[Chancie]

I like my own cooking the best, but

There are two local places that j'adore,

The People's Pint and The Rendezvous.

The People's Pint welcomes both the local guys, the families, students from the tech school who are old enough to drink, and

The newcomers like me who live behind The Tofu Curtain.

There are microbrews and decent wine, and now you can get Diet Coke with your Ploughman's Lunch.

The Voo is a much newer place and I think I like it even more than the Pint.

I always have appetizers there, like a huge pretzel with two kinds of mustard, or grilled asparagus with garlic aioli.

Pete took her mother there for her birfday and

We got snockered, which is polite talk for tipsy on cocktails.

The best thing about The Voo is Rockit Queer which is a dirty dirty dance party held every month in the very tiny bar with beautiful tin ceilings.

At my house tonight? Grilled scallops with grilled mushrooms and baby white potatoes.