middle, and then spin the top—whatever the dreidel lands on, you do (i.e. “toma todo”—drink the whole cup).

Bear Paw (RUS); In Bear Paw, a large mug of beer is passed around in a circle. After each player takes a sip, the displaced fluid is replaced by vodka, and the game continues. In theory, eventually the mug will be pure vodka, at which point vodka is displaced by beer, and so on. Winner is last person standing.

Fuzzy Duck (UK); In this game, players sit around in a circle, alternately calling out “fuzzy duck” or “ducky fuzz.” If a player, upon his turn, inadvertently calls out “does he?” then play immediately resumes in the opposite direction. If a player screws up on his turn, he drinks—simple as that.

Kastenlauf (GER); Kastenlauf literally translates to “box run,” and indeed, this drinking game involves running with a beer crate while methodically chugging its contents. Teams of two carry a crate full of beer (20 bottles) between themselves while each drinking a bottle. The first team to finish all their beer and cross the finish line wins.

Party games; Manhunt, charades, Uno, Marco-Polo (the more drunk - the more fun)

Photobooth

Bowling Alley

In-home Movie Theatre

Dance floor & DJ

Silent auction of AJ's things (out with the old)

Sip and Paint class with Tina Fey | Sip and Paint Splatter with Anne Hathaway

Tattoos by Koolsville

Cocktail mixing class with Mr Lyan

Houseplant by Seth Rogen pop-up ( get your goods, guys )

Forever Golden pop-up ( permanent jewelry )

12 AM firework show from outside garden (nice view of Eiffel Tower) -sparklers available

Event Features

Bars & Food

Cocktails are free and run all night, including an extensive Red & White wine list, licensed bartenders ( 11 bars at disposal ); specialty drinks for the night include The Ball Drop ( pornstar martini ), 2024 ( amaretto sour ) and Moreau ( Red wine spritzer with Merlot ) Each of the 11 bars are based off a specific country; comprising of a chef from each country who crafts the dish in which the country is known for, and a mixologist who makes the cocktail in which the country is known for.

Italy by Chef Massimo Bottura ; Negroni and pizza

Mexico by Chef Enrique Olvera ; Margarita and Tacos al pastor

China by by Chef Susanna Foo ; Baijiu and Kung Pao Chicken

Germany by Chef Alfons Schuhbeck ; Schwarzbier and Brot & Brötchen

America by Chef Bobby Flay ; Mai Tai and steak burgers

Japan by Chef Masaharu Morimoto ; Sake and sushi

Morocco by Chef Najat Kaanache ; Berber whiskey and B'ssara

Greece by Chef Georgios Evlampios Petretzikis ; Ouzo and Gyros

United Kingdom by Chef Gordon Ramsay ; Whiskey and fish and chips

Peru by Chef Gastón Acurio Jaramillo ; Pisco sour and alpaca burgers

Barbados by Chef Creig Greenidge ; Rum and cou-cou and fried flying fish with spicy gravy

Live Entertainment

Comedy show by Taylor Tomlinson, Pete Davidson and John Mulaney

Special performance by the artists (dancers) of the Moulin Rouge

Intimate performance by Lady Gaga

#paris.event #paris.event:001

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warningsine · 1 year

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@wehadfaces (my beloved) tagged me. Thank you, darling.

5 drinks to get to know me by

In no particular order:

Chamomile. My go-to drink in winter. Listen, deep down I'm an old grandma.

Peppermint tea. What other drink goes that hard? Its smell and taste? 11/10. Herbal tea is what I crave while working.

Orange juice. I used to drink one glass every morning, but I started limiting the intake. Too acidic for my empty stomach at times.

Wine. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot & Syrah own my heart. If it's cold outside, I enjoy my Glühwein. If it's hot outside, then sangria will do. Used to be very into Chardonnay too.

Cocoa. Unfortunately, I'm very sensitive to caffeine so it's either this or decaf. And it's usually the former.

Honorable mentions: pomegranate juice, almond milk, beer and occassionally rum.

Tagging:

@kpg-1126, @cecret-with-a-c, @dollsome-does-tumblr, @wickedheadache, @itsperfectlyreasonable, @sapphicscholar, @chainofclovers, @arathesane, @keypix4, @lauchis.

As always, feel free to ignore this. As always, if you see this and want to do it, consider yourselves tagged.

#honestly name a herbal tea and i'm prob down #also regarding alcohol i used to be more into gin/tonic & cocktails but as I said I'm a basic grandma now #meme #personal

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rybonucleic-ket · 1 year

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FOR THE RICHARD SIKEN LINES: would love to see you do 12? :)

I'm making this about las vegas boreo because of fucking course I am

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"Boris, you drink almost exclusively vodka. And beer."

Offensive beginning to a discussion of alcohol, honestly.

"Potter. I told you all the places I have lived and you think I only drink vodka? And beer? Serious?"

"How the fuck am I supposed to know? You've never even mentioned what it was like in half the countries you've lived in. ..hey, wait, where are you going?"

"To see what I can make from the shit in your kitchen."

There was not much. Cheap beer. Using old oranges and red wine from plastic bottle would piss off the Spanish bartender in Poland. I'll take what I can get.

