It's growing late and I should either be asleep or watching Ken Burns' The War, but instead I'm blogging because it's kind of a hobby and it is slipping. Today was a long day of meetings, not unlike yesterday except that today two out-of-town guests were on hand to join in the festivities. After work I had a haircut and then more work, which means that really my evening kinda started at 10:37 and will end by 10:50.
The weekend was something of a milestone. Sunday was Jenelle's birthday, celebrated in the city doing some shopping for the house, but we stretched the festivities to include a Celtic festival in Bethlehem on Saturday, complete with a pipe band competition and corned beef and cabbage, and dinner at the Lehigh Valley's hippest, newest (and only?) Thai restaurant.
Speaking of restaurants... BYOB. So you can take a bevy of any kind into any restaurant; at White Orchids we couldn't even buy wine, except from the people next to us who brought six bottles for four people. (You can't buy it outside the restaurant, either, do to arcane liqour sales practices that are a post for another time.) At Cali Burrito it's much the same - can't buy alcohol, but feel free to pack your own. This isn't limited to restricted beverages, either. If someplace is a Coke chain and you are a Pepsi person, no sweat! Bring a two liter of the Joy of Cola and pour yourself a glass.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007