It was tricky to navigate to the Night Market tonight

Alternate title - ever been so drunk off of free booze samples you bought CBD infused hot honey because you thought it was really funny?

I had gin, whiskey, sea-aged whiskey, bourbon, vodka, muscow mule, french 75, rose, beer, peach liquor, white wine and a lot of some sort of orange liquor. At the orange liquor place the guy was so distracted that every time I tried to hand him back the glass to throw out he kept refilling it. In non-alcoholic liquids I had bone broth and tumeric-infused oat milk.

I'll post more tomorrow. The Night Market started as a thing where a warehouse is not in use for a weekend so it becomes filled with pop ups for booze, food, tea, tattooing, washi tape, etc. I think now it's got a mostly regular venue as opposed to be being as fly-by-night as it used to be.

I walked there and back and am very sleepy.

Night Market

I went to an actual event last night. I had to put on clothes while caring what I would look like. It's been a while! All my clothes from the before times don't fit me anymore, so I couldn't wear anything that's an old reliable. Even the new shirt I did wear was a bit looser than it should have been. I really need to do something about my clothes situation.

Going out to an event wasn't as weird as I thought it would be.

I'll put the pics in my photowalking post I'll do later today.

Getting there was tricky. It was in an industrial part of town with not a lot of sidewalks, a lot of trucks, and my usual paths down were blocked by homeless encampments. The phrase "It was difficult to navigate to the Night Market" sounds cool, but in reality it was a mess. I literally picked out a couple who I assumed were heading there and followed them, since they seemed to know where they were going. It worked!

I had... a significant amount of free booze. That one guy pretty much poured me 3 fingers of liquor. There was also... at least 20 boozes, beers and wines to sample without repeating any. Wild Roots used tiny cups, but some other places used regular cups and were a bit loose with the pours.

And yes, I may have drunk-bought some sort of artisanal CBD infused hot honey and also ( washi tape from a local artist )

I had a good time. I'd stopped for a big meal at Laughing Planet on the way over so I didn't need to worry about eating there. There were lots of 'instagram backdrops' but it's awkward to try to use them solo. People kind of expect a line of picture takers and another of people having pictures taken. Trying to do a selfie messes up the rhythm. Also, of course it was Valentine's themed. But, oh well, I was glad to get out... and I'm not hung over this morning because I don't get hung over. I am just tired or something.

My thoughts on the upcoming LOTR: Rings of Power

I hope to enjoy it. It looks pretty. I am in no way expecting it to be anything like canon.

( Some of you have read these Elrond thoughts before. I am going to try to keep salt to a minimum, but honestly my experiences with LOTR fandom to date haven't been great and that is going to show through a little. )

Photos

Backroom bar at the Night Market:



The bar is supposed to be a sort of 'if you know, you know' passworded speakeasy... but they just had the door open.

( Photowalking and Night Marketing )