A number of us at the conference in Philadelphia went out for dinner on St. Patrick's Day. We called an Irish pub in the afternoon and we were assured that they would have room for twelve. They did not. We walked down the street to a brew pub. The wait was at least an hour. We headed down another street and saw Buca di Beppo, a family-style Italian place. They could take a walk-in party of twelve. We ate in the Pope room. We drank chianti, beer, and iced tea. We ate a lot.
if you were there, I will let you know when all the photos are on ofoto or fotolog.
There's something funny about a band of geographers looking for food from the right region ...
Italian sounds wonderful for St. Patrick's day. It sure beats the green bread and cake my mother used to bake.
Posted by: karrie | 23 March 2004 at 09:47 AM
PS: I love the new shots in the Abandoned Bicycles album. That is my favorite online photo album of all time. Just a lovely, lovely idea.
Posted by: karrie | 23 March 2004 at 09:51 AM
Geographers in a strange land looking for Ireland, finding Italy, and being quite happy with the discovery was about as perfect as you can get. Plus, we got to eat with more Popes than I could count!
Did you know you were the first person to link to the abandoned bicycles?
Posted by: joe | 24 March 2004 at 03:57 PM