After Work Tomorrow...

Hey looking for something to do on Friday after 5, once your boss leaves the office. Ok, more like 3 p.m. Want to be quasi-philanthropic, drink some wine, and then maybe head over to Esplanade to eat at either Lola's or Cafe Degas? Well you are in luck. On Friday night from 5:30-7:30, Cork & Bottle Fine Wines is hosting a wine tasting at the historic Pitot House overlooking Bayou St. John with Jon Smith leading the charge. I am resisting the urge to mention he should rename Clever, Bar St. Jon.* The cost is $10 and all proceeds go to the Pitot House.

Look at it this way. You could go to a bar and spend $10 on some crap Bud Light, while some investment banker tries to bag your lady and the DJ spins Sandstorm in Yiddish. Or you could drop a ten spot, sit along the banks of a beautiful bayou, in a gracious New Orleans house, drink four remarkable wines, and just relax. I don't know but as my cousin from the Sham-Wow commercials says, "this things sells itself" and "cause I can't do this all day."

For more info contact Cork & Bottle at 504.483.6314 or you can call the Pitot House at 482.0312.

The Pitot House is located at 1440 Moss Street and can be found on the web at www.pitothouse.org.

*Background. When Jon Smith, no relation to the explorer, began blogging on the world wide web, I suggested he should call his blog Cork and Bloggle. He originally laughed it off, but eventually agreed with me. As you should always do.