Thursday-Gra : Big Night Out

Went to Nola's in Palo Alto last night. It was a birthday party for a friend of mine, and we had the big private room upstairs. It's a cool little spot.. we fit 15-16 people in there. On to the food: The crab cakes were pretty awesome, and the appi platter was pretty grub too. Unfortunately, I wasn't too excited about the blackened catfish I ordered for my entree. It looked like people were enjoying the flank steak and the etouffe. That was probably a better bet. We ordered up about five huge pitchers of sangria too.. so all in all it was great fun.

As if that wasn't enough partying for the night.. I had another friend who was celebrating his b-day the same night. I caught a ride back up to the city and met up with him at Hemlock. This bar over on Post and Sutter is pretty cool. It's dark, they have pool, and they serve PBR in bottles. 'Nuff said. I think the star of the night had to go to Mr. Pickles. Mr. Pickles is (now a very fat) female chihuahua. The awesome part is that she's registered as a service animal so Mr. Pickles can go to Giants games, out to bars, restaurants, etc. Sis.. you should probably look into this.

After Hemlock we checked out R-Bar and Blur. We stopped by Vertigo but it was dead. R-Bar was alright but the people were a little on the obnoxious side.. a bunch of loud English dudes dressed like frat boys. My praise for R-Bar is that they serve Olympia in cans there. Blur was cool. Definitely more chill than R-Bar. They have free lollipops and Shannon the bartender is pretty cool. Big night out.