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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Best wishes and a Shubho #Bijoya to all who celebrate! Regardless, wishing you all some peace and at least a bit of prosperity and liberation from whatever is holding you back. May the darkness be dispelled and all the demons in your path be vanquished🙏🏽 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Outdoor pic of greenery and palm fronds and a tile roofed gazebo in the background. In the foreground a wooden stage with a woman* in black blouse and red saree leaning forward with left knee bent and in front with right leg trailing and straight back and right arm behind her and raised as if holding a long spear or trident and her left arm pointed forward with 3 fingers pointing out as if a trident. This is a pose that the goddess Durga is often depicted in, as she slays the demon.

*Sharmila Biswas is an Odissi or Odishi artiste

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Unfortunately Fetterman isn't on the ballot or I'd boot him out and no Federal elections in Pennsylvania - but still glad to #vote early. I could have mailed it but we're taking no chances in our household, so we hand delivered our ballots to the County building. #GetOutTheVote #USPol

A square piece of paper with a round sticker for Allegheny County PA that says I Voted N'At
With the dark silhouette skyline of #Pittsburgh

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

If you're wondering what happened to the eggs and rice in the first post - they go in at the end after everythings been eaten and the dashi/broth is concentrated and flavored with all the things in it. The rice goes in and gets mushed in a bit and then the […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A small black bowl with a small mound of porridigey rice in it and a bit of chopped scallion green on it

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

I'm reasonably sure that half the reason I like to add shichimi togarashi to my food is because I get to use these cute little spoons. (Another 25% perhaps because I like to say shichimi togarashi) #Food #Ingredients #Spices

A tiny wooden spoon/spatula with a bit of a curve at the end that is flattened out and has a small bit of reddish orange powder and flakes on it. In the background is a small black bowl with food on it

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Sweater/Cardigan weather means it's also hot pot/nabe weather!! #Food #Cooking #HotPot #鍋

Eggs (whole in shell) on a plate next to a small bowl with a mound of cooked rice, and pieces of tofu; another platter with bowls that have cut garlic chive greens and cut pieces of napa cabbage, mushrooms and chopped scallions too in the picture.

Top view of a steel pot on an induction hob with enoki mushrooms and some meat and fish balls and mushrooms and napa cabbage and chives

A small bowl with meat and fish balls and cabbage and cooked enoki

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

[Booze] And for myself - been wanting to make this since last month when Brad the terrific bartender at Tiki Tiki Bang Bang in Cincinnati made me a drink and called it the East Street Holdup - based on the East 8 Holdup* (a vodka drink; do scroll on the name […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Bottles of Aperol, hidden harbor white rum, and Rhum JM agricole rum with a frosted over rocks glass with an orange liquid and lime wedge perched on top.

I used ½ oz 'Real' passion fruit syrup (no other syrup) with ½ oz lime juice ¾ oz pineapple juice, #Rum = ½ oz Hidden Harbor (mix of Pittsburgh & Caribbean; 100 proof - not far from Probitas/Veritas) + 1 oz Rhum JM
½ oz Aperol

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

[Booze] Been a long time since partner said ok to a #cocktail She's not into sweet drinks but I do know she enjoys a good Jungle Bird especially how I make 'em. I do like a markut lime leaf to add to the fragrance (and had some good ones in the freezer!) - […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A red orange drink in a higball glass with ice and topped with a mint spring, a lime leaf and lime wedge on the rim.

