Teapioca Lounge Lunar New Year – UYE

For reference I wanted to give this NEGATIVE FIVE stars but that wasn’t an option. The nerd in me figured out that I could remedy this by taking the absolute value and ended up at five stars… Oh well.
Jokes aside, if one of my favorite SA Unilocalers is in town and hosting an event of course I have to drop by. As soon as I got there Luly kindly offered me a Macaron. Ummm friends AND noms? What’s not to like?
I had a chance to run into some familiar faces over a chilled glass of sugary goodness. I also got a chance to meet a few new Unilocalers like Anita C. and Erica V. in addition Courtney W. and I planned our awesome plans for that evening.
Hey this makes three weekends in a row that I’ve hung out with Courtney W and Karen N… Again that is only win in my book! Thanks Luly and Karen for hosting this event and I especially loved the hand-​decorated name tags!

I personally knew every Unilocaler who attended this event, and I also knew their plus ones. I’m pretty sure that’s significant. The fact that only two of those Unilocalers could give a shit that I personally knew them and their plus ones is irrelevant.
Gotta admire Karen N & P Luly W for hosting a UYE in a city they don’t even live in, because that takes a lot of Boba balls. And Teapioca has a bunch of them. Nice touch to create special name tags, and to bring macarons from Joyce Cake Bake Shop in San Antonio. Hey, that’s another Unilocaler I happen to know.
So not to be shown up by these San Antonio peeps, we arranged for a Lunar New Year celebratory group to do the entire Dragon dance bit while we were there. I’m pretty sure Karen & Luly were genuinely impressed, and undoubtedly returned to the Alamo convinced Austin Unilocalers don’t fool around. Are they gone now? Okay, we really had nothing to do with the bonus show, but we’re good about keeping a straight face and nodding wisely.
I was impressed as always with my usual #1 Milk Tea with half-​sugar and balls, and Teapioca has this stuff down to a science. You just have to keep experimenting until you find what you like. Boba balls are a good thing, and so are UYEs: «Wait, this isn’t SA?! Balls! Tapioca Balls! — UYE» was just another double dose of fun and frolick on a Saturday afternoon. Yes’sm, it was. And a pretty good time too.

What a great way to start Chinese New Year 2014! This is the year of the Horse, and, I was informed by Karen and Luly, that if you’re a Horse, this year is gonna suck Boba balls! They have me afraid to shower, eat, dress, clean house… Enough!!! Back to the UYE! These ladies came all the way from San Antonio and pulled off what turned out to be, an incredible event. The Teapioca Lounge was a perfect host. The place was busy, but, they handled the never ending line well. The unexpected entertainment from Errol’s band he hired was fabulous! The traditional Dragon dance group transcended amazing talent and flash mobbed Teapioca. They were loud, bright, and talented. I enjoyed old faces, and, made a few new friends. Karen and Luly (little firecracker) are super friendly, and, just a pleasure to be around. Excellent job ladies! So far my favorite drink here is the Jasmine Green Tea with Honey and Tapioca. Caution! I choked on one of my balls because Luly had me laughing so hard.

Wow, this event was horrible.
Tasty drinks? Tasty friends? Chinese New Year celebration??? Are you kidding me???
HORRIBLE! I mean, how could you ever expect me to enjoy all that great stuff?
I will never ever not go back to this place.
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