My 1st bar experience...

Last night, my Mom, Jake, and a few aunts and uncles and a couple of Mom and Dad's friends all went out to Lulu's bar so that they could, in honor of the Elliott family tradition, buy me drinks to celebrate my 21st birthday. In spite of the bar being pretty loud from the volume of the music (and consequently, the bar patrons having to talk loudly), and being really smokey (even tho I thought it was now illegal to smoke in public places...?), it wasn't that bad of an experience. They actually were playing some pretty good music (most of the time).

I started the night out with my Mom's drink, which was a Smirnoff Ice. I figured that I should start out slow and with something familiar. Before I was even halfway thru that drink, Mom's friend, Paul, went up to the bar and ordered me a "Pineapple Upside Down Cake" drink. It was really good, and I could barely taste any of the alcohol in it, except for the last sip.

When I was almost finished with that, my uncle, Mike, went up and ordered me a "B-52." In spite of its really strong alcohol taste at the beginning of each sip, it tasted like chocolate and was pretty good. It might actually be a drink that I would order on my own at a later visit to a bar. It was pretty tasty. :)

The last drink was ordered by my uncle, Pat. He ordered me an "Alabama Slammer." It might have been good if it hadn't tasted like children's liquid Tylenol. Whatever was in it must have been really strong alcohol with something that had a cherry flavor to it, because I associated it with Tylenol. Everyone else (including Jake, who really liked the drink and even had one himself) thought I was crazy for making that association, but that's what it tasted like to me. So, if you don't like cherry or liquid Tylenol, then I wouldn't recommend this drink for ya.

When I was almost finished with the "Bamma Slamma" (as my uncle was calling it), I started to feel like I was going to pass out. Not necessarily from being drunk, but because I was having blood sugar issues. I had been drinking a glass of ice water while I was finishing my Smirnoff (which I had had since the beginning) and the "Bamma Slamma," but I guess it wasn't enough. I looked over at Jake and told him that I thought I was going to pass out, and then I told Mom, and she handed me her glass of water (because I had finished mine already).

The water seemed to help because I felt better once I had gotten that into my stomach. I was a little afraid that I wasn't going to be able to walk the 2-2 1/2 blocks home because I wasn't sure how steady my legs were going to be since I had been sitting down the whole time. But, I was able to make it home alright. The first thing I did was run to the bathroom, and then I grabbed a piece of bread and a bottle of water. I had another piece of bread a little later and munched on some tortilla chips, and that seemed to take care of the issue.

I even had a sip of Jake's rum -n- coke (which was made with Ginger Ale instead of Coke), a sip of Raspberry Pucker, and about 3 shots of "Hot Damn," which tasted better than I remembered. In all, I would say that I had a pretty good night, in spite of the passing out scare. I'm really glad that I had my family there because I would have felt really out of place in a bar with a bunch of people I didn't know. And I'm really glad that Mom and Jake were there because I know that if I had passed out, they would have taken care of me (as would the rest of my family). :)