VTR. This Yelp has been a long time coming. I wanted to make sure I had time to put together a thoughtful anecdotal record of last week's trip to Velvet Tango Room.
As some of you know, one of my bff's for life, big fat fatties ;), Jillian N and I had a yelp off a few days ago. To toot my own horn, I will say it was a success with the race to yelp one Friday afternoon ending in a tie. In about 90 minutes we both completed 36 yelps. To celebrate, Paulius invited us and our posse to VTR. As the youngsters that we are (some of us more than others) it was nice to step out to a sophisticated local for a change. We each tried a sampling of cocktails that were to die for. He made me the Ernest Hemingway Daiquiri. I didn't even know daiquiris were anything besides syrupy frozen strawberry concoctions gulped at the El JalapeƱo's bar while you wait for you table. Apparently, that is not at all what a daiquiri is. Mine was made with Brazilian rum (ever so buttery!) and freshly squeezed citrus. It was the perfect summer late afternoon drink. The fact that it is named after a literary icon is icing on the cake. Probably the best part of the evening was listening to all of us say how we will never be able to order a mixed drink again unless it is at VTR. Sigh.