I dropped into Beer Republic The Grub on Friday night. This is a bar near my station that has a few rotating taps of interesting beers. It's technically an Irish pub. If you look on their website it says so but the guy behind the bad didn't actually know this! Also, there are no Irish people there. Anyway I was there having a quiet beer and reading my book when I remembered the candle my brother had sent as a Christmas gift. It's a pear-scented candle. Knowing that this bar also likes it's whiskey, I showed to the bar man. Various other customers took a whiff too. Then he suggested we light it.
A while later he tells me the place is closing on Jan 30th and breaks out a bottle of Moet Champagne. So now I'm watching my candle through a glass of champagne.
Sitting a bit further up the counter are two Japanese women. One asks if it's an Irish drunking custom to bring a scented candle with you. It is now :)
A while later a guy comes in pretty drunk with a big box of Mr Donuts. He hands it over the counter and the staff put them on plates and it's donut time for everyone.
A while later I got talking a bit more with the 2 ladies. One of them was chatting with a guy she likes. They've been chatting on Line for about a year and she doesn't know if he's into her or not. Jesus, that's some suffering. All their friends know that she into him, nobody knows what he thinks. It's his birthday and she has bought him a small but expensive cake but the way things are going, she's going to eat it home alone tonight. His replies are too cryptic to make anything useful out of but she tries one more time. He's drinking at his home station, 5 minutes away. With a lot of encouragement from me and her friend, she leaves to meet him. I got her friend's Line contact info but there's been no report back to me at least...
I've only been in there about 5 times, this was my first Friday night. I don't know if it's usually this interesting. Makes me sad that this place is closing though.
