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...traveling buddy Marissa and I were nursing our pints by the bar in the small Welsh town of Caernerfon when the pub door opened, and three young Welshmen came storming into the smoky room. Being regular Canadian girls, we tried to appear as nonchalant as possible (as if strapping UK studs were just old news) as the loudest of the lot picked up Marissa’s jacket from the floor and said, “Oy, did you drop this then...
...Owain and Wheet are all from towns in North Wales. They all went to the University of Bangor (like a Penn State), spend most of their time either in or thinking about the pub, and speak the ancient language of Welsh. And they’re damn proud...
...steady endurance. In London last week, the immediate quiet was perhaps the most striking thing--followed by an insistence on normality. "Work's over, but there's little chance of getting home right now," one Brit e-mailed me. "Most of us are just going to go to the pub until the traffic has died down. It's not callousness or indifference to carry on as normal; it's quiet defiance...
Another e-mailer conveyed the atmosphere: "The pubs are all packed out, people sipping their pints happily. Nice one, al-Qaeda--you profess to be from a teetotal religion, and you've given the pub trade a massive midweek boost." My sister in the London suburbs looked after a boy whose mom was unable to get home from work. Her first instinct? She made him a cup of tea. My father, after I called to check up, wryly described the mass murder as "not nice." One Brit blogger cited another pub scene where in the middle...
Tommy Doyles’ menu offers an eclectic mix of pub food, from burgers and fajitas to calamari, salads, and egg-heavy brunches. True to its roots, the restaurant also features Irish stew, corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie, and bangers and mash. Entrees are generally priced...