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Having watched Shaun of the Dead only recently I thought I'd get into #Spooktober with another #zombie #Movie Just heard about One Cut of the Dead courtesy @randomcha and quite a delightful start! www.imdb.com/title/tt7914416

Side view of a girl quite drenched in blood and holding an axe in front as a zombie guy with arms extended approaches

Two people sitting on chairs as a third person in between applies makeup to the face of the girl on the right. Subtitle text at the bottom of The screen says "He's so committed to this film"

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

[Booze] Seeing as I was in Kentucky I picked up some Mellow Corn. It's not great but interesting and instructive in tasting given its mash bill (80% corn, 8% rye, 12% malt per Heaven Hill). Anyway I mainly picked it up to have with Nixta in this corn old […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A frosted over rocks glass with an orange amber drink and a bit of lemon peel perched on the rim. Behind the glass, a yellow label on a bottle reads mellow corn and another bottle with a label with s picture of corn says nixta

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Friday evening early #MovieTonight Rewatching Dune (new; 1) So well made and pretty great casting too #Movie

Sand dunes and some large vehicle harvesting spice and blowing sand out. Frame from the movie on a screen

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

There was of course more food (how could there not be, we'd asked students over)

Oven roasted chicken leg&thigh pieces on a metal tray on a table with other bowls and trays with sauerkraut and raw vegetables, on a wooden dining table

Potato salad in a bowl, cheese melted over Mac and cheese in a glass casserole dish. Long buns piled in a round tray as a metal tray with sausages are being placed on a wooden table. Vegetable tray with broccoli carrots celery and cucumbers all on a wooden table

A loaf of bread sliced and cut in half longitudinally curved on a wooden tray and a black bowl with obatzda on it.. a bowl with chopped red onions next to it
Other vegetable trays on your table

Wooden tray with compartments with broccoli pieces and carrots and cut cucumbers and pieces of celery

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Soooo one of the downsides to homeschooling - especially as kids get older and get some skills and work on their own: you may get messages no text just images 👇🏽 as I did at 10:15am that require prompt attention and aaaaah I need to leave work and get home asap don't I ??!!!

A thin 8" or 9" flan covered with a dark caramel liquid on a plate held up

A small plate with a red border with a cut wedge of flan with dark caramel sauce over and around it

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

#MonochreMonday memory from our 2021 roadtrip stop in South Dakota Crazy Horse Memorial #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

A deeply satisfying #Dinner of (store) parathas with oven roasted cubed eggplant, (leftover) sauteed cabbage and spinach & toor daal, and S. Indian style spicy, curry leaf fragrant chicken liver fry CW #Food #Offal #IndianFood

White plate with folded over parathas with a bit of shredded cabbage and some dark brown liver in masala with curry leaves, dark cubes of roasted eggplant. A small clear glass bowl with yellow and green toor daal with spinach. All on an orange placemat

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

[Booze] Hopefully this week will race along just fine - as today did. At any rate this fine Monte Carlo #cocktail added some zip to this evening. If you want to simulate one then it's simply 2 oz Rye and ½ oz Benedictine and a dash of bitters. #Drink #Drinkstodon

A chilled rocks glass with condensation on it with and orange amber drink in it with an ice cube - behind are bottles of Benedictine, Sazerac Rye and Angostura bitters

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Continuing the fabulous weekend of fantastic live #music. I only found out about this yesterday!!! Not sure how I missed the announcements before. Prasanna or "Guitar" Prasanna is among my favorite guitar players. (And I've had the joy of hearing him play […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Poster/vertical banner with a picture of Prasanna holding a guitar and text
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS FUND RAISER

Around the World 8n 80 Songs with

Guitar Prasanna

Prasanna standing on stage holding an electric guitar and and a couple amps on either side and a monitor and microphone in front

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

[Boooze] No Old Monk #Rum no problem A decent Jamaican goes plenty fine with this Thums Up I picked up at the Indian store. Hadn't had it in a while - idk it's not quite the same as what I drank years ago (I know I know nothing ever is) - and it's a coca […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A thin blue can of Thums Up next to a pint glass with ice and a cola drink and a lime wheel on top. A bottle of Blackwell Jamaican rum - dark amber bottle with a yellow label with black writing is to the right of the glass . All on a dark wood with slats small tabletop

