18 January 2010
On Saturday, after spending most of the day floating in the surf, we joined Keith and Louise for an adventure into the back part of town. Waaaayyyy back in San Patricio you can find a large “Lounge” that has some of the loudest music I’ve ever had penetrate my ears and enjoy my first “Drag Show”… We thought we would arrive a little early and get our choice of table, but 2 hours early was a bit much. But once there and settled in, we made ourselves comfortable and waited for the rest of the crowd to arrive. This did give us a chance to do some people watching, especially the kind of “people” that take in this sort of show at this time of day…5pm. Now remember, we arrived at 3:30 and we’re wondering about THOSE people ??? Well, when the first BUCKET (12 cerveza) arrived (a bucket of 4 cerveza each was the way you had to order) we were first taken back, but then you had to order your food to go along with it. What were available were small dishes of peanuts, tostados (2), or a quesadilla, one order per person. Now we didn’t understand this at first, but the food was a part of the purchase with the cerveza. As you might imagine (for those that know Keith and Louise and us) finishing the bucket wasn’t much of a big deal, but ordering a second….well the show hasn’t started yet… No sooner had we started into our second bucket and the music (still blaring) changed, and the “Show” has started. We’ve seen Drag Queens at Capital Hill in Seattle, but these girls? were