...man that TOTALLY sounds like a great idea!

Most everyone I know can relate with this scenario: it's pretty late, well past that rational point of not drinking anymore despite everyone still having a cocktail in their hand, but not quite to the point where guests start dropping to the floor, and someone comes up with "the best idea ever", and regardless of the proposal, be it grabbing someones smartphone to map a roadtrip to a hole in the wall diner or grabbing someones smartphone and throwing it into a blender, at the time it always seems pretty spectacular.

More often than not, as most everyone can attest, these ideas are the exact opposite. In fact, the majority of the time they're pure bollocks, dare I say, borderline retarded. Thankfully, 90% of the time these ideas are kicked to the curb, with about 7% of the remaining usually resulting in wondering "How the hell did I get this far out of town?"

However, there is that 3% crapshoot where these boozy epiphonies results in something not quite so ridiculous as losing ones pants/keys/vehicle, and actually works out pretty damn well. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few hit songs that were the result of a drunken ramble or two, and rumor has it that the founders of Southwest Airlines doodled their original carrier routes on the back of a cocktail napkin at a pub one historic evening.

So lies the origins of "A Lush Life", the shitfaced brainchild from 3 years ago outside of a local cigar bar where me, my wife, and one of her best friends came up with the "brilliant" notion that we were going create our very own lifestyle publication, starting from a simple blog and working our way up to a Martha Stewart sized empire. The original Lush Life was to cover the local bar and pub scene, covered my me, restaurant and foodie reviews, covered by my wife, travel, contributed by all, and arts and fashion, covered by my wife's friend.

Of course the idea never got off the ground (which in some regards is a good thing considering my wife's friend has some pretty hideous taste), but the idea of writing about the things I've enjoyed most in the area (i.e. booze) never really went away.

So for everyone that's here as I'm setting up bar, I want to say thank you for checking this out. Hopefully me writing about the things I love most about local food and alcohol will end up in that successful 3%, but at the very least, I'm happy to know our happy hour idea 3 years ago wasn't a complete fools errand. Now where did I put my pants...