I was over-full, tipsy, and was beginning to feel existential.
(The sound reminded me of a night last summer, when I drifted, tipsy and full, into the Tremé bar owned by the band's original jazz trumpeter, Kermit Ruffins, and witnessed his colorful rendition of Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again").
— one sluiced with vodka and horseradish, the next with bourbon and bacon, the third with tequila and smoked roe, and you are all at once tipsy, slightly full and ready for a glass of cold beer.
I only wish I'd seen it with a date instead of the room full of giddy, slightly tipsy middle-aged women who rented out the theater for a private showing.
Before I knew it, it was approaching 6 20 and staff began herding the the crowd now tipsy and full of cheese, fries and gravy into the Barney Danson Theatre for what we'd all come there to see: the latest.
Slightly tipsy and nicely full, we continued our mission to North Melbourne's Thread Den (16 Errol St, +3 9329 5305), a "sewing lounge" with a room full of sewing machines you can hire by the day or hour, and a shop showcasing vintage clothes and some of Australia's best independent designers.
There were three choices for dessert, the heating was on, there was booze: my stomach was full, I was snug, I was tipsy.
Full – and just a little bit tipsy – I head back through the medina towards Taros Café (00 212 524 47 64 07) at 2 Rue de la Skala for live music and drinks on yet another rooftop terrace.
Scientists say the idea has already led researchers into curious new fields of inquiry, from pondering drunken elephants and tipsy songbirds to studying forests full of fermenting fruit.
Except actually, in order to accommodate magazines' long lead times, the whole process begins in the middle of summer with weary journalists, tipsy on eggnog and stuffed full of mince pies in the 30 degrees heat, traipsing between different "Christmas in July" press events.
