Barq's Root Beer.
I never understand why if there is a whole empty bar, people need to pick the seat right next to me. It happens constantly. It drives me nuts. I happened just now and I wasn’t even sitting at the bar when this most recent irritant showed up. All my stuff was laid out in front of my plaque, as it usually is when I am working. There was a whole empty bar, so, where does this guy thinks this is the best place to be? Rubbing elbows with me, naturally. This joker is no Vincent.
I was busy talking to the Korean War Veteran at his table, him and his two home health aids. He must be in heaven with these two dishes attending to his needs. He is wheelchair-bound and on oxygen now. He wasn’t the last time Python Lady and I saw him.
I was busy talking to the Korean War Veteran when this other guy came in to sit next to me and order a diet coke. He is waiting to meet two other people. Bachelor Number Two showed up soon. He ordered a Dr. Pepper.
“We don’t have Dr. Pepper,” the bartender said. We were sitting at a bar. What mixes well with Dr. Pepper? A: Benedictine, which is an old person’s thing that doesn’t move so this bar doesn’t stock Benedictine. That is not the reason they don’t carry Dr. Pepper. The real reason is because Dr. Pepper is for children.
Bachelor Number Two asked for a diet coke. The bartender should have served it in a can. This place does have other drinks that you cannot buy in a gas station.
Worlds collide when old people’s Benedictine collides with young people’s Dr. Pepper. It is not like a chocolate and peanut butter. Old people don’t like Dr. Pepper. It is too sweet. Young people don’t like Benedictine. It is too old fashioned. It takes a certain kind of person to enjoy a Benedictine and Pepper.
I will give you one guess who likes Benedictine and Pepper in moderation, of course. The Benedictine cuts the super-sweetness of the Dr. Pepper and complements the blend of flavors that Charles Alderton Concocted in 1885 Waco, Texas.
This place does sell Barq’s in a bottle. Barq’s has bite. It is also originally from New Orleans. You can taste it. Barq’s crosses generational lines. Ever bottle contains a little New Orleans spirit. Drink Barq’s. It’t good.
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