Some oranges were too old. All of them, really. There was maybe one decent. I cut that one up, threw it in the warm wine from plastic bottle, it was the worst sangria anyone has made.

"Hey, Potter, come get your stupid fucking drink!"

"What the mother fuck is that?"

"...Culture."

He scrunched his face at me. "Boris, what?"

"Just drink it. You're the one who can't take vodka, not me."

He flipped me off, grabbed his drink, went to table.

I flipped him off, grabbed oranges, and followed.

We sat, looking at each other awhile.

"Honestly, the way you're staring at me is really making me not want to drink this."

"Fucking drink it. I had to make it for you."

He glared at me, but gave in. He raised the glass to his lips--

"WHAT THE FUCK-" he sputtered, gagging. "what even IS this, oh my go- ow, what the shit??"

I grinned, threw another orange, with victorious shout, "Headshot!"

"Stop- Boris, you fucker!"

"Worse than vodka, eh?"

Theo laughed, pretty in the light as we were laying on floor. "Tasted like shit. What even was that??"

"A disgrace to sangria. Not my fault, was only wine from plastic bottle. And the rotting oranges." I knocked my arm against his. "Sometime, will make you real sangria. we get fruit from store, find good wine, I make it, you stop complaining about vodka, eh?"

"Oh, fuck off." He turned his head to me. "But yeah. Next time I get to throw oranges too, though."

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#okay this is not high quality #was relatively low effort #but I really liked writing it. so.#thank you juno <3 #juno 🌌#boreo #vegas era #boris pavlikovsky #theo decker #boris and theo #tgf #the goldfinch #ry writes

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mooifyourecows · 1 year

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moo i turned 21 last week do u have any fun funky (preferably sweet/sour) alcohol related recs? u wrote open tab i have a feeling u have Knowledge ™️

turns out i hate wine and twisted tea so far. smirnoff ice screwdrivers are kinda bearable. that is all i know

happy late birthday! i'm happy you were born!

well, first off, please drink responsibly! it's really fun to get drunk and all but make sure you're taking care of your body. always drink in moderation and be sure to drink lots of water! Open Tab is very much fiction and it's inadvisable to drink as much as they do 👍 it's okay to get drunk every once in a while, even to the point of barfing, hey go for it, but DON'T make a habit out of it. people love to downplay the seriousness of alcoholism but it is very much not good and can really fuck with your body if you don't get your consumption under control

okay now that i've done my responsible big brother PSA...

there's a lot of different types of wine, so if you've just tried one or two, don't give up! my preferred wines are cabernet sauvignon or riesling, but neither of them are especially sweet (maybe riesling). cabernet sauvignon is a red that's really full bodied, kinda black cherry-ish, while riesling is more acidic, think more green apple-ish. Both of them very much taste like Wine though so if you're looking for something that's more fruity and smooth like juice, i'd recommend a zinfandel or moscato. Sangria is also a fruitier choice 👌

for wine coolers, you can't really go wrong. Jack Daniels has several flavors in their country cocktails and every one i've tried has been pretty good. even their black jack cola, and i'm not the biggest fan of jack and coke. I'd recommend their peach one though.

Smirnoff Ice is okay but i prefer Seagrams or Mikes Hard Lemonade. Flavors I like from Seagrams are their Jamaican Me Happy, Bahama Mama, and Calypso Colada. For Mikes Hard Lemonade (or Harder if you want something higher in alcohol content), I like their mango, strawberry, and cranberry.

there's also Steel Reserve. all their flavors are pretty good but my two fave are pineapple and orange soda

if you wanna dip your toes in beer, maybe give hard ciders or apple ales a try? i used to drink Redds apple ale, specifically the Wicked apple ale, which were good but more on the sour side. Some pumpkin ciders/ales are also really good but i haven't drunk them enough to be able to recommend specific brands. i had one this past fall season that was DELICIOUS but can't remember what it was 🤔

if you're looking for some liquor, there are quite a few that are pretty sweet or sour to drink just on their own. Disaronno is SUPER tasty, sweet like candy, but it can be a bit pricey. Though it's amaretto so there's probably cheaper alternatives... i never tried them.... because i really like the Disaronno bottles... they're classy and cool.... Schnapps are a good bet for taste. I'm partial to peppermint schnapps because the crisp, cool taste disguises the sting of the alcohol whereas other flavors might not so much. Then there's the creamy stuff that's great for mixing in coffee or hot chocolate like Kahlua, Godiva liqueur, rumchata, baileys, etc.

