Lloyd, Me & Patti

Great things come from long days and insufferable heat … it all depends on your outlook on life.

So remember last week?  Consistent days of sweltering heat and humidity??  Well, the bad news is – my store doesn’t have air.  This sucks.  But, I was able to survive because my building was built sometime in the mid 1800’s so it retains the cooler air from previous weeks and the sun doesn’t come to my side of the street until late afternoon.  Regardless, it was hot!  The good news is that I lost about 5 pounds simply by existing.

Saturday evening my new BFF, Patti, stopped by the store to visit.  I adore Patti!  She first came into my store a couple of weeks ago and we instantly bonded.  After chewing each other’s ears off, we discovered that a good friend of mine – Mike – that I’ve known for a lot of years is her cousin!  Well, this just solidified the bond.  So, anyway, Patti comes in and we’re hanging out and yapping it up as we were melting together and I finally looked at her and said … “This heat is bullshit .. let’s go get a drink.”  And, Patti says … “Yes.  Let’s.”

So, Patti and I decide to head a couple of blocks up the street to Lloyd Whiskey Bar where they have free air conditioning.  Here’s my shout out to Lloyd which is one of my favorite bar/restaurants in Fishtown.  If you haven’t been there, yet, you need to go.  They have a fantastic whiskey selection, great beer selection and fantastic food.  And they are super, super nice!

When we get to Lloyd, guess who’s there??  Lloyd!  Lloyd and his son, Scott, are awesome.  They tolerate my indecisiveness and never take me seriously when I tell them that this is gonna be my last beer.  Gotta love them for that.  As it ends up, Lloyd was Patti’s science teacher in middle school … how funny is that!  Fishtown is soooo small and I love it.  Where everybody knows your name – whether you want them to or not.  So, Patti, Lloyd and I hung out and had a fabulous time trading tall tales and laughing our sweaty asses off.  As a bonus, I got to watch a fantastic lighting show out their front window.  Fishtown is awesome!