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Oh yes of course there were snacks - that was right after the post pushpanjali proshad (sweet and savory) Kathi roll (ok ersatz) Chaat of some kind (that was really good) Then some informal performances, songs, bit of dance, more songs, poetry. And then lunch […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Small paper bowl with diced apples and some grapes over sweet rice pudding, next to a brown vegetable curry and next to brown rice kichuri

A small bowl of Chaat - a topping of thin small yellow sev

Narrow tables with aluminum foil trays of food

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Having a terrific Sat. Post late (and a bit hasty for me) lunch I made it to meet up with Kid2 to listen to an absolutely stellar afternoon of music - all Brahms by the accomplished and still professionally active performing faculty of the Duquesne Univ school of #music

Page from booklet
PROGRAM

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Four Lieder

Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, op. 103, no. 7

O kühler Wald, op. 72, no. 3

Wir wandelten, op. 96, no. 2

Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), op. 49, по. 4

Nicole Jenkins, soprano

Anoush Tchakarian, piano

Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, op. 115 (1891)

Allegro

Adagio

Andantino

Con moto

Ron Samuels, clarinet

Charles Stegeman and Rachel Stegeman, violins

Marylène Gingras-Roy, viola

INTERMISSION

Adam Liu, cello

Four Lieder, op. 57 (1871)

Von waldbekränzter Höhe, op. 57, no. 1

Es träumte mir, op. 57, no. 3

Ach, wende diesen Blick, op. 57, no. 4

Unbewegte laue Luft, op. 57, no. 8

Meghan DeWald Althouse, soprano

Nathália Kato Giordano, piano

Piano Quintet in F Minor, op. 34 (1864)

Allegro non troppo

Andante, un poco adagio

Scherzo: Allegro

Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo

David Allen Wehr, piano

Charles Stegeman and Rachel Stegeman, violins

Marylène Gingras-Roy, viola

Adam Liu, cello

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

#Bengali Students' Organization of #Pittsburgh putting on a fine #DurgaPujo event on Mahalaya Durga murti (statue/idol; clay) all the way from Kumartuli in Kolkata! Giving them my support and wishes - more power to them. Great to see them all decked out in […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

The prosenium part of a stage with black curtains behind - with a small decorated Durga statue and flowers and other offerings and ceremonial paraphanelia. 3 paintings and yellow and orange flower chains hang on the black curtain

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Carnegie Mellon is renowned for computer science and robotics and tech sure, but perhaps less well known is that the Musical Theatre program is among the absolute best. Senior! Trey Buie came on for a couple of numbers with Mandy Gonzalez in the first ½ for a […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Stage with orchestra and Mandy Gonzalez in orange gown in front along with a person in a suit

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

The Music of Lin-Manuel Miranda tonight with the #Pittsburgh #Symphony Orchestra (Sean Mayes conducting) and just wow so terrific with Mandy Gonzalez singing. Sitting pretty far up but sounds just fabulous

Stage with orchestra and Mandy Gonzalez in an orange gown singing holding a microphone in one hand and the other arm raised

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Ok getting started! It's a pretty fancy place - I always expect a couple of muppets but they never show!

Stage filled with chairs and the orchestra sitting down ready to start

Section of white/ivory wall to the side in front of the stage with gold paint decoration and a small balcony with fancy chairs - white frame and red velvet cushioned seat and back and 2 people - no muppets

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Friday night with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall - what a terrific venue!

