Cheers is a tourist attraction.
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 06, 2006 10:58:30 am PST #8285 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Emily - Jan 06, 2006 11:03:37 am PST #8286 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Cheers is a tourist attraction.
Well, yes, but not on the show!
So, I'm sitting here pulling staples out of papers that have sat in my desk since 2003 for no particular reason. Whee!
Kristen - Jan 06, 2006 11:07:58 am PST #8287 of 10002
A dive is Roadhouse.
See, I would think the live music would automatically preclude it from being a dive bar.
My dive bars have no bands.
amych - Jan 06, 2006 11:08:52 am PST #8288 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What do you consider your local, amych? If I went to bars anymore, mine would probably be Jo and Joe's or The Federal. Actually, when I do go to bars anymore that's where I go.
My local is the Green Room -- great bottled beer selection and they let the dog in.
I probably go to Fed or Jo and Joe's more often these days, because I very seldom go to bars for a drink that's not attached to getting food anymore. Love 'em both, but they're just enough further away that they feel more like going out than just stopping in for a beer.
I only sloped off on 45 minutes - that's okay, right?
Totally okay.
Connie Neil - Jan 06, 2006 11:09:41 am PST #8289 of 10002
brillig
I prefer my establishments to be without live music, because it's distracting and loud and generally not that good. I'm generally there to talk to someone, and I like to be able to hear them.
Jessica - Jan 06, 2006 11:10:29 am PST #8290 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think you can have live music at a dive bar as long as there's no cover. If you have to pay to hear the music, it's not a dive.
§ ita § - Jan 06, 2006 11:10:57 am PST #8291 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you have to fence off the live music--dive.
beth b - Jan 06, 2006 11:16:49 am PST #8292 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
there are 3 bars in our neighborhood( there used to be 11 at one point)
The derby- dive, small , bad screwdrivers, and people who are more open to all kinds of people give it a sideways look.
The mexican place that I can't remember the name of - mostly spanish spoken there. there is a sign on the door ( in spanish ) that says no guns, knives, or farm implements.There are lots of bar fights and they hire sequrity gards. I'd call it dive, but they serve a very specific group of people so some of it is neighborhood bar.
The florence - been there forever and ever amen. Biker bar. pool tables . not a place to order scotch , because they don't have much that is good. people are a fraid of it because it is a " biker bar" - but we know who owns all the harleys. They have food on special occasions, the usuals police the behvior of each other and strangers, and they have bands. They have a bike drive every year at xmas time and get bikes for kids at xmas ( not motorcycles). neighborhood bar.
I don't think there are any bars with swank in Fremont.
Daisy Jane - Jan 06, 2006 11:17:01 am PST #8293 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Actually, I think of that as more of a honky-tonk.
ETA: That being live music, no cover
tommyrot - Jan 06, 2006 11:18:18 am PST #8294 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I might be out $2740.00 for a few days....