waider

Dalkey, with a population somewhere short of 10,000, currently has at least four coffee shops and a half-dozen pubs where you can also purchase the brewed bean. That hasn't stopped Starbucks from renovating a premises in the middle of the town, due to open some time soon going by the "Staff Wanted" notices. Personally I'm hoping that their general downturn in fortunes due to rapid expansion might mean that this particular outlet never sees a single customer...

so tonight we had the surprise party for Jamie, best.barman.evar. He's headed back to China and we'll probably not see him again for a long time, if at all. Cheers, Jamie, yer the best.

Also, for reasons I can not possibly understand, 11:30pm closing did not take effect until about 1am, explaining the lateness of this post.

This is just one street away from my local.

My local chip shop has reopened after a longer-than-intended shutdown for renovation. I stopped in to check out the new look, and ended up with my regular order on the house. Free food for regular customers! Whee!