Flavored vodka can give you sweet or sour, depending on the flavor. personally, i'm not big into it, but i liked it a lot when i first started drinking. You WILL taste the alcohol though, so if you're pretty averse to that, then you might not enjoy vodka.

if you like coconut then coconut rum is 👍

Then there's the 99 series, if you're looking for something strong. I've drunk enough 99 Bananas to fill a boat. (don't follow my example, drink responsibly, too much alcohol consumption is bad for your health okay be safe)

honestly, a good way to figure out what types of liquor you like is to buy those little mini bottles at the liquor store. just pick out a bunch of them and have a little taste testing party. you never know what you'll like! and if you don't like it, hey, at least you didn't buy a whole bottle, right?

for cocktails that you might order at a bar/restaurant, here's a few simple, classic recs for sour and sweet:

Sour: margarita, daiquiri (classic or strawberry are both good), mojito, whiskey sour, lemon drop

Sweet: white russian, sex on the beach, cosmo, mudslide, grasshopper, mai tai

well, that's all i got. everyone experiences alcohol differently, so don't worry if you don't enjoy it as much as you think you should. you don't have to like it. you don't have to drink it. don't let anybody pressure you into drinking anything you don't want to drink or MORE than you want to drink. you can have fun without it! only ugly losers with tiny smooth brains pressure people into drinking when they don't want to 😤

Stay safe, drink responsibly, have fun, don't forget to eat and stay hydrated (with water)(not more alcohol)

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last ask for me; can you recommend an alcoholic beverage for people who hate the taste of alcohol but want to be drunk?

my first genuine advice is to get over it and learn how to drink like everyone else has to and learn to appreciate the notes in a beverage instead of going YUCK! ALCOHOL TASTE! IT BURNS! at everything... GET OVER IT!!!!!

Alcohol is an acquired taste. You must treat it with respect for that fact, but also treat the creation and history and culture behind the beverages with respect as well. I genuinely hate and feel disgust when people tirade about how alcohol tastes bad -- I'm not saying it's a heaven-sent beverage or that it doesn't cause cancer or substance abuse or anything, massive disclaimer, but there is culture and history behind many alcoholic beverages and like any culture and history there must be respect put behind it. Not everyone has had a poor relationship with alcohol. There is, in fact, a way to have a healthy, moderate relationship with alcohol; to not be dependent on it psychologically or physiologically, and to not let it ruin your life. I do believe that having a strong sense of self-discipline is key to this, as well as remembering moderation and temperance as well as humility when it comes to managing one's relationship to alcoholic beverages. I can't stress this enough. I am someone who comes from a DV household where alcoholism was a massive factor. I am well aware of the risks, I am not condoning alcohol abuse. Don't take my words in bad faith. Please god

This is in no way an absolutely comprehensive list but I get really intensely focused about this topic so this is where I am going to start.

beginner alcohol suggestions for those who are weaning into alcoholic beverages generally start sweet or mellow. You are going to stick to regions and grape varietals (varietal = the name of the grape used in the wine i.e. cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, moscato, riesling) that are sweeter or milder/mellower/softer. Thus it usually goes like:

Moscatos

Sangrias

White Zinfandel

White Merlot

Ports (VERY high in ABV, proceed with caution)

Chocolate Wine

Icewine

Sauternes

Meads

(Sweet, not Dry) Rieslings

Sweet Red Blends

Spumantes/Off-dry Cuvees

Vinho Verde

for what wines people generally try first. For beers, I would suggest Fruit Beers, Wheat Ales, chocolate Stouts/Porters and the like -- things that have flavors added to them. Or inoffensive beers like Lagers and Cerveza styles (which translated literally just means Beer Styles, but generally refers to Mexican lagers). Sours are another one that people start with but I hate sours, so...

For liquor there's no real good starting point I think. people who aren't used to drinking alcohol are going to taste it in everything.

Flavored whiskies (not Fireball. stop fucking drinking Fireball)

Irish Cream Liqueurs

Liqueurs in general, in particular Amarettos, Orange liqueuers, Schnapps of any kind (lower proof), Limoncellos

Aged Tequilas (i.e. reposados and anejos/extra anejos as those are smoother and tend to have a sweeter taste in some regards, these are meant to be Sipped)

Cocktails in fucking general ...

If trying to get into whiskies, usually people start with Bourbon and such because the high amount of corn (51%+) in the mash bill means that it will have a corn-syrupy sweetness to the body (known sometimes as caramel). Do not fall to the Mental Illness of Trying To Seem Cool And Knowledgable About Bourbon. I'm sick of coming into work to be on the floor helping customers and having to watch people stand in front of the bourbon section for 15-30 minutes just staring and poising and being like "I don't need any help" only to come grab a merchandiser later and be like "Where's your Pappy Van Winkle/Blanton's/E.H. Taylor/Buffalo Trace" fuck you.

And another thing about getting into Bourbon -- Wheated styles are going to be softer than High Ryes, Cask Strengths, Bottled-in-Bond etc. those are not very beginner friendly for people trying to acclimate to the taste of alcohol. Wheated styles are friendlier in general. Maker's Mark is a very common one, but I personally am fond of Larceny. If you can get a chance to do Redemption Wheated I also recommend that. Redemption is a great beginner bourbon in general, very reliable all-purpose bourbon, great to sip and mix.

