last updated 4-26-2007
Mixed Drinks Suck
And they're usually served at noisy clubs, discos or worse yet, at your mother's bridge party. So next time you're at a party and somebody says, "Hey dude, pour me a rum and coke man.", or worse "I'll have a sex on the beach", run -- DO NOT WALK ; RUN -- to the nearest beer pub (or the farthest, if it is better than the nearest one) and order a beer that doesn't use TV advertising to push itself on the masses (in other words, don't order Budweiser or any mass produced American beer)
That said...
Melissa and I are not knowledgeable beer or pub connoisseurs, but we do like good beers and a cozy pubs! Being a photographer I often can't help myself; every so often when visiting a pub, I photograph it. Here I've also noted some facts, observations and personal anecdotes about the various pubs. These are not pub, beer or ale reviews or critiques, but occasionally the comments may stray into that territory. The main idea was simply to share some of our experiences, and maybe inspire you to visit, or avoid, some of the pubs we've encountered.
My girlfriend and I travel a fair amount*. While pubs are not our number one priority they sometimes provide fuel for our globetrekking adventures, or medication for our tired limbs after a long day afoot in some foreign land. Ever since I got a digital camera I'll bring back over a thousand photos from a trip. But usually only a handful are taken in pubs. I'm glad I have those few, if just to share them with everybody else who likes pubs. My pages are sorted by regions. Click on the links at left to begin. Happy & responsible pubbing!
- John & Melissa
*Between us: France, Spain (and Gibraltar), Britain, Ireland,
Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Mexico, Canada (Melissa did a college
semester in Oxford, England; I did one in Madrid, Spain) and we've driven
across the USA (four times for me, once for her).
