Thursday, September 16, 2004
Barflies
Back a few years ago before Rawl did his year-long teaching stint in Taiwan, he and I (and Brad Tripp) used to hang out at a pub in Pickering called King Richard's (King Dick's to us regulars). I think I hung out there with Rawl and Brad for the better part of a year before Rawl made the trip to the Far East and Brad moved downtown. The Dick's crowd fell apart, and we've never really put it back together successfully.
Of course, times and situations have changed since then, and various things keep us from becoming pub regulars again. Honestly, we used to spend four nights a week at Dick's drinking pints. When you're living at home and you don't have many bills to pay, you can afford to do that. It's just not really possible anymore. It's not often we go to Dick's these days. And with Just Desserts gone (JD was in the same strip mall), we don't really even set foot in that plaza anymore.
Last night, Rawl, Logan and I hit up a pub called The Wallace Arms just a quick walk from my place. Rawl and I had been there before, and it's a good pub. The draft list is half-decent (mainly because it carries one of Rawl's favourites, John Smith), and the atmosphere seems friendly enough. It's not a very busy place on weeknights, though. Saturday nights might be a different story, as the pub has live bands that come in regularly. I wouldn't know, though. I haven't been there on a Saturday night yet.
If I could afford it, I think I could turn myself into a Wallace Arms regular. It's too bad there's not a good coffee shop in the same strip mall as the pub.
Of course, times and situations have changed since then, and various things keep us from becoming pub regulars again. Honestly, we used to spend four nights a week at Dick's drinking pints. When you're living at home and you don't have many bills to pay, you can afford to do that. It's just not really possible anymore. It's not often we go to Dick's these days. And with Just Desserts gone (JD was in the same strip mall), we don't really even set foot in that plaza anymore.
Last night, Rawl, Logan and I hit up a pub called The Wallace Arms just a quick walk from my place. Rawl and I had been there before, and it's a good pub. The draft list is half-decent (mainly because it carries one of Rawl's favourites, John Smith), and the atmosphere seems friendly enough. It's not a very busy place on weeknights, though. Saturday nights might be a different story, as the pub has live bands that come in regularly. I wouldn't know, though. I haven't been there on a Saturday night yet.
If I could afford it, I think I could turn myself into a Wallace Arms regular. It's too bad there's not a good coffee shop in the same strip mall as the pub.
// posted by Chris @ 9:56 AM 
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