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What better way to start the week than with a little happiness, I always say! The best way to make a writer happy? Happy Hour, of course!
So with this in mind, I invited a lovely lady to join me Monday evening for a get-the-week-going cocktail at Timpano’s, on Las Olas in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale. I think I’d only been to Timpano’s maybe twice following my divorce last year. This seemed a good chance to get reacquainted.
It’s got a real Manhattan-y sorta feel to it --- a downtown watering hole frequented by people who know a good martini when they taste one.
And Timpano’s always has great martinis! You can sit at its long dark-wood bar or one of the high-top tables for four. Or enjoy the more secluded couches, where we ended up. These couches are plush and comfortable, covered in a rich maroon velvet and set off in a room of their own. Hanging over the fireplace in this room is a huge portrait of Sinatra, the classic Frank with trenchcoat over his shoulder and hat at a rakish angle. That should tell you something about Timpano’s.
We got there early, just after 5 pm and had the bar pretty much to ourselves. Briefly. Soon the after-work crowd, dressed in business attire, settled in for their own cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. For us, it was margaritas and they were, believe me, wonderfully made. On the rocks, salt around the rim, just the perfect blend of tart and sweet and salty.
For something to complement the margaritas, we picked one of Timpano’s signature appetizers: mussels, served sizzling with lemon and a butter sauce. You get a generous portion and they are tender and succulent. I love mussels but only if they’re very good. Timpano’s mussels always are. And the mussels seem even tastier by scooping them out using the shells as utensils.
No live jazz last night, at least not during Happy Hour. But when the band isn’t playing, the old school jazz is drifting from the stereo speakers, the great old standards sung by people like Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday and, of course, Frank!
We relaxed, talked, laughed – and it occurs to me now, as I write this, that I really am going at those New Year resolutions of mine. Remember those, which I posted on this blog after the holidays? “Eat more, drink more, laugh more,” etc. So far, so good. And Happy Hour at Timpano’s was another step in the right direction for me.
So with this in mind, I invited a lovely lady to join me Monday evening for a get-the-week-going cocktail at Timpano’s, on Las Olas in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale. I think I’d only been to Timpano’s maybe twice following my divorce last year. This seemed a good chance to get reacquainted.
It’s got a real Manhattan-y sorta feel to it --- a downtown watering hole frequented by people who know a good martini when they taste one.
And Timpano’s always has great martinis! You can sit at its long dark-wood bar or one of the high-top tables for four. Or enjoy the more secluded couches, where we ended up. These couches are plush and comfortable, covered in a rich maroon velvet and set off in a room of their own. Hanging over the fireplace in this room is a huge portrait of Sinatra, the classic Frank with trenchcoat over his shoulder and hat at a rakish angle. That should tell you something about Timpano’s.
We got there early, just after 5 pm and had the bar pretty much to ourselves. Briefly. Soon the after-work crowd, dressed in business attire, settled in for their own cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. For us, it was margaritas and they were, believe me, wonderfully made. On the rocks, salt around the rim, just the perfect blend of tart and sweet and salty.
For something to complement the margaritas, we picked one of Timpano’s signature appetizers: mussels, served sizzling with lemon and a butter sauce. You get a generous portion and they are tender and succulent. I love mussels but only if they’re very good. Timpano’s mussels always are. And the mussels seem even tastier by scooping them out using the shells as utensils.
No live jazz last night, at least not during Happy Hour. But when the band isn’t playing, the old school jazz is drifting from the stereo speakers, the great old standards sung by people like Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday and, of course, Frank!
We relaxed, talked, laughed – and it occurs to me now, as I write this, that I really am going at those New Year resolutions of mine. Remember those, which I posted on this blog after the holidays? “Eat more, drink more, laugh more,” etc. So far, so good. And Happy Hour at Timpano’s was another step in the right direction for me.
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