Bombay Bistro - Roseville

1813 Douglas Blvd #B
Roseville, CA 95661
(916) 772-5551

HAPPY SIXTH ANNIVERSARY!!!

Yessiree, we have been doing this every Thursday for six years now. Over 300 Thursdays in a row, there have been a solid group of drunks eating and drinking their way around the greater Sacramento area and destinations beyond.

To celebrate we went to Bombay Bistro in Roseville. Quite a few of us are from around there and have been enjoying this local favorite for years. It's run by a family and usually you see an older gentleman and a younger guy who is, let's just say, a little unorthodoxed for a restaurant. A family run place is always a good thing, and they have been around for quite awhile buying their produce from local farmer markets, and meats from the area as well.

The location is kind of crappy, behind the now-out-of-business Mervyn's in a plain strip mall. If you can find it, it's worth the trip.

We had a little bit of everything. Chicken Tikka, Masala, Korma, Madras, Samosas, lots of naan, beer with a Yeti on it, and random red wine that we don't remember picking, but we drank anyway. You sort of start off thinking you want to order something and then the younger guys talks you into something better. It's great! Plus we were peppered with inappropriate jokes all night. A family owned, locally supplied restaurant with personality? Yeah, it's good. (footnote: we like our places with a little more personality than most. If you are looking for traditionally "good" service, you may be disappointed. If you would like some kiss-my-grits service and a laugh, you'll love it).

We were down a Sluggy & Crab (see the previous post for reasons...they are the same), but up a Frankenstein & his bride and of all people, CADDIE!!! She doesn't make it very often since she is way out in Walnut Creek, but she was laid off this morning...boo...and decided to drive up.

Dinner was fun with many conversations going on at the same time. It was hard to keep track. Shooter ended up with two more notes from the Door Knob Bandit, we are starting to think he is doing them himself. And our younger waiter guy signed the journal and was surprised that I carried a set of tongs in my purse. We couldn't read his name on the page, so he is still the younger waiter guy who tells dirty jokes. Oh, and Jarla had eye surgery and wasn't wearing her tape-on eye patch, but Caddie brought her a pirate eye patch just in case.

Journal Tidbits:
"Can I get a ride home? My mom dropped me off." - Caddie
"Did you do it in plain site or did you do it in a salacious manner." - Frankies Bride

Capitol Garage

1500 K Street
Sacramento, CA‎
(916) 444-3633

We always forget we want to go here! Headed down to Capitol Garage for some dinner. This is a great little place. Half hip coffee shop, half bar, half restaurant...see, it more than you expect with the 3 halves.

RobotGoBen & I got there a little early and enjoyed some Happy Hour drinks - they have a great selection of cocktails and beers.

Everyone was here, except teacher Sluggy. And Nate, because he sucks.

The food was pretty good. Everything had a little flare to it, and everyone seemed to enjoy theirs. The service was good, this place does a good job at keeping their independent spirit and having good service. Lots of locals coming in for some grub, that's a good sign.

I think this is the first week that politics weren't first on the list, everyone is just kind of okay with it all.

Journal Tidbits:
"Pappy Smurf administers Smurfettes' annual papsmearf" - NakedBob?
"Horn Hero: needed for Men at Work on rockbank. Who can it be now"
"The music here is solid. 90% is stuff that's already on my ipod. The other 10% I'd consider" - TheJenny

Straw Hat Pizza - Natomas

4441 E Commerce Way
Sacramento
(916) 515-1559

To celebrate a very belated birth of Bumpy, we headed out to Natomas for some cracker crust Straw Hat Pizza. We were down a NakedBob and TheJenny who were spending some quality time with their kitten (RIP Tummy Chin), and up two sometimes-drunks couples. Nice crowd all around. And Sluggy made it out after her class she is teaching right around the corner.

We usually really like the Straw Hat. Cheap wine in chilled glasses, tasty pizza and the shared salad plate. The only bummer this time was the Ridiculous size pizza was, how shall I say, a little flaccid. Not crunchy, just a little soggy. Nairb thought it hadn't been left in long enough. Other than that, it was good.

We celebrated with a lovely ice blue bundt cake with sparkly frosty and confetti innards (care of Momma J and TheJenny). I perfectly manly cake for Bumpy Truck.

The Doorknob Bandit struck again with two more Rock Band related notes on Shooters door...it's so weird.

