Mothers, lock up your children, the cougars are on the loose!  When I entered the underground bar at Hill Country, little did I know I was walking into a den of lascivious ladies 40+, bedazzled in beads and boas, and rocking out to a live-band playing their favorite 90’s classics.   We listened to Counting Crows covers and picklebacked all night.  Get your mind out of the gutter; a pickleback is the shot of Jameson followed by a shot of pickle juice…zing!  The perfect thing to get your old lady in the mood…

The restaurant at Hill Country also has a Man vs Food-esque Challenge, where one has to consume 3 pounds of meat (including moist brisket, lean brisket, beef shoulder, prime rib), a medium hot side, a medium cold side, a 32 oz. drink and a cupcake, all in less than an hour.  If you finish, you get it for free and your picture on the wall, and if not you have to pay $85.  A ReBlog is definitely in order if I can find an Olympic meat-eater who wants to go for the beef.  Volunteers?

City Bakery is already in full swing with its famous hot chocolate festival, where it amps up this liquid dessert to the next level.  Check out the calendar to pick which days look the sweetest.  Today is Espresso hot chocolate, but there are more exciting options, including Banana Peel hot chocolate, Beer and Brown Sugar hot chocolate and “Sunken Treasure” hot chocolate.

This past Saturday was absolutely frigid.  I left my chick at home, and endured weather of -79.6 degrees, fighting off leopard seals along the way all in the name of “Peter Night” at Antarctica.  Translation: I got unlimited free drinks until 1:00 AM.  I started off around 8 o’clock with a Michelob Light, for which I received a lot of grief from my friends.  So I stepped it up to whiskey and Coke that arrived in a pint-sized glass and was my downfall.  All I know is I woke up wearing my shoes, and using a pizza box for a pillow.  Check out the name night calendars at Antarctica and No Idea Bar, and if you don’t see your name any time soon, you can always request it. For all you Dileeps out there, you better get ready because your name night is coming up this February 23!  If you’re lucky, Morgan Freeman might even narrate your night for you!