A lot of people also choose Vodka because it is supposed to be distilled to be as inoffensive as possible. But you don't usually drink Vodka straight. especially not if you're a beginner. most beginner drinkers just make screwdrivers (vodka+OJ) or cape codder's (also known as a vodka cran) or anything like that. Try experimenting with adding different liqueurs and juices into Vodka (like i.e. making White Russians or Cosmopolitans)

If you're starting to acclimate to these sweeter, milder types, and you're ready to start foraying into drier and more complex/refined styles, you're ready to start to move onto other types of wine and spirits and beers. So these are decent transition wines. So that looks like, for wine:

Off-dry/Dry Rieslings

Pinot Grigio/Gris/whatever

Vouvray/Loire Valley French Wines/Alsace French Wines

Southern Italian White Wines (i.e. Pecorino, Falerio, Puglian wines, Campanian wines are my absolute favorite)

Chardonnay (oaked and unoaked), Chablis

Sauvignon Blanc/Sancerres

Prosecco, Cava, Champagne, other Sparkling wines in general (which tend to be made with majoritively Chardonnay grapes, along with Pinot Noir grapes in those same styles ALTHOUGH there are Sparkling Sauv Blancs & Sparkling Rieslings in existence and a ton of other grapes people use too)

Rosés (try Gamay grape Rosés/French Rosés)

For red wines: try Merlots

Zinfandels

Red Blends

Fruit-forward Pinot Noirs (ask somebody about these -- in general, with wines, if you do prefer vaguely sweeter styles, ask somebody about which wines are more "fruit-forward" for whichever varietal you're shopping)

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignons (due to them being very fruit-forward). Of note -- the tannins can tend to be just as firm in Cab Sauvs, so if you really can't handle dry wines yet, wait before getting into Cabs unless you really want to jump into learning how they taste.

And then similarly for beers, try:

More lagers. just do it fuck all life

Ales in general. any kind of ale. Amber ale also

Hazy IPAs are pretty good to start with IMO because they're a little fruitier and softer than regular IPAs due to the lack of filtering

Porters

Bocks

Tripels

Stouts

For liquors, try:

Silver/Blanco Tequila

Gin

Irish Whisky

Speyside Scotch Whisky (tends to be the softest style of scotch and is easy for beginners to acclimate to)

if you're used to Bourbon, try Rye Whiskies, or other styles of American Whiskey

Aperitifs (think Campari and Aperol, but there are other styles of apertif as well)

When you think you've acclimated to drier styles of wine there are a quite a few dry styles of red wine that are worth taking a look at. I touched a bit earlier about dry red wines like Bordeauxs. Bordeauxs are usually varying blends of Cabernet Sauvignons & Merlots depending on which riverbank side of the region they are located on. LCRM is an acronym describing it - Left, Cab, Right, Merlot.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Syrah

Malbec

Bordeaux AOC

Cotes du Rhone AOC

Tuscan DOCG

Piedmont DOCG

Sangiovese of really any location in Italy but whatever

Chianti/Chianti Classico DOCG

Italian dry red wines of any kind fuck it

Rioja

Ribeira del Duero

there's so many Portuguese wines too. I can't remember all these okay just try to do European red wines whenever you can. They do Pinot Noir in Germany too. God there's so much my brain hoirts

I'm afraid Tumblr's going to kill my document at this point so I'm just going to say when you've really reached the point that you feel comfortable drinking most of those transition wines or spirits or drinks and have a feel for what you do and don't like, you can pretty much try anything and have some degree of enjoyment of it without being put off by an alcohol taste. Learning to drink alcoholic beverages without reflexing from the taste of alcohol is an acquired skill and will not come overnight. But there is a lot of fun culture and history to explore in alcoholic beverages -- learning how to taste and discover notes in wines and spirits and beers, as well as learning how people make different alcoholic beverages, the creation of cocktails, craft beers, craft spirits, new wines, different styles of wines ETC. ETC. there's a big world here and I think it's worthy of being elaborated on.

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proxis-shattered-expectations · 2 years

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Favorite drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) of Siva, Keres, Torren, and Ritava?

Siva

. Believe it or not she is a wine kind of gal, who also happens to like some rums, Brandy, and vodka. Tho she prefers alcohol with a fruity taste.

. Sangria, white wine, and even plum wine. Any liqueur with a sweet flavor she'll drink.

. NON- Alcoholic wise, Coconut water, lime water, and any kind of fruit juice is her favorite.

Keres

. You know the elves tolerance for alcohol in Lord of the Rings.... Yeah that's Keres.

. Not picky at all with alcohol, will drink anything. Even beer or Mead(the maker kind)

. Favorite wise, likes Sake, Jaeger Meister, Vodka, Whiskey and strong alcohols. Also anything with a minty flavor

. Non alcoholic. ( Likes Sparkling water and Herbal Teas)

Torren

. Despite his eons experience he has never had alcohol.

. Not that he doesn't want to, just never had the opportunity. Because of that he has a very low tolerance for alcohol.

.Hence why his favourites would be margaritas and red wine. But drinks it in moderation.

. Keres had to watch him on the Alcohol because he gets stupid giggly white girl wasted. Bordering between doing something he will never remember the next day or becoming comatose.

. He'll pretty much drink anything that's not alcoholic, herbal teas and coffee are his favorite.

Ritava

. Will drink anything that's alcoholic, especially if it has a bite and some spice with it. It has to have a high alcohol content otherwise she will not drink it.

. At one point thought hot sauce was a human delicacy for drinking. The spicier the better, that or a lot of cinnamon and cayenne.

