Where are my lights?

[branchandroot]

Very Necessary Happy Hour is in progress. I am wroth because the tree lights on Main St are not on yet, possibly due to a new city code that demands minimal lighting. I’m all for reducing light pollution, but we live in Michigan, assholes, SAD is also a major issue around here! *sulks mightily*

Fortunately, the Black Pearl is reliable and has very local twinkle lights out in front, along with colored light strings in the winter outdoor seating (tiny greenhouses; I love it).

Also, the clam chowder is excellent, and the gin/cucumber/elder flower/lime cocktail is something I’m totally going to try to reproduce.

There’s almost no one here but me yet, and there are many people with dogs walking by outside the window, and I feel somewhat less homicidal, which is always the goal of happy hour.