Happy hour $5
Hula’s Bar and Lei Stand, Honolulu HI
Hula’s is a pretty low key bar situated near Waikiki Beach. It’s a great place to relax during the day and they have great happy hour prices – heck yeah! At night, it gets super busy but I’m usually buzzed by then and back at the hotel sleeping. 🙂
View from Hula’s balcony.
Rye whiskey, lillet, cynar, orange zest. $8
Ballard Station Public House, Seattle WA
This bar didn’t exist the last time I was up in Seattle so we visited it this time around. It’s actually a smallish space, but very cute and warm with all the exposed brick. They have a decent specialty cocktail list too. They could use another bartender though because it was very slow going to get any drinks.
Railroad themed artwork at Ballard Station Public House.
With authentic Buffalo sauce served with celery sticks and bleu cheese dressing. 3 piece $6.99
Wingmasters Sports Bar, Seattle WA
Mmm, pork wings! They French these pork ribs for easy eating and slather them with your choice of sauce – heaven! This place is around the corner from my bro’s in Ballard so we often head over for food, drinks, and games.
Hefeweizen.
Decorative metal and glass fence, 24th Ave NW.
September 2013. With sweet ‘n hot sauce. 3 pieces $7.59
Looks like the price has gone up since my last visit!
September 2013. Celery sticks and bleu cheese dressing.
Grey Goose vodka and a hint of dry vermouth, served up with olives. $9
Wet Ultra Lounge, Reno NV
Goes down easy! Does that make me an alcoholic?! LOL
Brewer’s lupine or carpet lupine (Lupinus breweri, Fabaceae), Mount Rose Summit Trail.
Hand-crafted margarita featuring Patron Silver and a touch of fresh orange juice. Served on the rocks. $9
Wet Ultra Lounge, Reno NV
This was a pretty nicely made cocktail. It wasn’t too sweet or sour, and it went down smoothly! Yum.
View of Lake Tahoe from Mount Rose.
Vodka with soda and a splash of cranberry juice.
Lone Palm, San Francisco CA
This place has got to be one of the most random neighborhood bars I’ve ever been to, and that’s a good thing! There’s a single palm tree in front of it, and the interior is decorated in a cheesy (awesome) art deco style. Seems like a perfect bar to me!
Vacant Market liquor store, 17th Street. I was walking down to the Castro Muni Station one morning and thought the lighting with the fog looked cool.
Extra pale ale, ABV 5.9%, Atlanta, GA.
The Griffon, Charleston SC
This beer was pretty tasty and went down smoothly – I enjoyed it. The bartenders, however, were slow and had negative attitudes. When the bar is as empty as it was, you’d expect faster, friendlier service but the bartenders here didn’t seem to agree. Lame.
Stag hunting trophy covered in dollar bills. Most of the walls, ceilings, and decorations were covered in dollar bills that people write on and leave as a mark of their visit to this bar. I think it’s pretty cool, but perhaps this deer head wouldn’t agree, hehe.
Signature drink with Firefly sweet tea vodka, sour, triple sec. $10
Wentworth Grill, Charleston SC
Firefly is a local distillery that’s known for their sweet tea flavored vodka. Most of the restaurants in the Charleston area have some kind of drink that uses it. I liked this sweet tea martini at the Wentworth Grill. It was on the sweet side, but was nicely made and super cold. Heck yeah!
Strings of light, Mad River Bar. We came here on a random night and hung outside at the back bar. It made for a chill and relaxing evening early on.
Creamy sauvignon blanc, tarragon, warm garlic crouton. $13
Farley Bar, Sausalito CA
Another delicious dish from Farley Bar. Almost made me forget about the bloody mary that the waitress dumped on me! The white wine sauce with tarragon was SO flavorful and delicous. The mussels were also very large, meaty, tender and juicy. Don’t know why they called the sliced bread “croutons” though. I was expecting something different.
Hobb’s bacon, avocado, roasted toamtoes, butter lettuce on ciabatta bread. Served with coal roasted onion dip and fresh cut gaufrette potatoes. $19
Farley Bar, Sausalito CA
This sandwich was SO good! The crab was delicious and they weren’t skimpy with it either. And do I even have to say anything about the bacon – omg, loved it! This sandwich was also quite large so David and I had a hard time finishing it, but there was no way we were going to let it go to waste!
Don’t think that the waffle fries were a throw away either. They were absolutely delicious and perfectly fried. And that roasted onion dip – amazing! We were SO full that we unfortunately had to leave some of this on the plate, hehe.
Presidio Yacht Club, Horseshoe Bay. San Francisco Bay is so relaxing and beautiful especially facing The City.
Deep fried calamari with jalapenos, lime, aioli. $11
Farley Bar, Sausalito CA
I have to say that calamari is one of my favorite appetizers ever! Who doesn’t love fried squid with aioli, right?! These were delicious and I loved the crispy batter and fried pepper slices. Everything was cooked perfectly and had a wonderful texture.
Long wooden patio table at Farley Bar. I really liked the outdoor seating at Farley Bar. The tables are really narrow so everyone faces one direction, towards the Bay with a great view of the Bridge.
Vodka and tomato juice cocktail, garnished with olive, onion, caper berry and lime. $10
Farley Bar, Sausalito CA
The bloody mary was very good, but it was also a bloody mary from the other table that the waitress spilled all over the table, my leg and shoes! I wasn’t mad, but an apology (or some form of acknowledgement) would have been nice. And extra napkins to wipe it up, geez!
The view of Golden Gate Bridge from Cavallo Point is stunning! A great way to start a Sonoma weekend trip.
Vittle Monster 