The weekend likes Fat Tuesday just the way it is.
It takes a lot to leave the office. Okay, not really. But on your way out tonight, Brix Wine Shop has a live DJ and 25 different wines (champagne, malbec, Napa cabernet) spread over five tables, all for the sampling for two hours. Which works out to two and a half tables an hour. Easy.
Fruit. Good to eat. Really good when portraying weaponry. So head to the opening of the Sweet Shrapnel exhibit tomorrow, where you’ll see paintings that feature cherry clusters and bananas as grenades, amongst other new uses for produce. Here’s hoping there’s an avocado as a mortar round.
There’s only one thing better than staying home on a Sunday night and watching a new film about the world of burlesque. Doing it in Cambridge at the Oberon, flanked by some live dancing by Boston’s Black Cat Burlesque and NYC’s Pink Room Burlesque. Do your worst, blizzard.
Tres Gatos turns two on Tuesday. Which is great, and made better by way of a Spain-meets-Mardi-Gras fiesta. Think: gratis bar bites (bocadillos, shrimp ceviche), New Orleans funk and Dixieland music, 10% off anything in the bookstore and vuvuzela blowing. It’s not a birthday without a bizarre, single-note horn.
Speaking of Fat Tuesday, this Liberty Wharf newbie is doing one night of NOLA-style grub. In addition to killer hurricanes and de facto Cajun fun (jambalaya, shrimp and chicken gumbo), they’ll also have Louisiana Seafood Burgers made with swordfish, halibut and salmon. Offering colorful beads to diners may not have the same effect here.
Bad news: these Perks won’t arrive in time for Valentine’s Day. But hey, a gift given late is better than no gift at all. We’re getting you: 1) 25% off a box of spiked chocolates. 2) Extra buying power for exquisite lingerie. 3) A bouquet of fresh roses. Now get moving...