Thank you for the ask

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pontevoix · 2 years

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Ushijima's fingers tap at the hem of his glass - half empty of a cocktail the name of which he has already forgotten, too busy feeling... A little *overwhelmed* in the flamboyant, colourful decor of a bar/cabaret/some type of performance establishment at the heart of Pigalle. He barely represses a sigh of relief when Tendou, post-performance, finally joins him. "That was..." Interesting? Fun? Weird? All of the above? "... I'd never seen anything like this before." He settles on, wisely, to describe his first drag show experience.

a fruity drink precedes performance. a fruity drink for a fruity man & then a fruity queen. hahahahah. first just grapefruit juice, then orange, then a glass of water & then

finally showtime is elation & storytelling perpetually stuck at adrenaline’s peak & the color of personality —

the venue is a little dingy. it smells like old & stale beer & like wine that stains tabletops . . . but dingy can still light up late-night adventures & offer respite from traditional vision. it’s a little trashy, it’s a little glamorous, & tendou is not a sensitive person.

first: when ushijima unloads himself in paris, tendou waggles his fingers & wiggles his eyebrows & informs him that in france, tendou wears stardom with a different persona. ushijima doesn’t know what tendou means, & tendou promises to prove it to ushijima with showbiz.

he doesn’t tell ushijima that it’s something he doubts ushijima has encountered before. he doesn’t explain anything before introducing ushijima to another world. it’s a little funny that way, but also -

second: it should be said tendou is not a sensitive person. he doesn’t do tiptoed conversations or apologetic self-presentation. all these things can sometimes make him abrasive company — unpredictable company. ushijima forgives him this, though the word forgives is too strong. more accurately, tendou has never felt that ushijima decided tendou should be anything different —- even when tendou rewrote the rules for their friendship & shoved manga & experimental dishes & concert tickets & whatever into ushijima’s unwitting hands.

ushijima does not seem to think tendou should be anything different. likewise, tendou does not think that ushijima should be anything different — with all his eccentricities & metaphors & enthusiasm for sport. & so it’s with this awareness, tendou anticipates that ushijima no more understands the dragshow he had just seen than he had understood tendou’s earlier talk of showbiz. it’s a little funny this way.

& still, ushijima had tried for diplomacy. of course ushijima hasn’t seen anything like this before.

there’s nothing in tendou’s soul that stops him from bellylaughing hard in the middle of a small sea of candlelit tables. the sound is lost in the sound of music & patrons’ conversation &

tendou is no longer performing. he is dressed as tendou, & some makeup still paints his face like his version of a queen — but he laughs honestly & like himself & breaks any of ushijima’s overthinking tension by

tapping the center of ushijima’s forehead. his nails are naked; it’s not worth the effort to color them for the show & then strip them for work. it’s no good to get polish flakes in his food product.

relax, tendou says with the tap of his finger & settles back in the seat opposite ushijima to finally take a sip of his own drink. after shows, he drinks something a little harder than grapefruit juice, orange juice, & water. he drinks mediocre sangria & smirks at ushijima as if he could anticipate the questions that ushijima isn’t equipped to ask.

then ( tendou can’t help himself ), he laughs again. ‘ nothing you would have seen back in high school, for sure. for a lot of reasons. turns out people have a lot going for them —- all across the world. you like the women here? wanna try it out? we think we’re suuuuuuuuuuuper cute. ‘

tendou leans a little further back in his chair until the front two legs hover a few centimeters in the air. his arms stretch wide to gesture to the community around him, & he smiles a little:

‘guess i lied when i said i’d show you paris. i’m showing you more than just the city — ‘

tendou intends to say that he’s showing ushijima an instance of a culture. he intends to say that he’s showing ushijima something that’s a part of the city, that’s beyond the touristy bits . . . & then it occurs to him that he’s also showing something personal of himself.

the smirk freezes against his lips. tendou sets his drink on the table & brings his palms up to smash against his cheeks. when he pulls his hands away, he feels the residue of powdered / liquid foundation on his palms. he almost snorts &

prays ( like he rarely does ) that ushijima will not decide tendou should be different.

awkwardly, he laughs. to regain himself, he laughs & settles upright in his chair. the front two feet of the chair once again meet the floor. it’s easy to play off the incidental vulnerability with a repetition of:

tendou waggles his fingers & wiggles his eyebrows.

‘ thanks for coming. got any questions? finish your drink, & i’ll cover round two! tonight, miracle boy . . . we celebrate! ‘

unprompted | @pridewon

#pridewon #ur sleep paralysis demon is tendou voguing in the corner of the eye wdyd #sdfg we gave it a shoT #117. tendou

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Best Happy Hour Spots In and Around D.C.

When it’s time to unwind from a stressful workday, our region is teeming with Happy Hour haunts that will brighten your spirits! Some offer a unique venue vibe paired with similarly-themed menus. Some just have downright good deals. Even the most high-brow establishments tend to have special Happy Hour pricing to draw patrons looking kick back after a hard day’s work. Here are some great options, whether you’re wanting to wind down or paint the town!

