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MikeMills
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 posted Feb-01-2006 03:57 PM
   
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Originally posted by randymar:
In my world, she's drinking Jack & Coke, and pulls a dog-eared copy of "Lap Dancing for Dummies" out of her messenger bag.
Dangit. Which world am I in again?
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randymar
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posted Feb-01-2006 03:58 PM
... then she starts flirting with LTNTTAWWT
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randymar
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:01 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
Well as a lesbian bike rider, ...
Since when???
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La Tortuga
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:02 PM
I love this place - and per your previous question - no one really cooks in this house - that's why I am a bit on what we can call the bony side - but the girls like this kind of look. It can only help in my upcoming bike repair class - "for women only"
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La Tortuga
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:04 PM
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Originally posted by MikeMills:
By the way LT: I've been reading over Beer: A Conversation, and I feel comfortable admitting, now, that it's completely true: my laces were in fact whacking my head.
Can they whack your shins again - I silently add that all of your posts anyways - it would save me the extra work. [This message has been edited by La Tortuga (edited Feb-01-2006).]
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:04 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
I love this place - and per your previous question - no one really cooks in this house - that's why I am a bit on what we can call the bony side - but the girls like this kind of look. It can only help in my upcoming bike repair class - "for women only"
Can you videotape that for Randy and me? Cheers.
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randymar
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:07 PM
Yeah, save me a seat.
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La Tortuga
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:09 PM
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Originally posted by randymar:
Since when???
Just recently - it's soley for political reasons though - oh yeah and so I can learn to change a flat in a warm and supportive environment. Plus I picked up some really great lip stick hints from "Kissing Jessica Stein" - things I never knew about.
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randymar
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:14 PM
Don't scare me like that!!!I was beginning to have inadequacy issues.
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La Tortuga
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:14 PM
Back to BEERUsually I prefer Boddingtons to Speckled Hen - both being available on tap with clean lines - however if the Speckled Hen is served one of their hour glass shaped chilled specialty crafted beer steins - well then I would choose a Speckled Hen. What is with Smythwicks? It doesn't really grab me - I would rather settle down with a Guinness. You?
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randymar
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:17 PM
It's amazing how many people who are SUPPOSED to know better, spell Guinness with only ONE "N"
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:19 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
Back to BEERUsually I prefer Boddingtons to Speckled Hen - both being available on tap with clean lines - however if the Speckled Hen is served one of their hour glass shaped chilled specialty crafted beer steins - well then I would choose a Speckled Hen. What is with Smythwicks? It doesn't really grab me - I would rather settle down with a Guinness. You?
I couldn't agree more. Smythwicks was once a classy beer - perhaps still is in Ireland - but there's no doubt about it (and I say this knowing that it's currently in vogue among beer snobs to dismiss all mass-marketed European beers as "watered-down") - it's flavor has been deliberately restrained to move more kegs among the look-at-how-cultured-I-am-fake-Irish-pub-loving crowd.
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:21 PM
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Originally posted by randymar:
It's amazing how many people who are SUPPOSED to know better, spell Guinness with only ONE "N"
I duno what you're talking about.
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randymar
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:26 PM
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Originally posted by InsideRunner:
I'm not as big of a fan of overly hoppy beers, which is why I tend to like brown ales and mild stouts like Guiness.
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:27 PM
My parents still have a coffee can at home that I wrote the label for that says "coffe". Bloody cute, isn't it?
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La Tortuga
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:28 PM
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Originally posted by MikeMills:
I couldn't agree more. Smythwicks was once a classy beer - perhaps still is in Ireland - but there's no doubt about it (and I say this knowing that it's currently in vogue among beer snobs to dismiss all mass-marketed European beers as "watered-down") - it's flavor has been deliberately restrained to move more kegs among the look-at-how-cultured-I-am-fake-Irish-pub-loving crowd.
The cookie-cutter Irish pub is a problem - they are everywhere (some would say ubiquitous) and although some of their brews may be good, it would be nice if the food was better. They all have the same choices done adequately - just do one dish well!!! One can have an outstanding Fish and Chips and another rates high in Guinness beef stew. No one has to do a really killer blood sausage though - oxymoron? And why is the portabello mushroom sandwich even on the menu.
Oops - sorry - it's just that I depend on these places to feed me.
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-01-2006 04:37 PM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
Oops - sorry - it's just that I depend on these places to feed me.
No, I was seriously thinking the same thing. The best I've ever been to is a place called Ri*Ra - astonishingly, I've managed to go to two: one in Burlington, VA, and one in Portland, MA. They were created by the Guinness ( < randy) folk, and actually contain building materials from real, old, broken down Irish pubs (ie., from Ireland). Despite the fact that Guinness is involved, they're very classy joints with fantastic food (shepherd's pie!) and a respectable beer selection.
