Drinking at the UPS Store wasn’t on my bucket list, but it sure was fun.
Some of my neighbors and I finally made it to the Cedar Springs Wine Walk. This monthly event has been going on for a while, but this is the first time we got organized enough to actually attend.
And gurl…
The Wine Walk is outright dangerous.
For $10, you get a wine glass which the local businesses fill up for free. We made it to about 5 places before we had to start carrying people home.
Here’s what we learned:
1. Get there early.
The wine walk started at 6 p.m. but we were tardy because our building also had a free happy hour in the lobby.
This means that we felt rushed to partake. Some of the wine walk participants also ran out of fresh wine and had to resort of serving leftovers from last months’ wine crawl.
Month-old cheap wine = poor life choices.
2. Start at the UPS Store.
In addition to being at the beginning of the Wine Walk, the UPS Store is a hilarious place to drink. There was also an adorable Great Dane there.
3. Thall shall not order shots.
A basic rule of any bottomless event: those who supplement the free alcohol will regret it the next day. This applies to wine walks, and brunch:
A girl passed out on the patio of Lush Food Bar in Northeast Minneapolis. Too many bottomless mimosas.
The first one to order a shot or mixed cocktail during the wine crawl is the first one dragged home.
4. Winslow’s is actually not expensive.
Winslow’s is the wine bar on Cedar Springs. It has been open for a while, but none of my neighbors have gone because we assumed it was overpriced. (It’s not.) The owner is also really nice and said that they have an even bigger location in Fort Worth.
5. Stores will hold your purchases.
Some of the boutiques on Cedar Springs will keep your purchases until the next day. This way you can drunk shop and not have to schlep a bag around. (Outlines Men’s Wear did this for my neighbor who bought glassware.)
6. Be careful what you say in the lobby.
Apparently things got real in the lobby as I helped one of my neighbors upstairs. We went upstairs while the rest of the group waited in the lobby.
One of the leasing agents was working late in the back office and misheard one of my neighbors speaking:
Neighbor: “Oh, it looks like Jill is working late. I like Jill because she’s the only one working here who doesn’t lie to me.”
(Jill flies out of the office.)
Jill: “WHAT? WHAT? YOU WANT TO TALK SHIT? SOMEONE CALL ME A LIAR?”
Luckily the front desk lady / concierge heard everything and diffused the situation before it got ugly.
The last thing you want to do is mistakenly tell-off a bunch of queens who have been drinking cheap wine.
Next month we will have things more together.
Maybe…
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