back again so soon?
the place: 28 degrees, 1 appleton st, south end
the date: sunday, 05.03.09
the plan: impromptu cocktails
I know. I just implied I wasn’t going to be back at 28 degrees any time soon. but, I was sitting on the couch, catching up on the dvr, kind of casually bored when m called. she and le were at 28 degrees, did I want to join? twenty-five minutes later I hopped out of a cab on appleton street and found them at the bar.
drinks, of course: on friday, I’d tried the new spring rhubarb cocktail, but had been intrigued by the elderflower aviator, so that was my plan for this trip. I was briefly distracted by the frozen belinis since it was apparently “belini sunday,” but stuck with my first instinct. of course, I had plenty of time to be distracted by other options as the bartender made approximately twenty-four drinks before noticing me in my spot four feet away from him. the drink, once I finally got it, was refreshing and sweet and practically perfect. I had another before the night was over.
despite the questionnable service and the guys who felt the need to stand in my personal space for over an hour, I had a reasonably good time. there was a drag show going on and it’s not every day you can say you accidentally ended up a drag show, so at least there’s that. I’m still not impressed with the place, but clearly I am no longer quite so resistant to it.