O’Connell’s

112 King Street, Alexandria, Va.

This modern Irish restaurant boasts “an ancient Irish setting.” Choose to sit at one of their four bars, a table near the fireplace, or huddle up in a “snug” – a cozy space offering a little more privacy. O’Connell’s Happy Hour is Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and offers beer (including O’Connell’s Pilsner), liquor, house wine and delectables like Dublin Nachos and Irish Egg Rolls.

Pearl Dive Oyster Palace

1612 14th Street, Washington, D.C.

If you’re in search of treasure from the sea, you’re in for a treat at this pub offering American food with a southern slant. Happy Hour selections include ½ Price Local Oyster ($1.40 each with a minimum of 12), a pound of Addie’s Mussels, Wood Grilled East Coast Oysters, Chips & Queso, accompanied by $5 draft beer and $6 Happy Hour wine.

Guardado’s Restaurant

4918 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, Md.

Featuring Spanish Latin cuisine, Guardado’s Happy Hour (Tuesday through Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Friday from 3 to 6 p.m.) boasts a great variety of over-the-top Tapas for just $6: meal-worthy culinary creations made with tilapia, chicken, pork loin, omelets and more! Cocktails are also just $6. Select bottles of wine are half-price, and draft beers are just two bucks!

Mia’s Italian Kitchen

100 King Street, Alexandria, Va.

Located at the riverside end of King Street in Old Town Alexandria, Mia’s Happy Hour takes place Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. Choose your seating at the bar or on high tops, or lounge on sofas. Specially-priced bar bites range from Prosciutto and Fontina Fritters with Calabrese Hot Honey ($7), Chicken Parmigiana Sliders ($8), Pesto Spaghetti ($9) and more. What else? $4 Sangria, $5 pizza, $5 draft beer, $6 wine, $7 cocktails. Wow!

Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab

750 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C.

At the legendary, upscale Joe’s, Happy Hour is “Cocktail Hour” and is served Monday through Friday from 2:30 to 6 p.m. (at the bar and highboy tables only). You can enjoy half-priced Oysters on the Half Shell and some $6.95 options including French Dip Sliders, Lobster Deviled Eggs and Mini Cheeseburgers. And of course, signature cocktails, wine and draft beer are also available.

Blackwall Hitch

5 Cameron Street, Alexandria, Va.

With a name like “Blackwall Hitch,” how can you resist? The meaning behind the name is too long to explain here, but it fits, given the fact that its location is close to the waterfront where boats and water taxis traverse daily. Happy Hour happens in the Quarterdeck Bar weeknights from 4 to 7 p.m., and includes drink specials and half-price appetizers. Draught beer is $7 a pint; bottled beer is $5; wine is $5 a glass; featured cocktails are $7.

Allegory

1201 K Street NW, Washington, D.C.

If you’re looking for something REALLY different, visit Allegory – “The first bar to blend art, literature, social justice, craft cocktails and hospitality.” Its speakeasy entryway is through a nondescript door in the Eaton DC’s Radical Library. A one-of-a-kind mural by artist Erik Thor shows Alice in Wonderland through the eyes of 6-year-old Ruby Bridges – the first Black student to integrate an elementary school in the South. The menu is literary and political and features drinks like “Mad as a Hatter” and “The Color of Law.” Bites include “Little Girls Eat Eggs as Much as Serpents Do” (an Alice quote), “Caterpillar’s Mushroom” and many more. Curiouser and curiouser!

Boca Botanas

239 Muddy Branch Road, Gaithersburg, Md.

The winner of four OpenTable 2019 Diners’ Choice Awards including “Vibrant Bar Scene,” Boca Botanas features Latin American inspired food “with a twist of Spanish and South American.” food is served tapas style with fresh, locally-sourced ingredients and sauces and sides that are made from scratch daily. Happy Hour is served weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m. and includes handcrafted beverages and cocktails infused with homemade mixes and fresh ingredients.

The Majestic

911 King Street, Alexandria, Va.

The iconic 25’ tall neon signs beckon diners in. Good food and drink keep them coming back. Established in 1932, The Majestic’s newly designed interior is a blend of art deco and contemporary with an assortment of artwork adorning the walls. Happy Hour eats include sandwiches, sliders and sides. Special pricing for spirits ($4), drafts ($5), wine ($6) and cocktails ($7) happens weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m.

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olivia-hastings · 11 months

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Name: Olivia Hastings

Age: Thirty Nine

Date Of Birth: February 29, 1984

Occupation: Principal @ East Haven High School

Childhood Home: East Haven, Vermont

Current Home: Primrose Heights East Haven, Vermont

+ Personality Traits: Compassionate, Caring & Nurturing

- Personality Traits: Self Sabotaging & Insecure

Aesthetics: Iced Coffee, Painted Finger nails, Suit Coats, Vodka Seltzers, Fake Lashes, Bracelets

Height: 5’ 5"

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Brown With Tints of Red

Relationship Status: Single

Sexuality: Pansexual (but doesn’t know it yet)

