Bob Hope Airport ~ 2627 N. Hollywood Way Burbank, CA 91505
"Bloody Mary...Bloody Mary... Aahhhh." Remember turning off the lights and standing in front of the bathroom mirror with your eyes closed, conjuring Bloody Mary with the beady red eyes? If you're interested in what's wrong with you (why are you locking yourself in the restroom with the lights off), check out folklorist Janet Langlois' 1978 essay "Mary Whales I Believe In You." Or, try South Park, episodes "Hell On Earth 2006" and "Bloody Mary". Now, our gruesome friend known as the "mirror witch" is unrelated to the iconic breakfast beverage. However, if you wake up one morning to find out that you, actually, are the mirror witch, I can recommend a remedy.
Here we see the main mixings of home style "Mary, Mary.. why ya buggin, properly stored like my collection of severed hands keeping in jars of formaldehyde. Here is positive proof that at Bob Hope Airport, Bloody Mary is #1. After recieving a tip from an old UCLA alumni about the Bloody Marys at the terminal lounge restaurant of the airport in Burbank, I put on my traveling shoes and booked a ticket to nowhere. Who doesn't love airport bars. The busy buzz and aimless meandering of life at the cross roads, killing time and making it on time, checking in and checking out. Alas, this welcoming restaurant lounge/bar is not for ticketed passengers only, and temporary parking at Burbank Airport is a hop and skip from the terminal. A junior landing strip compared to LAX and Ontario, Burbank is frequented by small planes, pornstars, and boozing Bloodhounds in pursuit of the ideal Bloody Mary.