Fairly ornate hall stage down below with mostly empty black chairs and a few musicians tuning up

Ceiling with a big oval area surrounded with oval glass chandeliers

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Simple home #Dinner tonight Homemade #Bengali homestyle paratha (except square, typical is triangular) with roast potatoes, sauteed cabbage, Bengali style alu, phulkopi, kumro (potato, cauliflower, pumpkin), and partners delicious chicken #curry (Kerala esque […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Chicken leg in a brown curry, and other items on a square metal plate with compartments

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

I got to see the #Chemistry #Nobel medal - this one from 1998 to John Pople ( "for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry" ) - on display next to the podium at the Pople lecture today - by Prof. Martin Head-Gordon (UC Berkeley) who was […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Looking at a yellow cloth (inner) lined square box open to display a golden round medal with the side view of Alfred Novel in relief

Person on stage behind a podium with a large screen behind him with the title slide of his talk
Density Functional Theory in Chemistry: Past, Present and Future

Martin Head-Gordon

Dept of Chemistry, UC Berkeley; Chemical Sciences, LBNL

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Blue cloudless clear sky cool #Fall day in #Pittsburgh Enjoy some views of #Cathy and Pitt towers and CMU campus and downtown from the train

Across a street a two storey old stone building (marked Police Patrol Station No 4 on the stone on top) with a red banner for Noodles & company above the ground floor windows. A car is parked in front and two round/circular tower buildings (Pitt) are to the right. Blue clear sky

Grassy field with long white marks in foreground and bottom of frame with CMU buildings to the left and right of the field and frame. A building with a small circular top is in front at the end of the field and towering in the distance is the Cathedral of Learning. Blue cloudless sky

The Cathedral of Learning seen through windows in an upper floor of a building

Buildings of downtown Pittsburgh seen through a train window and wire fence on the bridge and across the (Monogahela) River.

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Lol - there's every now and then an oddball and goofy wifi router name but this one as I passed the hospitals on the bus made me chuckle

Screenshot of wifi networks available screen

The top 4 listed are

Digi-TX64-TX64003607

It hurts when IP

NETGEAR68

杰尼龟的Samsung

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Ah some good eats this Sunday #Lunch and #dinner Rice and partners most excellenr Kerala 'red' fish curry (made yesterday) with leftover brussels sprouts and sauteed cabbage. And so e homemade tart yogurt to go with it Oven baked jerk (from partners super […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

White plate with rice with small pieces of fish pieces and curry. Some Brussels sprouts halves and shredded sauteed cabbage in the plate too

Black beans as rice, a pile of corn kernels, some coleslaw with a bit of tart vinegar and bit of mayo dressing and 2 dark jerk chicken drumsticks

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

[Booze] Just a lazy pour of #beer tonight But really good stuff - East End Brewing (a Pittsburgh local craft) 21st Anniversary - Belgian Golden Strong Ale Cheers friends!

On a dark wooden table with slatted top, a golden beer in a glass mug next to a can with a dark green label that says 21st Anniversary

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Oh these sugar dusted warm little puffy pillows of bliss! #SundayAtHome #Grateful

A plate of square brown puffed beignets covered in white powdered sugar

2 pics - one of rolled out dough, cut into squares, on the countertop and
A plate of beignets getting dusted with powdered sugar from a metal strainer

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Anyways besides the Kusama special exhibit - I was feeling bad about hanging around till close to 5 but as I was about to leave turns out on Thursdays the art museum is open till 8! So I hung around some more. It's such a terrific space for the art - […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

2 long windows with grey skies and some trees outside, across a room with a dark wooden floor. Near the window on a small platform is a glass sculpture.

Seated Dress with Impression of Drapery 2005
Karen LaMonte (born 1967) American, working in Prague
cast, sandblasted and acid-etched glass

Looking across the room from a balcony/landing - stairs going down symmetrically onto round landings and then down to a central area

Wooden railing in the center and a balcony overlooking a large central area

Sculpture "Pinnochio (emotional)" by Jim Dine
Very large outdoor sculpture 12+ feet high with arms raised and looking up. The museum building is behind to the right and white and red flowers in front at the base of the sculpture

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

That 8 min drive was important as the only slot that had to be booked online was for 4:15pm. Made it out of my hotel room after a quick change of clothes and dropping off the booth stuff at 3:50. Slot was for the 1½ min timed entry into the Kusama infinity […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

At the entrance to the infinity mirror room with yellow lit pumpkins with black dots

