"Tomorrow will be a Good Day" . . .

"Tomorrow will be a Good Day".  That is what my husband said as he logged on to Vent to play World of Warcraft. That was Friday night, the day before his birthday.  He is never excited about anything so I was surprised to hear that

The plan for Saturday was that he and his brother hang out at the Lighthouse Beer Fest while I sit in the car to read my book "The Longest Winter" by Alex Kershaw.  Designated Drivers pay $13 to walk around at a park surrounded by alcohol that they can not consume.  Ridiculous I say

The day of, we called ahead and found out that the event was sold out. They could wait in line at the park to try their luck and eventually be surrounded by loud, rowdy college kids.  So the plan changed.   We went downtown again.  And this time, I had total control of the camera

Our first stop was Paddy's Hollow Restaurant & Pub.  The only place for us to go each time we visit downtown. They have a really great staff. It is an Irish pub that is more American.  I had a Crab Dip served with Garlic Bread which was nothing special.  My brother-in-law had Coconut Shrimp with a Sweet & Spicy Sauce.  That was excellent.  My husband had his usual Corned Beef on Rye with Melted Swiss Cheese.  I wrote a review of this place from a previous visit.
 
From the not so Irish pub, we walked around a bit until we got to Fat Tony's Italian Pub.  This Italian pub had an Irish flag on the wall.  Their menu did look Italian.   We just had beer here and listened to some non-stop classic rock.

After our second Pub, we then went on to The Front Street Restaurant & Brewery. This was our second visit and again, the service was bad. We ordered a Beer Sampler and Calamari.  It was very crowded and noisy.

After 3 Pubs and full of beer, except for the designated driver, we wandered around until we got to Orange Street and my brother in-law insisted that I tour the Cape Fear Serpentatrium. He was so sure I would enjoy it. At the entrance we were greeting by a parrot, a strange looking serpent   So we go in and there are cases and cases of reptiles. Well, yours truly is kinda scared of snakes so I was praying none were on the loose   They had so many snakes on display of different colors and sizes. A few were actually pretty but still pretty scary   We saw a Monitor Lizard inside the Boa Constrictor's case which would have been his dinner. We didn't see him get eaten, not sure if I would have wanted to see that

I drove us all home safely after a pretty enjoyable day downtown ending in a room full of snakes.

I managed to take plenty of pictures this time. Many of the pictures in the Serpentarium either came out blurry or had bright flashes of light reflecting from the cases