Parents: Spencer & Penelope Hastings

Siblings: Sammy Hastings, Noah Hastings, Logan Hastings & Peyton Hastings

Favorite Candy: Sour Patch Kids

Favorite Chocolate: Almond Joy's

Favorite Fruit: Bananas

Favorite Vegetable: Asparagus

Favorite Dish: Shrimp Alfredo

Favorite Drink: Chocolate Milk

Favorite Alcoholic Beverage: Sangria

Favorite Movie: Girls Trip

Favorite TV Show: The Masked Singer

Favorite Animated Show: Bobs Burgers

Favorite Disney Movie: Mulan

Favorite Pixar Movie: Toy Story 2

Favorite Jewel: Opal

Favorite Animal: Cows

Favorite Band: Cheat Codes

Favorite Artist: Charlotte Sands

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Even though Olivia has lived here who entire life, she loves to travel. She has gone to many places across sea and to the Caribbean but no matter where she goes, she always ends up back in East Haven. It’s what has felt like home to her since the day she was born.

Olivia can be seen in a pair of heals with a skirt and a fun blouse as she likes to always keep people on their toes.

Olivia has been with many a people in her life, she even has a child with one of them but little does she know that she’s actually pansexual (this will be played out and she will soon find out)

Family is everything to her and there’s no if’s and’s or butts about it. If you come for any of her family then she’s going to make sure you feel her wraith. They will go to bat for her and she would do the same thing for them.

Little does Olivia known that there’s a whole other family out there that she doesn’t know about because her father had some secrets that he didn’t tell anyone until he passed which he only told Olivia so she’s gone digging herself for her family.

The Beatles is always something that you can see coming from Olivia’s Honda CRV radio. She loves their music but is also a huge country fan and it shoes if she goes out on the town drinking.

She is a very patient person and it takes a lot to get her going or to upset her but once you’ve crossed her, there’s nothing that anyone can do to make it up to her because she will choose peace over conflict every time.

The beverage of choice, non alcoholic that is is tea. She can be seen with tea in her hand or water with lemon, mint, and cucumber. If she’s drinking it depends on the mood and it could go from white wine, to whiskey, to even some beer. Be careful because you might see her wild side.

#easthavenintro #introducing me

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ultra-maha-us · 11 months

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How-To Order Wine at a Bar/Restaurant With Limited Wine List

When there is no wine list, tread with caution. I realized only recently that the main reason I don't like Chardonnay or Merlot very much boils down to the fact that most bars and restaurants without an extensive wine menu will still offer a red and white wine by the glass (called, "the house wine")-and it's typically Merlot and Chardonnay. It's also typically quite cheap, and almost always tastes that way, too. The Merlot will be hard to drink and will leave a bitter finish, and the Chardonnay will be thick and almost slimy on the tongue, with a somewhat sweet yet tinny taste. Ring a bell? No wonder these grapes have gotten a bad rap over the years-albeit false! Imagine swearing off kissing because you didn't enjoy your first kiss. You know inherently that, with trial-and-error, you could find a good kiss. Something about the wine industry confuses us, though: I, too, fell into the trap, assuming that a grape was a grape was a grape, or, that Chardonnay and Merlot wines will be pretty much the same. That's simply not true. I've recently been experimenting with both grapes, after a recent trip to Sonoma that proved these grapes can be so much more complex and delicious than ever expected, especially for those of us used to the house wines.

So, when you're faced with a decision about what to drink at a restaurant/bar without a scotch full wine menu, what do you do? A few considerations:

Accept that wine may be your first choice, but instead order beer. Beer is as diverse an industry as wine, and something I've grown to appreciate myself. If you consider yourself someone who avoids beer, ask the bartender for something very light, not hoppy. It's the beer's hops that go into beer that give it that yeasty, beer-like taste and make it difficult to drink. And, food accompanies beer quite well, unlike many cocktails.

If you really want a glass of wine, order it with food. It will make it more drinkable. I would not recommend these wines as sipping wines.

Ask for sangria, where the wine will have been mixed with other ingredients including rum and fruit. I've never had bad sangria. Just be careful it's not artificially made with syrups behind the bar. You want something that's been brewing for hours. I should add that some bars offer limited, but good, wine selections. How do you know? The wine will be listed alongside its vintage (year) and producer (winery). I give the green light on ordering from such a list. If you don't have this information, and even if the venue offers more varietals (Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir are popular), I would avoid ordering the wine. Of course, experiment a little yourself, see what you like. As we've said before, a good wine is one that you personally enjoy, not one that someone else tells you to drink.

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veetravelblog · 1 year

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Milan & Venice, Italy

Our overnight train ride departed Munich at 8:00PM, I reserved a sleeper train on the OBB Railjet. The accommodations were as expected with our own private room, that can sleep up to four, I would not recommend it for four adults, but for two there is plenty of space. We brought snacks, sandwiches and wine for the ride which helped :) The trip was smooth and we were served breakfast in our cabin, shortly thereafter we arrived in Milan with little delay at 9:00AM. I planned half a day in Milan that began with a couples massage at QCTermeMilano, a spa in the heart of the city that offers an array of relaxation rooms, thermal spas and saunas. After a much needed recharge I could not imagine a better way to spend our time, at about 2:00PM we ordered an Uber to take us to Milano Centrale to catch our train to our next destination Venice.