The place I just had Smythwicks at was an "Irish" pub down the street from here called Mother Egans. It definitely looks pubby, but the food was rubbish. Fish and Chips seems to pose an insurmountable problem to your average American-Irish pub for some reason...
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randymar
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posted Feb-01-2006 05:05 PM
Fado Irish Pub
1500 Locust Street
Philadelphia PA quote:
Fáilte,When myself and my partners opened our first Irish pub in Atlanta back in 1996, we had a very clear mission in mind - to create a "real" Irish pub which blended the best of the old with the best of the new. At the time, many of our concepts were considered risky, but thankfully it all paid off and we have now built a very exciting and successful business. Having grown up in the family pub business back in Ireland, I've always had a keen sense of the core principals to which we should adhere - good food, good drink in a friendly and comfortable environment. We apply these principals here at fadó and it seems to be working. Thanks for visiting us online, we look forward to seeing you at the Pub!
Best,
Kieran McGill
President / CEO
Leviticus had it right: "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land unto All the Inhabitants Thereof."
You can see this quote fashioned on the Liberty Bell, or drop by Fadó and witness firsthand the Philly citizenry liberating themselves from the shackles of their workday. Our guests make an easy transition from work to play over the perfect pint, bountiful comfort food, lively music, and craic that puts the Bell to shame! Walk into Fadó and take a tour of Victorian-era Dublin: a comfortable setting rich with deep mahogany and cast iron carvings, cozy fireplaces, and displays of antique china and housewares. Make yourself at home in one of the intimate nooks that seat two, or up to a dozen. One glance at Fadó's menu will get your appetite in full gear as you peruse the best Philadelphia has to offer in authentic Irish cuisine with a contemporary flare. Start off with the fresh Galway Bay Mussels, followed by our infamous Fish and Chips. Even on a full stomach you'll find it hard to resist polishing off your meal with our new Black and Tan Brownie with Guinness Ice Cream. It goes without saying that Fadó stocks the finest in Irish and European draught beers. Our draught system is state-of-the-art, and our bartenders pour each and every pint with craftsman perfection. You'll like the value of our 20 oz Imperial Pint, as well as the high standards Fadó's staff sets for its presentation. Our weekly events keep the craic fresh! Test your wits on Monday nights with our Pub Quiz, where you may win valuable prizes. For music lovers, Fadó proudly showcases local musicians on Thursdays (Check out this month's band schedule!) and for those who have a taste for soccer we show the English Premier League and all Celtic games live as well as all the major European competitions and American sports. At Fadó we understand that you work hard enough - you shouldn't have to work to have a good time.
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randymar
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posted Feb-02-2006 08:18 AM
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Originally posted by MikeMills:
... while simultaneously trying to hide the cover from the sexy collegiate chick at the other end of the bar drinking La Chouffe and reading Ulysses ...
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Originally posted by randymar:
In my world, she's drinking Jack & Coke, and pulls a dog-eared copy of "Lap Dancing for Dummies" out of her messenger bag.
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Originally posted by MikeMills:
Dangit. Which world am I in again?
I was thinking ... Only an Englishman would create a fantasy world and then populate it with a woman totally out of his league, with whom he would have no shot.
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La Tortuga
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posted Feb-02-2006 08:48 AM
But MM lives in Texas - is she at last wearing some killer cowboy boots?
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randymar
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posted Feb-02-2006 08:57 AM
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Originally posted by randymar:
... with whom he would have no shot.
I, on the other hand, know EXACTLY what I'm looking for ... 
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-02-2006 09:41 AM
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Originally posted by randymar:
Only an Englishman would create a fantasy world and then populate it with a woman totally out of his league, with whom he would have no shot.
Yes. We are cursed that way. Many an Englishman has felt the desire to strike up a conversation with an attractive woman in a public place, only to find that as he flails desperately within his soul for the right words to sweep her off her feet, he is overcome instead with an overwhelming urge to back-pedal while apologizing profusely.
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-02-2006 09:44 AM
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Originally posted by La Tortuga:
But MM lives in Texas - is she at last wearing some killer cowboy boots?
Yeah, but she bought them at Neiman Marcus.
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randymar
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posted Feb-02-2006 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by MikeMills:
... he is overcome instead with an overwhelming urge to back-pedal while apologizing profusely.
Which is why, in every Hugh Grant movie, when he meets the girl, the conversation begins with "I'm sorry, but .."
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MikeMills
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posted Feb-02-2006 10:31 AM
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Originally posted by randymar:
Which is why, in every Hugh Grant movie, when he meets the girl, the conversation begins with "I'm sorry, but .."
Yeah, but Hugh Grant could walk up to a woman and say "my mother just died in a freak yachting accident" and she'd hand him her knickers before he'd even finished the sentence. The rest of us have to resort to things like partial-intoxication and plastic surgery - which makes us even more furiously apologetic. Not to mention cheap one-liners like "would you like to feel my quads?"
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