Scotchy

Scotchy is always up for a good party, and most certainly was not disappointed by the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams White Hot Party last Thursday. The store was filled with people clad in white (thankfully not too many sartorial disasters as ill fitting white ensembles can be a rather unpleasant thing), all enjoying bubbly, piña coladas and other adult beverages, and listening to music by DJ Lady Bunny. Scotchy was a great fan of the large white chocolate fountain (numerous pretzels found their way into it in his hands) and assorted tiny white sweets; he especially loved the mini vanilla milkshakes. He gossiped away and stayed until the very end, only then noticing the white carpet and couches welcoming party goers into the store (guess Scotchy was in too much of a hurry to get inside to notice them earlier). He very much appreciated the bottles of water available upon leaving, which helped him rehydrate somewhat…of course a more responsible penguin would have switched from bubbly to water a drink or two earlier (but what’s the fun in that?).


Scotchy was dragging Friday morning, and very happy that his weekend plans consisted of spending a few lazy days with family in Fawn Lake. He headed down that evening, and was welcomed with treats, including homemade grape leaves and baba ghanoush that a neighbor had brought over (if only he had such neighbors) and homemade key lime pie (his favorite). Naturally by then, despite the slightly excess consumption of the prior evening, he was ready for a glass of wine.


The rest of the weekend was spent lazing around and running various errands, which of course always means stopping at Dairy Queen for a frozen treat. It was a particularly decadent visit, as Scotchy took advantage of his birthday buy one get one free Blizzard coupon (he got Oreo with chocolate ice cream and Butterfinger in case you were wondering), and of course it would not be a trip to DQ without a peanut butter sundae. Scotchy hit all of his usual haunts over the weekend – Walmart, Target and the Spotsylvania Towne Center, where he was rather disturbed by the hurricane simulator machine, and even more disturbed by the fact that people were willing to step foot into it (credit cards accepted if you are so inclined).


He also went to Wegmans to stock up on goodies, including penguin-friendly frozen treats for home consumption. He had trouble deciding, but figured he’d go for the tropical to help beat the heat and save the patriot pops for the Fourth of July.