Location:Pepper’s Pub, Creston, Canada
Miles: 5400.2
Just another drive through beautiful country amid scattered showers. I thought about stopping in Nelson, but I was in the mood to travel, and Nelson seemed too “shoppy” for my mood. I drove the downtown and stopped at the Civic Pub for lunch – burger and a beer for $5. The burger was excellent.
Pepper’s is the lounge attached to the cheap-ass motel I’m staying in tonight. Across the valley the rain is falling on the hills, lit from behind by the setting sun. There are railroad tracks paralleling the highway outside the window, but no trains while I’ve been sitting here. The bartender when I came in, Diana, turned forty today. She must not be too bothered by that if she told me. She stayed for a while after her shift drinking with two girlfriends who I assumed were a couple until I heard them talking about their kids. I guess that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not a couple.
The new bartender is very pretty, friendly, and a fan of Monster Garage. Don’t get too excited, boys; I’m pretty sure she’s taken.
Happy Bloomsday, you literate lot!
Yay! I second that!
Also:
More tips on Chicken Wings in post “Wing Night” ..
The epiphanical theme throughout the Dubliners is, by far, my favorite.
“Eveline”
“She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape! Frank would save her. He would give her life, perhaps love, too. But she wanted to live. Why should she be unhappy? She had a right to happiness. Frank would take her in his arms, fold her in his arms. He would save her.”
There are moments that will change our lives…Are you willing to take the chance?…Eveline didn’t…She will think about it forever…
I far prefer ‘The Ginger Man’ by Donleavy for manic Irish reading.
Damn, you guys are well read.
umhhh, limericks are Irish.
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