Bodily Fluid Dinner Club: Summer 09

I am on a roll this week, lots to say or the lack of TV is making me think more...
Last week was Bodily Fluid Dinner Club and I realize I am behind in the Bodily Fluid news. For June, we went to the new Chuy's. It is right by SLU now and I am pleased to say, it's pretty good. I don't usually like Mexican food. Why go out and spend money on bland meat, cheese and rice when I can stay home and spice it up myself?! Then a typical Mexican menu list 23 dishes that are essentially the same thing in a different order, but yet very overwhelming to me, so I tend to avoid Mexican. At Chuy's I got a salad that was a little more texmex (which I love). It was good. It was a small group for June and very limited fluid talk. It was mainly talk about summer plans and the heat (that's when we were having the obnoxious heat wave). The restaurant was nice, the bar and restaurant area were one open room and unfortunately, there was a happy hour going on so it was REALLY loud. Our waitress had also happened to be very very hoarse, which made it interesting because she didn't really act like it was a problem that she had no voice and there was a constant boom of voices coming from the bar. Every time she came around we just nodded and said yes. We were very lucky we didn't end up with more drinks or dessert or an agreement to invade Mexico. We had no idea what she was saying. The happy hour was for single gay men, so it was full a very well-groomed, well-dressed men that smelled wonderful as we walked through them when we left. It was nice eye candy for the night. It was an interesting and amusing night with a small comedy of coincidences.
For July, the plan was to hit Drunken Fish for a light dinner and then over to the Cupcakery for dessert. I loved this idea because 1) we are all women and have a tendency to the sweets, and 2) we have quite a few members that are either pregnant or nursing. Great, they get to really indulge this time since we sit around guzzling cocktails in front of them all the time.
I strategically placed myself away from Bodily Fluid Becky. I have pinpointed her as the leader of the fluid conversations, so I wanted to stay away from her just for my own enjoyment. We had a great dinner, talked about vacations, summer camps, and choking (which isn't a fluid; it's an emergency, so I was interested). A couple of the girls actually had the Heimlich performed on them. I was fascinated. I was never experienced or witnessed the Heimlich (and I hope I can always can say that) so it was interesting to hear. After dinner, we walked over to the Cupcakery. As we walked up, we noticed people mopping. It had closed 15 minutes earlier! Jamie claimed she had checked the time and it closed at 10pm (but that's the weekend time). Luckily, we were in the Central West End and more calories are just around the corner. We decided to walk over to Bissingers. I had never been there so I was happy to get another place marked off my list. Wow. It was very cool inside, a modern and sleek coffeehouse where the predominant ingredient was chocolate! Everyone's dessert looked heavenly, but I have to say, I made the best choice: a dark chocolate torte with blackberry sauce. It was decadent and rich and I was in love. Sorry, Cupcakery, but I was glad you were closed.
Next month, we are heading to Jimmy's. If I can stay away from BF Becky, I think it will be the best one yet (although it will be tough competition against Bissinger's).