Fresh outta SMU, Susie's now hell-bent on rating happy hours across Dallas (prices, clientele, service, drink strength); among the 40+ joints hit so far are Hully & Mo ($2.50 doms/$3.50 imports/$5 apps, plus strong drinks/lots of chicks), Urbino Pizza e Pasta (Mon = $3 wells, Tue = $2 drafts, etc), and Jorge's Tex Mex Cafe, where Sat-Sun's bottomless $6 mimosas actually come with ice, leading to less drinking, and more waiting for mi-more-sa.

Tomorrow night, snag $3 wells/margs and $5 domestic pitchers at the blog's launch party, 9:30pm at Primo's. RSVP at SusieDrinksDallas.com.

With its paned-glass storefront facade, concrete floor & lofted industrial ceiling, Ginger's new outpost is the aesthetic antithesis of the original, but still brings the hops with an opening menu of 67 drafts (Chimay White, Barbar Winter Bok, Leffe Blonde...) and 70 bottles (Schneider Aventinus, Oskar Blues Gordon...), plus two Texas-brewed seasonal casks: Real Ale Coffee Porter and the award-winning St. Arnold's Christmas -- where are your milk & cookies now, St. Nick?

Full menu hits next week. Bottoms up at GingerManPub.com.

Celebrated New York boutique Odin's just unleashed a trio of unisex scents, available at just eight stores nationwide as well as online; the lineup includes the spicy/peppery "01 Nomad", the musky/woody "03 Century", and the wine-like "02 Owari" -- Japanese for "the end", hopefully of the dry streak that's compelled you to slap on a new cologne.

Scents the greatness at OdinEDT.com

Feeling nostalgic for the days of peace, love, and concrete-eating deathtraps? Check out this dragster footage from the 1969 NHRA Spring Nationals at then-new Dallas International Motor Speedway, now the site of a Honda dealership, so at least the International part stuck.

Rev it up in retro on YouTube