<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rockcityoutfitters.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SJDqslftqDI/AAAAAAAAATQ/fFBhTuCu9qQ/s400/drinkdowntown_copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228937219077417010" border="0" /></a>I have cool friends.<br /><br />Chris Bouldin, proprietor of T-shirt and accessory company <a href="http://rockcityoutfitters.com/">Rock City Outfitters</a> and once-contributor to this blog, has made the above shirt design available to all you thirsty downtown lovers out there. Click the link to get your own.<br /><br />Speaking of, where's your favorite place to get a drink downtown? Perennial favorites of mine are McNellie's and Arnie's, mostly because I see people I know at both of those places pretty much anytime I go in, and I love to see people I know. Arnie's is small, and sometimes it takes a solid 30 minutes to get a beer from a waitress at McNellie's, but I'd take them both over Orpha's or, heaven forbid, El Guapo's.<br /><br />Sorry. I want to like El Guapo's. I really do. I've heard it has improved since I last went, but I've been scared to give it another chance. I don't know - their margaritas are about as big as my head (you didn't hear this from me, but folks, that's a giant head), and it's hard to stay away from that for too long.<br /><br />So, Mack, what'll it be? McNellie's, Arnie's, or [insert your favorite downtown bar here]?