Birthday bash-

bangers and mash...

The line was long
the wait was short
and I’m happy
I can report
the shepherd’s pie
and bread pudding,
the best that I
have ever eaten.

On my birthday last week, friends treated the Main Muse and me to a meal at their favorite pub just across the line. The food was superb and the company even better. I love pubs and pub food, in my humble opinion a highly underrated institution in our national culture, where the best who remain of us congregate more regularly than in church.

I don’t know any other public venue where one can enjoy good food and uplifting conversation while witnessing a high-speed police chase. How can you get more American than that?

Walk in hope-

-henry