Well, I've been in Brighton for just over 2 weeks now.
The one thing I was beginning to feel slightly "home-sick" over was my old local in Grantham. A place where everyone knows everyone else, where I hosted my birthday party earlier this year, and a place where you could drop into on the way home from work without worrying if you were wearing the right "trendy clothes".
Sure, I now have the "gay scene" at my disposal, but it's all a bit new and I still feel like a bit of an outsider.
However - tonight I dropped by the (straight) pub right next to where I live. I've been there once before, and as I mentioned in an earlier topic in a conversation with Thermo, I thought it was a bit of an "odd place" and perhaps the sort of pub you'd expect trouble.
This evening, however, I got into chatting with a few of the regulars, and what a great bunch they are! I seem to have been accepted with open arms, and the best thing was this: The barman cashed up the till at 11, but when a few of us suggested that we might like an after-hours drink or two, he was only too happy to oblige, and we didn't even have to pay! Apparently he can get away with it as "spillage"....
So I guess my discussion point is - what are the "local pubs" like around your way?
The one thing I was beginning to feel slightly "home-sick" over was my old local in Grantham. A place where everyone knows everyone else, where I hosted my birthday party earlier this year, and a place where you could drop into on the way home from work without worrying if you were wearing the right "trendy clothes".
Sure, I now have the "gay scene" at my disposal, but it's all a bit new and I still feel like a bit of an outsider.
However - tonight I dropped by the (straight) pub right next to where I live. I've been there once before, and as I mentioned in an earlier topic in a conversation with Thermo, I thought it was a bit of an "odd place" and perhaps the sort of pub you'd expect trouble.
This evening, however, I got into chatting with a few of the regulars, and what a great bunch they are! I seem to have been accepted with open arms, and the best thing was this: The barman cashed up the till at 11, but when a few of us suggested that we might like an after-hours drink or two, he was only too happy to oblige, and we didn't even have to pay! Apparently he can get away with it as "spillage"....
So I guess my discussion point is - what are the "local pubs" like around your way?