When I was in NC with a girlfriend a few years ago we couldn't find anywhere in the town to get a drink. We asked people and they looked at us like we were lunatics. We had to ask several people before someone could point us in the direction of a bar, which was crap. We eventually discovered that if you wanted to go to something like a decent pub you had to drive about 20 miles. Even then it wasn't my kind of place at all - I kept expecting Burt Reynolds to come in.
On the other hand, there was no shortage of people asking us which church we went to, recommending theirs, and looking somewhat aghast when I said I didn't, and my gf told them she went to the mosque. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 16 June 2007 20:23 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC? > > You, know what? For all the scenery here in the mountains, > there is not much like that. In Boone there are some college > bars, nothing but beer and wine served, and no scenery. In > Blowing Rock is one bar with scenery, one fake yuppy English > pub, and a couple of dance joints. At least Blowing Rock has > mixed drinks allowed. Despite this county being 90% outsiders > it is still kind of a backwards area. I do miss the > neighborhood bars in the north, they are the American > equivalent of your local pubs, where you can go and meet with > friends, make new acquaintances, and conversation is the main > entertainment. I guess, here in the south church socials were > the thing instead; the trouble with them is they tend to be > exclusionary. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Bob W wrote: > > All this talk about beer made me thirsty. Here's the view from my > > local earlier this evening (taken with my phone): > > http://www.web-options.com/pub.jpg > > > > -- > > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
