(Slightly Disturbed) Stream of Consciousness

Dealing with Sailor's illness is difficult but determined to project healthy energy onto our kitty's world, i.e. the confines of Cafe Drake . . . returned to Wombat Bar (see recent review below from last week) with Octavio for infamous $13 Lobster Dinner Tuesday Nights and found the roasted variety slightly dry but intriguing in flavor (FINALLY, authentic Australian seasonings appear in a relish of lemon myrtle and wattle seed) . . .$3 sides of gorgeous double-fried fries and sauteed veggies rounded out a satisfyingly cheap dinner, as did a recommended $22 bottle of award-winning Aussie Petit Syrah . . . and who knew? the waitress was friendly this time, pitched Barack Obama to us and waxed knowingly on the bottle of vino . . . drinks before at ultra-chic Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11222) . . . especially loved a straight-up potent concoction of house-spiced rum, homemade cherry-vanilla bitters, kirsch and cherry liqueur. Surprisingly semi-dry. The pad itself is sheer decorative perfection, with antiqued-mirrored walls, an alcoholic apothecary of various jars and medicine bottles stocked with more homemade elixirs and rows of pickled veggies, fruits and shining esoteric barware.