I arrived a little later than planned in Bellingham because insomnia demanded an early afternoon nap. That's just as well because my hostess ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ack_yeahright sleeps seriously late.
On Friday she took us to the old downtown area - "the Fairview" - with a lovely old city hall building and some fascinating industrial arcthitecture at the nearby waterfront. First stop: mediocre Indian food at Naan & Brew with microbrews, the latter of which, by the way, are ubiquitous in Bellingham. Second stop: Boundary Bay for more microbrews. Since I was wearing the Sydney outfit, an older lady who said she was from South Dakota insisted on having her picture taken with me. Twice. Third stop: The Back Door, a smallish gay bar with some excellent mod decor inside & out - Pride stripe clapboards, a glowing, spankable silicone butt on the wall. Their bartenders are dedicated craftsmen. I highly recommend it.
Saturday: The first stop was Aslan Brewing, which has righteous pub grub, and pretty good beer. I gotta love their logo, graphical mashup of a lion's face and a hops inflorescence. Second stop: Schweinhaus Biergarten, for honest-to-goodness German beer & pretzels with cheez. All seating was outdoors, and it was a windy day - Bellingham isn't sheltered by the Olympics as Seattle is - and I was grateful for the heaters. Third stop: Aslan Depot, their leather-couched chill space. Well-heeled young clientelle, it seemed. More tasty beer.
I found out at the first Aslan's thatack_yeahright's later teen years were kinda horrible, involving homelessness and basically shit parents. She was on the edge of tears.
The governor of Washington shut down all the bars & restaurants late yesterday.ack_yeahright got in under the wire. I feel as if we got away with robbing a bank, which maybe we did. The incubation period for COVID-19 is 2-9 days with a median of 5, so we should see by the end of the week. At least none of the places we went to were completely packed.
ack_yeahright sleeps seriously late.On Friday she took us to the old downtown area - "the Fairview" - with a lovely old city hall building and some fascinating industrial arcthitecture at the nearby waterfront. First stop: mediocre Indian food at Naan & Brew with microbrews, the latter of which, by the way, are ubiquitous in Bellingham. Second stop: Boundary Bay for more microbrews. Since I was wearing the Sydney outfit, an older lady who said she was from South Dakota insisted on having her picture taken with me. Twice. Third stop: The Back Door, a smallish gay bar with some excellent mod decor inside & out - Pride stripe clapboards, a glowing, spankable silicone butt on the wall. Their bartenders are dedicated craftsmen. I highly recommend it.
Saturday: The first stop was Aslan Brewing, which has righteous pub grub, and pretty good beer. I gotta love their logo, graphical mashup of a lion's face and a hops inflorescence. Second stop: Schweinhaus Biergarten, for honest-to-goodness German beer & pretzels with cheez. All seating was outdoors, and it was a windy day - Bellingham isn't sheltered by the Olympics as Seattle is - and I was grateful for the heaters. Third stop: Aslan Depot, their leather-couched chill space. Well-heeled young clientelle, it seemed. More tasty beer.
I found out at the first Aslan's that
ack_yeahright's later teen years were kinda horrible, involving homelessness and basically shit parents. She was on the edge of tears.The governor of Washington shut down all the bars & restaurants late yesterday.
ack_yeahright got in under the wire. I feel as if we got away with robbing a bank, which maybe we did. The incubation period for COVID-19 is 2-9 days with a median of 5, so we should see by the end of the week. At least none of the places we went to were completely packed.