Looking down at some yellow pumpkins with black dots. The stalks are black with yellow polka dots

Yellow lit pumpkins with black dots mirrored

Pumpkin art on a wall - multiple pics in frames

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

One thing I am quite quite glad I did - after all day of 'work' setting up, sitting at and taking down the booth/table at the career expo part of the conference (9am - 3:30 pm) - I looked up distance/time to the #Cincinnati #Art museum - and it was 8 mins […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Closer view of the table now with a lot more brochures. Some stickers and small notepads in different shapes - lightbulb, beaker, flask, DNA duplex etc

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Was terrific walking around the bit of downtown #Cincinnati I got to while there for the conference last week #Mural game is super strong! 2/2 #Art #StreetArt #UrbanArt

Night time pic of the side addition or smaller building next to a taller building. The smaller side - 3 stories is painted white and has a mural with sunglasses a watch and a tube of red lipstick and a matchbook

Night time pic of a mural on the side of a building - a woman holding a palette and brushes in her right hand and with left hand held up painting on a canvas perpendicular to the building (so not visible except for the side edge).
A car park with 1 white car under the mural

Colorful mural yellow an orange and red and then green and blue stretching across a wide building

Mural with blue sky and white cloud cartoon like and the front view of a pink pig with wings outstretched and a yellow striped sun behind
Text in a white box below the pig says

IN THIS CITY WE
DREAM BIG
& FLY HIGH

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

And three hrs later (+ some for cleanup), all done! A few at least if not the whole lot of kids seem excited! #KitchenChemistry #Science #Chemistry #K12Outreach

A light brown apron hung up next to a desk. The outline of a black square is on the apron. And the text says Ah!
The element of surprise

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Fun with foams and "airs" (surfactants and emulsifiers) #KitchenChemistry #Chemistry

On-Screen slide showing pictures of fun with foam including soy sauce, foam and other other foams from juices

People selling themselves small spoonfuls of foams

Mango juice, root beer Coke and ginger beer foams and cups with a plate in front of them and the liquids cans behind the plates set up for tasting

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

#MolecularCooking workshop for high school Pennsylvania Junior academy of Science kids - is on! #kitchenChemistry #Chemistry

Slide on screen about the molecular cooking workshop

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

[Booze (store)] 🫣 I was here - 10 yrs or so ago. And so I knew it was huge (with terrific prices). But wowed all over again. Dangerously priced too! Party Source in Covington KY

Purple sign outside the store with white lettering

The Party Source

We are Proud to be both the Largest Beverage Alcohol Store in the United States and 100% Employee Owned.

Thanks for Shopping Local

Huge warehouse style indoor space with lots of low shelves with wine bottles

Looking down an aisle with bottles on shelves on either side as far as the eye can see

Outside of the party source. Large yellow neon lettering and lines over the front of the building

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Looks like I made it to the tail end of the awards banquet. I skipped the pressed in bun (ooof that smelled so buttery and good - but I resisted 🤘🏽)

Plate with some peach cobbler (nice and warm)

White plate with greatest black raspberry ice cream and a bit of blueberry cobbler

A waffle maker like press with a hamburger bun in it (ice cream was being put inside and then pressed)

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

[booze] Drink #3 no idea what it is besides Delicious!

Tiki drink in can of Korean BBQ spam and with mint and plastic skeletons and orchid garnish

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Das @srdas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

[Booze] Current view. At New Riff Distillery Covington, KY (over the river from Cincinnati, OH) They have a malted rye! Going with 2 bourbons, a rye and the malted rye flight+ #Bourbon #Whiskey

Ceiling above the bar area - copper plated with inlaid translucent lighting

Look down the bar with shelves of bottles at the end. A bowl of citrus in the foreground

a flight of bourbon in 3 tasting glasses on a piece of stave. A fourth tasting glass is on the counter next to the 3

Menu of single barrel bourbons and ryes available for flights

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