Fun with Pubs

Fun with Pubs

Last night we went out with Bryon again. He left for Leeds today. First we went to the Castle, where he had gone when he was here twelve years ago. Now it seems that it has changed a bit in twelve years because it is now a popular place for gay men to hang out. All five of us happen to be straight although Bryon sometimes doesn't look it. The really amusing part was that he had just been telling us about his adventures in the gay bars of Chicago which he just seems to randomly pick out. He has said that if he was single and gay he'd never want for dates. We found this all rather amusing, finished our drinks and went in to the pub nextdoor called The Jolly Farmer. As we walk in, we notice that it is pretty much the same kind of place as the first pub only it is busier. This was even more amusing. After we finished those drinks, we wandered a bit until we came upon the Duke of York. This pub did not cater to any particular sexual orientation, but it was rather interesting just the same. Part of our problem has been finding pubs that aren't full of Americans... we'd found one but we weren't sure that we wanted to stay there. There were some... interesting... characters there and a live band that was... um... interesting. We sat outside and watched the cars. After finishing those drinks, we walked a bit more and got some... interesting food off of a Chip Truck (these trucks that come out after everyone stops serving food that have pitas and fried stuff) We then went into the Guiness Time pub that we had gone to before. I think it is actually called Rosie O'Gradie's or something. Inside we sat and chatted until this somewhat intoxicated and very frustrated guy came in. Then we stared and laughed. He apparently wanted to go to the Chicago Rock club across the street but they would not let him in because he had trainers on. he came in to this pub to take his black socks off and put them over his sneakers so that they would look like black shoes. The entire process was hysterically funny and the end result did not even look that bad but by the time he finished and went back over it was almost time for them to close. So he just came back and talked to us. All in all a very amusing night for all involved.

I've been writing postcards today and feel very silly because most of the people I am sending them to actually read this silly blog and it just seems kind of stupid to send postcards too. But then I feel silly most of the time so this is nothing new.

I am starting to get tired of English food. This weekend I decided not to eat at St. Peters and have been going out for meals. It is very refreshing to eat something that isn't fried, although the food here is really good sometimes it just gets a bit tiresome.