July 25, 2011

Okay, tonight is both a reunion and a blog summit with my friends from the grand and lively blog, The Half Empty Glass. I’m meeting the two excellent writers of the blog, Fat Al and anonymous271 and commenter jco will be along as well. This get together was prompted by anonymous271’s longing for schnitzel. He wrote this post and then promised a week of schnitzel entries. I love schnitzel and was excited to read the upcoming schnitzel diaries of anonymous271. Sadly, it appears it was all a cruel joke, as he never wrote another word about schnitzel on the blog. He’s had a bit of a mean streak running through him ever since Katie trounced his ass at tic-tac-toe last year. A couple weeks ago I asked for his hand in marriage and he completely ignored me. I will address that tonight!

Alright, jco chose the spot, Hallo Berlin and it’s a place I went to on the old bar crawl last year. In fact it’s been over a year ago...flies are fun when you’re having time—I was there on May 23rd. It was bar number 133, let’s go see if it’s changed at all.

I thought I'd splurge and take a taxi there. And the air conditioner is actually working in this one, a modern day miracle!

Hello, Berlin!

Let's go inside and see what's what.

The bar looks just the same and there's plenty of seats.

And before I even sit down, I got to meet two of the pretty women who work here, Marie and Latoya.

There's comfortable chairs and tables up front.

And in the back room tables line the walls.

And in true beer hall fashion, there's a beer garden out in the back with picnic styled tables and umbrellas.

Meanwhile back at the bar Latoya helps a man with his takeout order.

A long shot of the bar.

Some press on the wall.

And even more press on the wall. This place has more ink than a cephalopod.

I love the Marlene Dietrich poster on the wall.

Some of the drafts available at the bar.

Hallo Berlin!

And hello Half Empty Glass crew! From left: jco, Fat Al (fuzzed out because if I reveal his true identity my life would be over before I hit publish on this blog post, it's a long story that you don't want to know) and anonymous271.

Despite the heat, we chose to tough it out and eat out in the beer garden.

And dinner is served. We all had the schnitzel in honor of anonymous271 And speaking of anonymous721, I decided to confront him about my marriage proposal...

And it turns out he's got eyes for Gumby. Oh Gumby, you ignorant slut! Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.

Hallo Berlin
626 Tenth Ave. (Near 44th St.)
212-977-1944

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