Across Southern England and Wales in the Summer of 1983 Last fall, I wandered around New York. I came across McSorley’s Old Ale House nearby. Supposedly the oldest Irish pub in the city.Sitting in McSorley’s, I suddenly found myself back in England — or perhaps Ireland. The same low light, the same stubborn wood, the…
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Light Summer Olivier Salad
Hot town, summer in the cityBack of my neck gettin’ dirt’ and grittyBeen down, isn’t it a pity?Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the cityAll around, people looking half-deadWalkin’ on the sidewalk, hotter than a match headThe Lovin’ Spoonful, 1966 Summers are getting hotter. Since that distant summer of ‘66, when The Lovin’ Spoonful…
Lefty O’Douls
And then I was at another famous bar in San Francisco – Lefty O’Douls Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge on 333 Geary St.The bar was started by retired major league baseball player Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul in 1958.But who was Lefty O’Doul? Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul (March 4, 1897 – December 7, 1969) was an American…