Monday, December 20, 2010

Choinne dhá pionta go céilí

Fhreastail Léna agus mé go céilí ómós a thabhairt do Pháidín Dé Domhnaigh seo caite. Bhí lá bréithe é aice. Thiomaint muid go teach tábhairne i bPairc Ghlassell in aice leis chomharsanacht againn.

Bheul, chonaic muid Teach Tábhairne Verdugo i dtús báire. Shiúl muid trí an doras tiubh isteach. Bhí sé níos dorcha istigh.

D'ól Léna gloine bpiorra den leann ar dtús. Rinne "Grúdlann Aonghus ag fánaíocht" ag imeall Naomh Didacus é. Bhain sult as aice é go leor.

D'ól mé pionta áitúil le "Grúdlann na gCarraig Iolar" ag glaoite "Forógra." Ach, ní raibh maith liom é, go cinnte. Bhlais mé é. Bhí ro-searbh é orm.

Lhabhairt Léna leis Máití, an stócach seasta Pháidín ar chúrsaí oibre scannán. Bhí mé tanall comhrá a dhéanamh leis sí faoi punk-roc doléir ina tamall fada. Bhí chuimhne léi níos mo de reir, gan amhras.

Chuaigh trucail loin ansin. D'ainmithe "Fostaitheoir Ribe Róibéis" é. D'íth Léna agus mé sceallóga leis iasc. D'alp muid siad is géarr, ceart go leor.

Faoi deireadh, bhí muid ag dulta ar ais faoi choinne pionta aríst isteach. Cheannaigh mé leann dorcha "Siúcra Dubh" le "Grúmlann Lochanna Beag" i gContae Marin i gCalifoirnea ar thuaisceart; roghnaithe Léna beoir Bheilgeach shamhraidh. Rinne sé le "Grúdlann na nGráin Seacht" i bPlacentia. Bhí breá linn beirt óil ann!

Getting a couple of pints at a party.

Layne and I attended a party in honor of Patty last Sunday. It was her birthday. We drove to the pub in Glassell Park near our neighborhood.

Well, we saw Verdugo Bar first of all. We walked in through the thick door. It was very dark inside.

Layne drank a pint of pear cider to start. "Wandering Aengus Brewery" around San Diego made it. She enjoyed it a lot.

I drank a local pint from "Eagle Rock Brewery" called "Manifesto." But, it did not please me, certainly. I tasted it. It was too sour for me.

Layne and Matt, Patty's steady boyfriend, talked about film work. I was making conversation with her about obscure punk-rock long ago. She had a very good memory on this account, no doubt.

A lunch truck came there. It was named "Shrimp Pimp." Layne and I ate fish and chips. We gobbled them rapidly, sure enough.

Later, we went for another pint again back inside. I bought a "Brown Sugar" dark ale from Lagunitas (~"little lakes") Brewery from Marin County in Northern California; Layne selected a Belgian summer beer (saison). It was made by "Seven Grains Brewery" in Placentia. We loved the pair of drinks there.

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