Patrick K. of Ra Ra Rasputin was celebrating his birthday at St. Ex last night, gotta give it up to anyone who puts up a three day event on facebook to celebrate his day of birth. DJ extraordinaire Neal Becton was spinning his eclectic mix of Brazilian rhythms, and the mojitos were being consumed… or were they caipirinhas? (I can’t spell that, nor can I tell the difference…)
The dance party was hot. Happy birthday Patrick.
I showed up at midnight and there was a line of fratholes to get downstairs. They need to start implementing a door policy
April 18, 2008 at 1:18 pmcaipirinha:
2 tsp granulated sugar
8 limes wedges
2 1/2 oz cachaca
Muddle the sugar into the lime wedges in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour the cachaca into the glass. Stir well.
mojito:
3 fresh mint sprigs
2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 1/2 oz light rum
club soda
In a tall thin glass, crush part of the mint with a fork to coat the inside. Add the sugar and lime juice and stir thoroughly. Top with ice. Add rum and mix. Top off with *chilled* club soda (or seltzer). Add a lime slice and the remaining mint, and serve.
the barman was serving caipirinha with soda!!(!!?!!). apparently, americans can’t take it. i mean, that’s what he told me.
mine was original, tho. no soda, thanks.
April 18, 2008 at 2:27 pmI *thought* that shit was too sweet. (Actually Jackie pointed it out to me. Having a girl point out that *your* drink is too sweet = pwned.) Why TF were they pouring such bullshit? Glad I stuck to Red Stripes for most of the night.
April 18, 2008 at 2:50 pmoh Chris, I don’t know that you would make that cut.
April 18, 2008 at 4:35 pmThose caipirinhas were weak and gross.
I’ll stick with (free?!) Peroni next time.
April 18, 2008 at 5:34 pmi think the main problem with the caipirinhas there is that they pre-make them in anticipation of all the chaos.
so they are just kinda flat.
also-do you all remember when 2 years a go Jenna Bush showed up at St.EX and it was such a giant deal she ventured into the whole 14th/u street area, and ST.EX got overwhelmed by all the super prepmongers from Georgetown so for a while they had that sign outside that said:
“NO POPPED COLLARS ALLOWED”
they should maybe bring that back.
because it was heeeeelarious.
with all this hatin’ - i need to spread some love.
mr. grey striped shirt/grizzly man beard, you are dreamy.
April 18, 2008 at 9:32 pmNext year it’s gonna be 4 days.
But in all seriousness, last night was ridiculous. I was hurtin’ on the bus back to NY.
April 18, 2008 at 11:10 pmhomeless looking man with the grizzly beard is U.S. Royalty frontman John Thornley…
http://www.myspace.com/usroyalty
and if you don’t know, now you know…
April 19, 2008 at 9:51 amSign outside St. Ex -
that’s amazing
April 19, 2008 at 11:08 amthis is the best photo i’ve seen of pat in a minute:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dakotafine/2422747133/
April 20, 2008 at 11:15 amdo people still pop their collars?? i had no idea
April 21, 2008 at 9:52 amwow… kristin, i think you just got hated on ;)
April 21, 2008 at 10:09 amCaipirinhas are the liquid equivalent of popped collars. Never order a drink that requires two full limes to be muddled when there’s a line three deep to get to the bar. Channel the old Saint Ex you all are lusting over and order a beer and a shot…
April 21, 2008 at 11:00 amaha…… Kenny B. and Patrick.
Miss you boys.
oh shit, i just hated on kristin without even knowing it. buwahaha
April 28, 2008 at 3:41 amFYI - the caipirinha issue has been addressed. We now have two bartenders on for Brazilian night which helped immensely last month. The caipis were good and punchy once again.
Not sure what we can do about the collars but we’ll try and keep it real.
Beijos,
Neal
ON THAT REAL DEAL SPERRY BOY P AND SPERRY BOY K SNIFFIN OUT TRUFFLES
April 18, 2008 at 1:10 pm