For this leg of the trip I reserved two Business Class seats on the FrecciaRossa 1000 due to depart at 3:45PM for €98 (about $50 each), this proved to be the best train experience thus far; the business class cabin was very nice, seats were comfortable and the complimentary snack and drink selection included Prosecco and Italian beer. The train ride was an easy two and half hours, along some beautiful sceneries that changed from the urban view near Milan though the countryside and into the Gulf of Venice. Upon arriving to Venezia San Lucia, our hotel the Grand Canal Suites was conveniently located just across the canal from station. We checked in, dropped our bags and went off in search of some food and wine. Just around the corner from our hotel we found a small restaurant,Trattoria Agli Amici, we looked over the menu and quickly decided on the mussels and vino della casa bianco (white house wine) We were given a tip by our newly made Dutch friends in Germany “In Venice always order the house wine” they said “It may not be on the menu, it will always be delicious, served in a carafe and it will be cheaper than the cheapest bottle on the menu” needless to say they were right! Both items were delicious and our bill was €20 = $20! Being that this was our first taste of Venice it definitely set the bar high. The rest of our evening consisted of restaurant hopping and simply taking in the fact that we were in The City of Love. We found scrumptious prosciutto e melone at Osteria Leone Alto and ended the evening at Mira Hosteria to have dessert which was located just under our hotel with tables right alongside the Grand Canal. We would end up dining at Mira both evenings in Venice, it was that good!

On our second day in Venezia we decided we would make our way over to Basilica di San Marco and Piazza San Marco or Saint Mark’s Square. In this same area you find the Palazzo Ducal or Doge’s Palace all iconic landmarks of Venice dating back to the 8th Century. Once you start walking towards San Marco and crossing the various walking bridges and canals the crowds begin to thicken. It is much like a labyrinth walking through Venice, I coined my husband with the name human compass because if I would have been alone I would have surely gotten lost! I am a C level conversational Italian speaker but when I mix that with my Argentinian Spanish I can pass for B+ so we were doing alright exploring the quintessential Venetian streets. The alleys and canals are breathtaking in themselves, to think how long they have been there and the talent and time it took to build this city is remarkable. Additionally, since there are zero motorized vehicles allowed there is a sense of peace and quiet, you do not see people even riding bicycles or scooters. Time just goes a bit slower in Venice and we enjoyed every minute. We stumbled upon Bacaro Jazz, the neon cocktail sign drew us in but the jazz music and giant house sangria container made us stay. It was a small venue with friendly bartenders and patrons, strung along the entire ceiling were hundreds if not at least a thousand bras, all different colors and sizes with notes on them from their past owners…I know what you must be thinking and the answer is no… I packed very light for this trip and fit everything in a carry-on and a backpack so my apparel was limited, I could not leave anything behind! (LOL)

At sunset time on our last night we checked an item off of our bucket list that I am sure many of us share, a Gondola ride. During the trip our Gondolier, Pietro shared a lot of great information with us about the town he lived in his entire life. He let us know that each Gondolier owns his gondola and that there is a rigorous process including school, training, exams and internship before becoming a Gondolier. We asked about cost of living, and how much an apartment or home would cost monthly, he proceeded to shake his head “It has become very expensive” he said “a two bedroom furnished apartment in the heart of Venice would be €1000 per month” in that moment my husband and I looked at each other and gave each other a small nod almost as if to say “huh, not bad actually” As our sunset ride turned into night we ended the jaunt on a high note, as we fantasized about living in Venice for a year or two…

On our last day we checked out, stored our luggage and went out for breakfast at a nearby cafe. We decided that before our 3:00PM train we would walk around a bit and find Cacio e Pepe to eat for lunch it translates to literally mean “cheese and pepper” Anthony Bourdain (rest in peace) had this dish in Italy and claimed to have been the “best thing he’s ever eaten” We embarked on our quest and did not have much luck for a little while until a restaurant host advised that there was a place just over a nearby bridge that serves it. Upon arriving to this said restaurant, I entered and asked this tall grizzly chef if they served cacio e pepe there? He looked at me and his eyes widened, he raised his hands up and said “Qui non troverai cacio e pepe! Non è di questa regione. Io non lo faccio!” I tried to hold back my laughter and quickly went outside and my husband asked what happened?! I laughed and let him know we were set up! This man was obviously triggered by the question, what he said to me was that I would not find cacio e pepe because it is not from that region of Italy and he does not make it! We were not discouraged because I remembered seeing cacio e pepe written on a chalk board as a special at one of the restaurants we had a quick bite at the day before. I tracked down the place via my pictures on my iPhone and realized it was on the other side of Venice but we had time and the walk helped build our appetites. We ordered the Cacio e Pepe upon arriving at Trattoria Da Gigi and it was the BEST dish we had thus far. They cook the pasta and then dump it in huge parmesan cheese wheel *drool* top it with freshly shaved cheese and pepper, delizioso! With full tummies and happy hearts, to have found our dish, we made it back to the train station with about a half hour to spare and prepared for our next destination FLORENCE, ITALY, be sure to keep an eye out for my next post to see how it went…

#milan italy #venice italy #cacio e pepe #italy #chino hills #magazine writer

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