Bacon-filled Bloody Mary?

Ever seen a cocktail quite like this? The Facebook photo below is proof that northerners can be just as food-indulgent as us. Kayte Hembree of Charlotte captured this shot of a restaurant's specialty "Bacon-Filled Bloody Mary" on a recent visit to Milwaukee. How's that for a way to say welcome to the weekend? (Actually, there seems to be a lot of stuff besides bacon in there. It's from Wisconsin, so is that yellow thing at the top a wheel of cheese?) She says the Comet Cafe tacks on the mini-Miller Beer chaser for free. (The drink costs 7 bucks.) Thank goodness. This drink was lacking something.

BACON-FILLED BLOODY MARY UPDATE: Kayte tells me her boyfriend, Jeff Doggett, is trying to get the Greasy Mary (my name, not his) served at the soon-to-open Terrace Cafe in Piedmont Town Center. As head of Doggett Advertsing, Jeff is handling PR for the cafe, which is expected to open around Labor Day.

BACON-FILLED BLOODY MARY UPDATE II: Kayte tells me that the Comet Cafe in Milwaukee, birthplace of the bacon-filled Bloody Mary, is actually known for its vegan fare. No word on how the non-alcoholic, vegan version of the bacon-filled Bloody Mary is selling.

You've sent me some great photos lately, and I plan to run at least one here every day. To send me your photo, tag me in a photo on Facebook or send me a picture on Twitter.

Weird and sad story much-discussed on Twitter this morning: Motorcyclist doing wheelies this morning, lost control, hit a Target -- store, that is -- in south Charlotte, and died. Bizarre and unfortunate.

Leigh Rose of Charlotte, who appears to have the most critter-filled yard in Charlotte, got quite a reaction by posting the above photo on Facebook. She snapped the shot right after this snake popped out of a hedge in her yard. Many pointed out that this appears to be a "good snake," which eats rodents and is not poisonous. Didn't seem to relieve Leigh too much.

Traded emails with Google yesterday, making sure I'm in line for Google Wave, the new interactive email sensation being released to a test market in September. Some developers have their hands on it now. Lucky.

What would a blog post be without a reminder to join our new Twitter directory? Five hundred joined the first 12 hours, and it has continued to boom since then. This will be for your use, to help you find the right people to follow in Charlotte, and so local followers can find you. Sign up here. For more on why we're doing this, see the post below.

Good lines on Twitter: "I learned a great lesson from Motown: You've got to know your temptations from your miracles." And, this tweet passed around last night, of a Jimmy Fallon joke refering to Michael Vick's new team: "Good thing they're not the Philadelphia Beagles."

Finally, here's a photo of our young contest winner, Charlotte's Janelle Thomas, in the official Panthers sun hat we gave away here. We asked for your best 10 words on why you deserved the hat. Her winning response: "Starving student fan can't afford tickets, wears hat on couch." Congrats, Janelle.