Friday, May 18, 2012

A post in three parts

Erin O'Brien and associates in chilled vodka room, Restaurant Europa
1. If you live in the northeast Ohio, get your ass to Restaurant Europa and order the chilled borscht. It is rich and smooth and full up with crisp vegetables (Carrots? Radishes? Onion? Not sure. I was eating it, not inspecting it, people. So kill me already.) The soup has a slightly salty pickled flavor and is served with a side of warm and lush mashed potato. You take a spoonful of the spuds and dunk it into the chilled borscht, you put that in your mouth and the cool salty broth gives way to the warm mash. What else can I say? Oh, I know.

HELL YEAH and I love it!



2. Over the course of my 158 years on planet Earth, I have listened to this song closely at least a handful of times and have concluded that it is the perfect musical representation of heterosexual coitus. The percussion is the dude part and (obviously) Summer's vocals are the chick. I'm not sure what that says about me, but there you go.

Ciao, Donna. You were beautiful.

3. Okay, back to wranglin' these here articles. What are the chances I get out of here long enough to wiggle through the Hessler Street Fair this weekend? Dunno. Better get back at 'em.

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15 comments:

Bill said...

E, re: "I feel love". I'll tell you what is says about you. If your male coitus partner can keep that beat for 5 minutes and 56 seconds, you know how to pick male coitus partners.

Kristian said...

The chilled vodka room looks awesome! I've always been meaning to do something like that.

Just checked out your Hessler post too. Good stuff (great photos!). Maybe we'll see you there Sunday if you go.

Kirk said...

Donna Summer, Orgasm Incarnate.

Ms Amanda said...

I really, really, REALLY want to be wearing one of those furs, drinking vodka and shakin' it to a little Donna right now.

Anonymous said...

Does the establishment provide the furs or did you and your friends bring them with? Just thinking of that scene in "As Good As It Gets" where the Nicholson character is phobic about wearing the jacket the restaurant provides.

For that matter, did the establishment provide the drinking buddies? If so is there a menu?

"Waiter, I'll have the Lithuanian chick and two Ukrainians in the wotka cave please?"

MR

DogsDontPurr said...

Great photo! I would so love to do that. There's a hotel in Vegas that has one of those bars. I was actually in Vegas just after they opened, but I didn't know about it until after I left. Dayum! Missed opportunity!

I would so love to be chillin' with you guys right now!

Erin O'Brien said...

Restaurant Europa provided the outerware for my associates. I wore my gram Soos's vintage ensemble originally purchased back in the 50's or 60's.

This place was a blast.

Erin O'Brien said...

Oh and yes, I am counting the days until I have that borscht again.

Anonymous said...

Borscht and Vodka. Clearly a subversive multiculturalism plot.

RJ

Bill said...

Ha, RJ! And, throw in 4 good looking white girls and you're REALLY mixing it up! But wait! How many animals were killed to make all those fur garments used to protect the women from the brutal cold of a vodka tasting room?

Erin O'Brien said...

Oh sweet predictable eventualities of life.

My friends and I have posted this photo all over Mr. Gore's interwebs and I just KNEW some rightie would be the first to say something about how many animals were killed to make all those fur garments...

Spittin' out the bait here, boss.

Anonymous said...

Nothing more dangerous than a progressive in disguise. We've abandoned Alinsky and adopted Brietbart.

RJ

Bill said...

Let's face it, Erin. That ostentatious display begs the question, "what's wrong with this picture?" Wool sweaters and hoodies would have been much more appropriate.

wv: im n e fur

Anonymous said...

They were looking to get drunk not gunned down. Hoodies and sweaters belong in the Geraldo Rivera Straight Out Of Compton Cafe.

RJ

philbilly said...

Just came in from welding outside, dripping sweat, very thirsty.

First photo looks like frickin' Heaven's foyer.