Geisha a Go Go

Friday night, after we both had hair appointments, Mary and I headed to Geisha a Go Go for some sushi. We really liked this place, we were supposed to go there for happy hour, but since we put beauty before business, we missed it, but the happy hour specials were pretty impressive, and I will be going back to enjoy them! Who doesn't love half price happy hour?!So first thing, Mary gave them a thumbs up for their website, I just went on it and agree it's pretty cool. So props to their website designer!!

The place is smaller than I thought, but we didn't go in the back area where the private karaoke rooms are so it's probably spacious back there. Anyway, we had some lovely wine and sat out on the patio which was nice, there was even a double rainbow (what does it mean?! haha)

We ordered a few sushi rolls, Philadelphia Roll, Caterpillar Roll and the Fresh Water Eel Roll. All very yummy. My only issue was with me and Mary, neither one of us is really a sushi expert and Geisha a Go Go had a very exciting list of specialty sushi we were to scared to try so we didn't. I'd totally want to go back with a sushi pro and try out the other kinds.

<-- Sorry if my rock blinds you in this photo hahaha jk!!! Obviously we didn't take pictures of our meal...we seriously need someone there reminding us what we're supposed to do. You'd think this far in we'd remember!! So yes, Geisha a Go Go is a winner in my book! The waitresses were super sweet and cute. Note to single dudes, you'll feel like they are totally macking on you, yes, macking. I loved this place, I was actually sad that I'd never been there before. I'm not a karaoke person, but if I were I'd bet that would only add to why I love this place.

The cool "cleaning" options in the bathroom were also a plus in my book. Mary and I held up a line for awhile checking out this amazingness. I love bathrooms that do something weird or interesting, I don't know why, but it's a real draw for me. Kudos Geisha a Go Go.

So...yes we'd go back again! This place was super cool and really good, who can turn down sushi and drinks at a good price?!

San Tan Brewing Company and Fibber Magees

On Friday night, we ventured out to Downtown Chandler to check out San Tan Brewery. We didn't get there until close to 11 p.m. but there seemed to be a lot of people there for it being more of a like go out early kind of place, if that even makes sense. Anyway, we ordered beers and some food. Mary got the HefeWeizen, good, but a bit stronger of a beer then what we light beer gals are used to. I got the Sunspot Gold, which I thought was good and Ryan had the Epicenter Amber Ale, he liked it, of course, I don't think Ryan ever doesn't like a beer.

So Mary and I shared the Chips and Dip Trio, which was delicious, the beer cheese was amazing! Ryan got the Devil's Chicken Fingers and they were huge!! They were really good too. Ryan got another beer, Devil's Ale and I had the Arizona Cosmo, which was good. This place was pretty cool. I don't think I'd go there on a Friday night to get crazy by any means, but say on a Saturday, I'm in Downtown Chandler and I want some good food and beer, this would be the place to go. The other cool thing about this place was you could take their beer home with you! They had cool jugs for bottling and they also had six packs you could buy. So that was pretty cool. I think if this place wasn't so far from where I lived, I'd go there pretty regularly, for now I suppose I'll have to save it for all those times I head out Downtown Chandler! But it was good, and we'd go back again!!

So after San Tan we headed over to Fibber Magees. A little bar in a strip mall, not what I would usually think of for one of the top 50 bars in Phoenix. We went in, it's probably around midnight, and there were about 20 people in there. There was a band but not too many people sitting around actually listening to them. The bar was spacious, and lots of different seating areas so that was cool. We went into the back area to play pool and lose a quarter to the hunting game. That was sad...

Anyway, all in all, if I lived across the street from this bar, I'd probably go there. Otherwise, there wasn't really anything spectacular about Fibber, except it's name. When we left San Tan, there was a Irish bar, <>Murphy's Law next door that was poppin, I wondered why that place wasn't on the list. When we started this mission my dad, the cinical dude, said these bars were only on the list because they paid to be. Always willing to argue with my pops and said no way. But it is sort of seeming to be that way. We've seen a few pretty great bars not be on the list, but on the other hand we've also been to some cool places on this list that we didn't know about before. It's a toss up really. So I'd probably never go back to Fibber Magees again, but I know why people around there go, it's a chill place, but I felt like I was on vacation at a random bar, not just a few miles away from my house.

The District

Hello all! Well playing a bit of catch up with our posts, please forgive us. If this blog was my full time job, you'd be annoyed at how many updates you got!
So, a couple weeks ago Mary, Ryan and I went to The District, at The Sheraton Downtown Phoenix. I was looking forward to this place because I long to be hip enough to live and work downtown. I know downtown Phoenix isn't the hip area that some downtowns are, but I think it's getting there, and how cool that I knew about it before the rest of Phoenix?! Anyway... we went to The District for Happy Hour, the place was pretty full, but there were a few open tables. We ordered our drinks at the bar and then snagged a table by the window. Maybe it was because we already had our drinks, or maybe it was something else, but from this point forward we were never acknowledged by any of the waitresses walking around. Mary and I both got the White Peach Sangria, as it was a suggested idea from Phoenix Magazine. It was okay, a little too peachy, and not enough ice for me, not cold enough in my opinion. Ryan got the Four Peaks Scottish Amber, and he thought it was enjoyable.

So there we sat, for a good 15 minutes, as waitresses hurried by us to ensure all the other patrons were receiving good service. Finally I just went up to the bar and asked if we could order food from him as the waitresses seemed to have it out for us. We ordered the All-American Cheeseburger, Spiced Sweet Potato Fries, and the Sloppy Joe's Sliders.

The food was good, but I wasn't blown away by the menu options. The bartender who brought us our food also brought us more drinks, Mary and I had wine while Ryan tried the Nimbus Blonde. I think by this time the bartender felt sorry for us, because he also came out and cleared our table and validated our parking. As we sat there with nothing on our table, a waitress finally came over and asked if we wanted our parking validated...seriously. It was like we were wearing invisable suits for over an hour and then all of a sudden right before we left it was gone!

Pretty sure we won't go back to The District. The Happy Hour wasn't that impressive, and the fact that we never once were acknowledged by the wait staff, well that never sits well with me.