Yes, it is the day of departure from New Orleans, but that doesn't mean there still isn't stuff to do, say, see, or hear!!!!
5:30 - Kev-O arises for his early trip to the airport.
7:00 - Kev-O wheels up to D.C.
8:15 - Pepster arises.
8:30 - Racecar calls Pepster and asks, are you going to any museums or cemetaries? [Ed. Note - We do love the World War II Museum in New Orleans, we just didn't have the opportunity to see it this trip.]
9:00 - Sinickal comes downstairs.
10:45 - Uber to Sinickal's hotel, the Queen and Crescent (Sinickal's flight out is tomorrow morning.) As an aside, we did clean up the AirBnB, which was easy to do, but we were amazed at some of the checkout instructions, things like - set thermostat to 70, take all trash to the bins outside, put all dishes in the diswasher, remove all signs and clean up all confetti and glitter. What did they think we were doing?
10:49 - Song comes on radio and Pepster mutters to Sinickal, "Strong start for a song." Driver thinks we are complaining so he just changes the station saying, "Is it too early for this song?"
11:02 - To Acme Oyster House for lunch, but Acme Oyster House is closed. Oh well, next trip. To Felix's.
11:03 - Enter Felix's.
11:12 - First batch of oysters arrive.
During lunch - lots of talk about Tiger Woods - who stated he was going to play the Masters - and talks of states and various laws pending or being lobbied regarding their age of consent for marriage. All but 6 allow marriage for girls under the age of 18. ONLY 6!
13:30 - Walk into Fat Tuesday's as an homage to a previous Key West trip. We do not want a sugary Fat Tuesday drink, but we can get a beer to go. Except ... all tables have been removed as have all beer/wine. Sugary slushy drinks to go only. We pass.
13:33 - Enter Cornet's.
13:41 - This pulls up right outside our window at Cornet's ...
So that he doesn't miss out we send this pic to Kev-O, who immediately texts back, "I wonder where he was January 6!"
14:56 - Couple walks in wearing Kansas gear. Sinickal asks, "Have they taken away your trophy yet? It has been 24 hours." Followed by, "At least Mark Emmert would have gotten the name of my school right." [Ed. Note - for those that didn't hear, when awarding the championship trophy to Kansas University, the President of the NCAA, Mark Emmert, announced Kansas City University.] Pepster goes to remark that at least "Emmert might know which state Kansas is in," when we see the guy is wearing a shirt with the phrase "Great State of Kansas" over the outline of the State of Missouri. Apparently this guy is one of us.
15:01 - Bad Boys on tv at Cornet's - without sound - but we both look up and the "I wanna be, I wanna be like Mike" scene is on.
15:05 - A guy at Sinickal's club gets his first hole-in-one today. Sinickal mentions that his club has hole-in-one insurance, and everyone in the club is charged $2 each to go toward drinks for the hole-in-oner and his foursome!
15:09 - Enter Cantina. BOY IS THIS PLACE LOUD!
15:10 - Pepster and Sinickal to each other, "What?" "What?"
15:13 - Leave Cantina.
15:31 - Enter Bandstand. This place was closed when we passed it earlier. Glad it is open now. And it has the champagne of beers!
15:36 - Sweet Home Alabama. Some band always place this song when we are in Bandstand. The make-up of this band is a bit different than the last couple of times.
15:51 - A dude in Kansas gear is still celebrating the victory by trying to dance. It isn't working.
15:55 - Enter Front Door. (The name of the establishment, not just the location of the door.)
15:55:10 - 4 for 4 on bartenders.
15:59 - Pepster's flight is delayed from 19:55 to 22:05.
16:00 - Sinickal says, "Good. Now I have a dinner date."
16:23 - Band plays Dust in the Wind by Kansas. Dude just yelled out, "You're my boy, Blue!" As people go to dap him up he admits that he just repeated a line that his girl just told him.
16:57 - Shoes untied.
17:00 - Enter The Beach.
17:01 - A whole conversation over the second person plural as bartender uses ya'll.
17:04 - 4 1/2 out of 5.
17:17 - Three people at the bar do a shot with the bartender and toast, "We should have stayed in school!"
17:20 - People down the bar complain that their beers are not cold. Bartender comes back to ask if our beers were cold. They weren't. After explaining to her that they were not without trying to sound like they are complaining, bartender looks at Pepster and says, "You have a way with words my dude."
17:28 - Enter Dickie Brennan's for dinner. Sit at bar.
17:30 - Rory the bartender introduces himself and asked if we were in town for the Final Four. He says he was rooting for the blue team.
18:00 - As Pepster orders a twist of lemon with his Buffalo Trace, Pepster and Sinickal remember that the bartender from Bourbon House on Monday evening said, after we ordered Elijah Craig with a twist of lemon, "Oh, you are the twist of bourbon guys!" [Ed. Note - This is the second consecutive Final Four in which we were somebody's guys. At Bourbon House in New Orleans we are the "Bourbon with a twist of lemon guys." At Runyon's in Minneapolis in 2019 we were one waitress' "Jameson Guys."] Not sure how we forgot to put that in yesterday's blog post.
18:19 - Pepster takes a call from Racecar, who mentions that Tiger Woods is playing in the Masters. She just starts to refer to him as "Little Big League!"
18:31 - Guy at the bar in a discussion with two other bar patrons says that he is, "Staying at I T O S, or some other hotel that is letters!"
18:34 - Couple next to us talking about George Foreman's names for all his kids and the lady says, "Can you imagine, Angie, Angie, Angie, Angie and Angie?"
18:40 - Another lady at the bar makes the comment that "All wine distributors look alike!". [Ed. Note - this is the second consecutive Final Four trip that some version of "All ____ look alike " has appeared on our blog post. In 2019 it was at Gigi's in Minneapolis, when the waitress confused Sinickal and Dr. Pepper.]
18:44 - Lady, who we assume is named Angie from the previous conversation, is a bit confused as to which direction Rory is delivering her appetizers. "I never know if someone is coming from the back or the front."
18:58 - Lady on the other side is from St. Louis. She finds out Sinickal is a Cubs fan and says, "Wrigley would be a cathedral of baseball if the would rebuild it like Busch Stadium."
19:35 - I thought you said a plastic fuck. (Referring to a plastic fork in a to-go order.)
19:38 - Leave Dickie Brennan.
19:57 - Arrive at Queen and Crescent, a Marriott property. Sinickal's room is not yet ready. You may recall we arrived there just before 11:00. Sinickal receives free drinks because of the delay.
18:00 - Free Buffalo Trace's. Yes with a twist of lemon.
20:20 - While Pepster is outside waiting on his Uber to the airport which is 1 minute away, Earth Wind & Fire's Fantasy is on the airwaves from the hotel. A great way to end the trip.
21:16 - Guy at the bar outside the gate is talking to a couple saying that he ran into Felix's when they opened at 11:00 today and has been eating and drinking all day. He had to have seen us there, as we were in the front bar.
22:11 - Pepster wheels up to FLL.
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