Due to reaching a new level of hunger and brokeness (thanks for the pay cuts!) I haven't been out and about much. You need some amount of discretionary income to gad about, drinking and eating, when you have not yet met your sugar daddy.
I don't drink much anymore but the holidays, parties and birthdays do require the purchase of gifts. I like giving liquor as a gift - as my friend Wendy once stated: If I can't eat it, drink it, smoke it, or wear it, I don't want it. We all want less clutter and stuff in our lives, and the best kind of gift-giving takes that into account. So, enter the liquor store.
In the past I typically frequented Gulf Discount Liquors and Wine which is close to my house. It's a sort of clean, utilitarian place with good prices, if not the most convenient hours. It's all right but it's not sexy, to be honest. It's very brightly lit, you know?
I needed a gift so I decided to check out some other local liquor stores. First I went to Old Vines Wine & Spirits. Definitely a pretty, classy little jewel of a joint but I must have picked the wrong time to go. There was a wine tasting going on - everyone in this hole-in-the-wall was pretty boozy - and I couldn't find anyone to acknowledge me or help me. I mean, this place is smaller than my apartment, yet I couldn't get anyone to look me in the eye. It felt like I was a bumpkin in overalls who had crashed a private party at the country club. The selection is quite dismal unless you want wine. I mean, this place is tiny. I left the place and, already late to a party, headed over to Global Liquors just down the street. What a find! Happy, happy, joy, joy!
Though you wouldn't guess from the outside, Global Liquors is spacious, elegant, has a large selection, and has great prices. No fluorescent lighting, no Walmart atmosphere. They have a good amount of parking and are very convenient - for me, at least! I easily found someone to help me and they even had a check-in deal for a discount, score! They have a fancy little delicatessen in the store as well. I definitely recommend them - I've been there three times in the last month and I always get treated well. I only worry they don't get enough customers - they can't close, I need them. I mean, they are only a little over a mile from my house so you know what that means, yep - walking distance. Though, I've been hearing about the perils of drunk walking lately. Don't drink and walk!
