FOMO

story and photos by Trevor Melange

Knock-knock. Who’s there? The Ghost of Good Times Past, bitches, shouting what you should have done did in January. So get over your FOMO-phobia and read on through those salty tears of regret.

SUNDAY SERVICE w/GRACE Our favorite fashionista, social butterfly and original Beauliever, Marjorie Grace Mathis, resumed her weekly series of free live music performances, streaming directly from her home to quarantine bunkers all over Facebook. The hour-long concerts are so presh and laid back that if you’d watched you totally would have felt like you were in some swank wine bar on a date that’s going very well.

120th ANNIVERSARY OF SPINDLETOP The Spindletop-Gladys City Museum celebrated that time six score years back when black gold burst from below all Beverly Hillbillies-style. You missed a day of demonstrations, costumed drama complete with gunplay, and even a cigar lounge airstream trailer, because Texas.

When they blew the gusher (don’t make it dirty) the wind changed direction, dousing onlooking families with make-believe crude. You missed that! You should have been there with me laughing at wet children and eating faire food. You’re from Southeast Texas, don’t tell me you don’t love faire food.

CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHTS Plenty of social distancing happens at Jefferson Theatre. There’s room to TikTok down those aisles. So the CoB let the show go on in January with a series of motivational movies (think Rocky and Heavyweights.) You guys, after 2020, we needed it. If anyone told you different, she’s a liar. Word on Snapchat is they’re showing more movies in February and tickets are off the Value Menu, so if you’re reading this on a Friday then put your shoes on and run to the Jeff.

Today’s lesson is get off twitter and do better in February. If you spot me around town, wave from across the room. I don’t want your covid. We’ll do shots in spirit.

Still a family-owned company right here in Beaumont, TX since 1921!