Stella makes you a betta spella

Last night I emceed the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once again. Former second- and third-place winner Megan Rudesill took the gold (or, rather, the $25 bar tab that constituted first prize) with her masterful spelling of a variety of words, none of which I can remember at the moment.

She credits her victory to her request of the bartender that he get her the "best luck spelling drink." Best luck spelling drink! Best luck spelling drink! That's barely even English, but the bartender apparently concluded that Stella is the best luck spelling drink, and it seems to have worked. I commented that the best luck spelling drink would likely be something hard to spell (Cuervo? Kahlua?), but I suppose "Artois" is kind of hard to spell.

The next spelling bee is Monday, November 15 at Pete's Candy Store. Bobby Blue and I will be there as usual to banter, read the words, and hit on the contestants.

After the bee, I stopped by photographer Eric Martin's place and picked up a CD of photos from our last shoot, one of which is this red-toned one. I'll put up new galleries on the site once, um ... people buy me more espressos. Could that be best luck spelling coffee?