The Chattanooga Times Free Press has an opinion article which posits that alcohol should have calorie counts. Check out the full Times editorial here, or read it below:
It’s Super Bowl week, a time when even individuals who generally care little about pro football — or other sports, for that matter — prepare to watch Sunday’s pro football championship game. For many, the game is the top sports event of the year. Others claim they care only about the commercials, or that they watch because the event has become a major social event. Some frankly admit it is a good excuse to eat and drink. If the latter is the case, be warned. Mindless consumption of typical Super Bowl fare can pack on the pounds.
As I pass 235 vertical feet on ‘my’ treadmill in our company workout room, I begin to wonder if the room’s dead skunk/old mildew smell, which turns smiles into frowns, is any worse than the smell of old, spilled beer that pervades some of Chattanooga’s ‘historic’ establishments.
I’ll have to hold off on further investigation until after I hit 200 calories, however, or else tomorrow may need to be a light beer day.
Planning a weekend of beverage consumption? It’s important to build up your body’s ability to withstand the demands of a 72-hour Charlie Sheen-esque bender.
This particular workout — the twisting, painful leg slam — is best practiced with a partner before you attempt to fully execute it in a public place. Take it slow at first, then increase the number of reps when you are able to do so.
The city could shut down dozens of local businesses at the end of 2012, including the Station House restaurant at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo, if owners do not install costly sprinkler systems, according to a new code the City Council is considering. The rule change, backed by Chattanooga Fire Marshal James Whitmire, requires that existing sports bars, restaurants with live entertainment, dance halls, discotheques, nightclubs and “assembly occupancies with festival seating” install sprinkler systems.
Full disclosure: I originally wrote this story several weeks ago, but it affects bars and booze in the Chattanooga area, so I’ve reposted it here. Enjoy!
The cost is $2 to $12 per square foot, or an average of $50,000 to $70,000 per business with an occupancy over 100, officials say. The City Council on Tuesday night deferred action on the code for two weeks to allow the city attorney’s office time to set a definition of “nightclubs” affected by the ordinance.
After a bitter and contentious conversation with my booze buddy, we have determined that topics covered by this and other related blogs shall include, but will not be limited to: beer, wine, spirits, bars, brewers, restaurants and other topics of interest, be they related or unrelated.
Fellow Chattanoogans: A couple of your humble fellow residents were seated at Jimmy Johns, observing the near-carnage outside as a delivery driver attempted a C-turn in the middle of an intersection, when our conversation, typically, turned to alcohol consumption.
As a result of this conversation, we will take it upon ourselves to tour the various eating and drinking establishments in the Chattanooga area, and report our findings in a critical manner.
We shall leave no stone left unturned. See you out there.