Zelda's Original Gourmet Pizza

Zelda's

1415 21st St
Sacramento, CA 95811(916) 447-1400

I can't believe it's taken us over a year to come back. The last time was in December 2008. The building has had a face lift outside and there is a huge Zelda's sign on the door now, but the inside is just the same. Dark, old, lots of stone work from the Brady Bunch's house, wood lattice, black sparkled ceiling and plastic plants. I swear the same waitresses have been here since they opened. We ordered our pizzas when we walked in and awaited a table which only took about 10 minutes. Score!

We love the waitresses here, so everyone who is expecting kiss-your-ass customer service can go a chain restaurant with no character. If you're nice to them and respect that they know what they are doing, you'll get along fine.

We started with the chilled iceberg ranch salad. Why does this still work so well with pizza? Does it coat the stomach to prepare for the pizza onslaught? Next was the deep dish combo, pepperoni and Spinoccoli paired up with a pitcher of cheap beer and a carafe of their "very affordable" burgundy. All in all, the food was just as delicious as it aways is. The sauce is flavorful, but not overpowering with the veggie pizza. All the meats are good quality and delicious.

Any way you look at this place, it's an experience everyone should have. Suck it up. Open the intimidating metal door and enter the darkness. You won't regret it.

"Do you mind if we go family style on this one?" - RobotGoBen

"I've reached that point where I'm not desperate; now I'm picky." - TheJenny

Samuel Horne's Tavern

719 Sutter Street
Folsom, CA
(916) 293-8207

Brought to you by the people behind Bonn Lair, we present Samuel Horne's Tavern in Folsom! It's a tiny little place right in the middle of Sutter Street. It has a good cozy feel with enough seating options to work for most groups as long as it's not too busy.

Their beer selection is impressive as you can see from what they have on tap as well as hard to find bottles behind the bar.

We were a small group of 6 so we fit perfect into a cozy round booth and could all be on the same team when we figured out it was Trivia Night. It was a good time and we came in a solid 3rd out of about ten teams. We are destined to be just above-average achievers. If only we had some initiative we could take over the world. Oh, beer.... (that might be our problem).

The food was solid. Good options in a fairly paired down menu. Their dogs are quality and they will put bacon and blue cheese on your fries. Everyone liked what they got and it all went well with the beer. Overall, this is a damn fine place. I hope we end up with small groups more often because now we have two small places to go. Bonn Lair and Samuel Horne's Tavern

The Sea Ranch-iest Sea Ranch

Undisclosed seaside location

6th annual journey to the Sea Ranch started off with a bang. Or a tree slowly falling into the road on Highway 1, about 15 miles from our destination. A half an hour of watching men be men, one guy with a skilsaw in his luxury car and a semi driver with a forklift and we were on our way again.

$2 a week and being an initiated Thursday Drunk will get you a place in the Sea Ranch vacation home for 5 days and 4 nights. We eat (really well), we drink (a lot of good booze), we game (dorks!), we hike, visit the ocean, play hide-and-go-napping, hot tube, sit, read...oh, did I say drink?

Meals for the weekend (only breakfast & dinner)
Mac n' Cheese with Gruyere, sharp Cheddar, brie & 10 toppings
Savory bread pudding, the perfect hangover food
Shooter's famous enchiladas and homemade taco shells
Breakfast burritos, again, perfect for the hangover
Homemade pizzas, seriously classing up the joint
Quiche for crap sake!
Beer Cheddar soup and cheese steaks

For the record, yes every meal was cheese based. You can see why we don't eat lunch. My god, that's a lot of food!

Drinks included a couple of kegs, wine and many other cocktails. When all you have to do in a day is figure out when you go in the hot tub and which drink you should have in your hand - it's a freaky good day!

Here is our photo journey for you to enjoy. Go ahead. Be jealous.

Giant tree in the road

Many toppings...

For the mac n' cheese!

Raccoons found the open sunroof and made themselves at home!

"The Murry" pizza of feta, prosciutto, pepperoncinis and onion

Drunks on a beach

Murry the cat we adopted for the weekend and named. He loved bacon and cheese.

Look at us being all respectable

And one year later, we all have a handmade puppet from Sluggy. How awesome is that!

Apparently we are getting old, losing our hearing, mumbling or all three. The number of things that were "misunderheard" was outstanding. Here is the censored list.

"What would happen if I killed a pug?"
What was really said: I think I just swallowed a bug.

"They're street walkers, just like the turks"

What was really said: Just like those turkeys.

"Scribby is breeding"

What was really said: Scribby is reading.

"Did you say cigarettes?"

What was really said: I didn't have a signal

"Mantilope"

What was really said: Manilow

"Do we have a hatchet?"

What was really said: You need matches

350 Degrees at Shooter's House

Undisclosed Roseville Location


This week continues our once monthly invasion of a drunks home. The winner is, Shooter! We all piled into this condo out in Roseville to experience his sweet new giant TV set up and watch some Star Trek on the BluRay. His oven was set to 350 degrees and the beer was chilled.

We all came bearing sacrifices to the oven gods including pot pies, enchiladas, chicken nuggets, Shepard's pie, orange chicken and pizza. The best thing was that every time you open the oven the smoke alarm goes off so you had to be ready to fan the alarm with a place mat. No smoke. Just crazy smoke alarm.

Journal Tidbits
"That guys looks like Vladmir Putin from behind." - NakedBob
"How do you know what Vladmir Putin looks like from behind?" - Crabby

Good times!