Conversation was all over the place as seen by the Journal Tidbits below:
Mimemo: The emo mime, doesn't try to get out of the box, he just sulks in the corner
"It's bigger on the table than it looks on the wall" - Straw Hat Pizza Guy
Bizzarro World + Warm Stenchy Geeks = Birkram Gaming
"Birthday boys get forking for free" - Scribby
"I'm just saying that NakedBob has a big fat ass" - Nairb
"I just had a very inappropriate question...is Smurf cum blue?" - Scribby

Fudd Ruckers

5495 Sunrise Blvd

Citrus Heights, CA

(916) 966-1887

We love the movie Idiocracy. It is a funny (and scary) look at the degradation of language, culture and well...intelligence. Anyhoo. In the movie the Fudd Ruckers franchise has devolved into a rear entry descriptor and no one notices. Priceless.

So, we find ourselves at Fudd Ruckers, and I have to say, I am skeptical. I've never eaten there, and didn't have a shred of an idea about it.

RobotGoBen & I showed up early. We walked up to the counter and ordered a basket of rings and a couple of beers from Angelo. Walked around to get a feel and picked out a table. While waiting for the group we started to realize that we could never hate this place. There is just rows of stuff to put on your burger. Just from memory: leaf lettuce, shredded lettuce, pickles, relish, tomatoes, red onion, white onion, wax peppers, japalenos, every condiment you could want and the best -- giant self-serve, eternally hot nacho cheese with a hand pump. What's not to like!

We were down a Jarla, Sluggy, Crabby & Lexie, but up a Bumpy, Frankenstein & his bride. And we got to talk to Nairb about all his lovely crafty gifts that we left for him. He hasn't seen the porn table in the light of day yet, when it's at its most resplendent. Yup. Resplendent.

Frankie's bride dropped off a bag of crafty bits last week, so as a thank you we made them a pair of beer cozies. And they used them the whole night! We are so proud.

Back to the food. Their rings are fantastic. You order whatever burger you want and dress it up how you like. And they have buffalo & ostrich! I love ostrich! Oh, and it was gigantic. Angelo, who works the counter, obviously runs the place. Super nice, very helpful and concerned that you are happy. The only down side is that it takes a while to get your food and they forgot Nairb's altogether. But you want to like this place since it seems run by actual people. Overall, we approve.

We added a couple more notes from Gavin's "Door Knob Bandit". Still don't know who it is.

Journal Tidbits:

"They day I can't break a $100 is the day I go out of business!" - Angelo, owner of Fudd Ruckers

"Everyone is going to want that freakin' porn table!" - Scribby

A Very Crafty New Year

Undisclosed Rancho Cordova Location

Nairbie is currently in Germany visiting with the whole family. Sluggy & I have been sharing house and cat sitting duty. There is where the plan started.

We decided to host the New Year's Eve party at Nairb's house and leave him presents. Well, really, we made him presents. We were down a Shim & Caddie and Shooter, but we were ten strong and well stocked with cocktails, plans and crafty supplies.

Dinner was lasagna, ranch salad, garlic bread, lots of cookies, rum cake and (my personal favorite), crockpot full of Costco nacho cheese. Eternally hot.

A couple other missing drunks dropped off supplies for us, which was awesome! I precut some paper strips for paper chains. There was lots of macaroni, elmers glue, crepe paper, felt, ribbon, googlie eyes and pom poms. We were unstoppable!

Here is a list of what we accomplished:
Macaroni wall art for the bathroom. One male, one female.
Gigantic paper chain that winds through the whole house
Specially hidden zip-tied items
Tutus and googlie eyes on pigs and duct tape
Penis-enhanced lamp shade (only visible when turned on).
"Oh Nairby" wall hanging
Diapered potted plant
Chandelier enhanced with felt clothes and rainbow ribbon fringe
And the Finale!!! Glittery decoupage porn table

Oh, yes, you read correctly. We took his 80's glass table that has been handed down through many colleges houses and decoupaged the hell out of it. Every inch is covered in porn with iridescent glitter to liven it up. It is a sight to behold! (Full disclosure, Nairb did give consent to alter the table).

Midnight came and went without much fanfare...except that Baby New Year go on his bike to ring in the fresh start. Video to come, I am sure.

Then we woke up in the morning and had nachos. What a way to start the new year.

Journal Tidbit:
"We need a system." - NakedBob re: paper chain making
"What, every 10 links we get a hug?" - Foster re: paper chain making
"NakedBob. Your ultimate compliment, it's bigger than Scribby's." - RobotGoBen
"Penis light, I can do!" - Sluggy
"You're a conversation rearranger, mother f*^&er." - NakedBob
"That's the John Holmes of paper chains." - Foster