Key West – Day 2-ish

6 December 2018

…or as I like to call it, the misadventures of Fred.  Mangia Mangia will have to wait until my next trip.  Around 4 pm I took advantage of the two pools and two hot tubs at the Equator, biding my time until happy hour at 5 pm.

Since I was heading to Mangia Mangia for dinner which only serves wine, which I knew I would not be drinking there, I had a martini at the Equator bar.  Against better judgement, I accepted an offered second one by the bartender.  I remember commenting to a guy from Delray sitting next to me that I thought the second one exceptionally strong.  In addition, the first one half filled the glass.  The second one was to the top.

The next thing I knew (literally) I had lost my keys and a guy from Pensacola was walking me to the front desk for another key and then to my room.  He was afraid I would fall on the stairs.  At least I remembered to say thank you to him and then went to bed.  This had to be around 6:30 pm.  I waked around 9:30 pm, couldn’t get back to sleep until 2 am and then got up at 6:30 am.

Never has a drink hit me so hard.  I don’t know if it was an empty stomach, the lack of sleep the night before, or if someone slipped me a mickey (do they still say mickey)?  Everything after about 1/2 of the second drink is a blur.

I saw the guy from Pensacola this morning and he confirmed I only had two drinks.  I thanked him again.  He assured me I didn’t do anything wild or crazy at the bar.  However, there are cameras everywhere on the premises so I may be a YouTube star before you know it.

I’m not going too far from the guest house today – I don’t want to be too far from a bathroom – and at 2:30 pm I have scheduled a 90 minute massage.  It will be my first this year and I need my neck and shoulders worked on from sitting in front of the computer at home for long periods of time.  I can now add to that a hangover.

My plans tonight for dinner is Azur which is within a block of the guest house.  It is Mediterranean cuisine and the place has garnered some great reviews.  I just hope I have an appetite.

P.S.  No drinking tonight.

Author: searcyf@mac.com

After 34 years in the classroom and lab teaching biology, I'm ready to get back to traveling and camping and hiking. It's been too long of a break. I miss the outdoors and you can follow my wanderings on this blog.

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