This weekend i have to say is one of the best whole weekends ive had since moving here.
Friday was chill. We went to a Sports Bar on campus and had a few drinks. Listened to two dudes on acoustics butcher some good songs. Then got hit on in the parking lot by two chicks from out of town. Decent relaxing night, nothing crazy.
Sat we went to a Pub Crawl near campus (my first). The area is called North Gate since its right outside of the North Gates of campus. All the bars in that area are really cool, all very chill. Anyway, we get to the pub crawl 20 min after everything started and there were already 1500 people there. The first bar was the biggest and was packed. Shoulder to shoulder people. We tried to get to the bar for 5 min and decided to leave.
After goofing off outside for 15-20 min we went to the 2nd to last stop of the pub crawl. I know the managers and owners of the bar since we are holding an event there on Tuesday. We decided we were just going to post up there the whole night and wait for the crowd to come to us. It was already busy anyway.
The rest of the night consisted of general drunkin shenannigans. The smallest person in our office trying to pick fights with everyone and finding a mop so he can “mop up all the d-bags” A girl i know ignoring me because she thinks im running game by saying “hey i know you” You know, the usual.
So Sunday i get up and go to a Crawfish boil (another first). I have been excited to try this since i moved out here. Everything i had heard though is that its too early in the season for crawfish, but one of our testers was nice enough to organize one anyway.
I must say, it was a very enjoyable time. You start off with a huge pot and burner, similar to frying a turkey. You get the water to a boil then add spices, they just used a pre made bag mix and some brown sugar. Then you add in potatos, garlic, lemons, sausage, mushrooms, corn, and they threw in some kumquats because there was a tree behind the house. Ive come to realize that most cooking in BR involves just throwing whatever you have into a pot.
Once all that is in, you add the crawfish, they scream a little when they go in…its kinda interesting. They only cook for about 5 min, then you cut the flame and let them “soak” for another 20-30 min. Then you take everything out of the pot and spread it out on the table and dig in. I didnt know you ate only the tails of the crawfish, but after a little teaching from the natives and some practice, i got the hang of it. Im surprised but i actually liked crawfish a lot. And the sausage, potatos and corn were amazing too. The corn was redonkulously spicy though since they were in the water for the longest.
Im uploading pics now.
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