I’ve been everywhere, man
George Brown is a lobbyist for the liquor industry in the state of Louisiana. He convinced the legislature of that fine state to include the following in its open-container law:
“Open alcoholic beverage container” shall not mean any bottle, can, or other receptacle that contains any amount of frozen alcoholic beverage unless the lid is removed or a straw protrudes through the lid.
That’s right: daiquiris are effectively exempt from the open-container law. Excellent. So, on the way to Paducah, I stopped off at my favorite daiquiri joint in the whole wide world: The Geaux Cup.
Hell yeah.
The Geaux Cup is a little A-frame building just off Interstate 10 in Crowley, La. In addition to being the seat of Acadia Parish, Crowley is also the Rice Capital of America and the home of my good buddy Mary (aka Clotille). The Cup is renowned for the breadth of its menu, which features literally scores of frozen beverages, including — I am not making this up — the “Jet Fuel” and the “Fuck-Up.”
Wow.
I went with a Lime Kamakazi in a big ol’ Styrofoam up. Then I hit the road:
I love Louisiana.
Fast-forward a few hundred miles, and I came across this sign, pointing me to Cooter, Mo.:
Holland is nice, but…
Then I went to Graceland:
I have done it all.
Graceland was closed, probably because I got there at about midnight on a Thursday. Oh well.
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I too recall, upon a sufficient level of inebriation, saying something to the effect “I’ve been everywhere but the ‘lectric chair, and seen everything but the wind!”
If you look real close, and ignore the fact that the building’s in your way, you can see my parents’ house! I grew up a few blocks down the road from the ‘Cup.
The building whose roof you can see over the tops of the cars in the parking lot is actually a jewelry store. No one seems to have thought it was weird to locate a jewelry store next to a drive-thru liquor place.
Fun fact: a White Russian daiquiri is pretty damn presentable. After downing about 3 of them, you will not be.
Finally, note the sticky on the sign that advertises $3 drive-thru shots. God bless America!