This evening we went down to Old Town for dinner without a specific plan in mind. We drove down, parked, and started walking. We eventually settled on O'Connell's on the lower end of King Street. In spite of the fact that we had no reservations on a Friday evening, they seated us in less than 5 minutes. It was loud, even on the third level, but the food was good, including dessert. I don't often eat dessert when I eat out these days, but we'd eaten fairly lightly. Besides, we went walking after dinner.
As we often do when we go down to Old Town, we walked to the river front. The water was high and browner than usual due to the heavy rains last night. The forecasters expect it to rise a bit more, perhaps higher than it has been in four years. We'll have to wait until tomorrow to know for sure. We didn't walk along the river as much as we usually do, since we had a couple of stops to make on the way back to the car. Plus Dennis found it a bit chilly with the slight breeze, even though it was close to 70 degrees. After the heat and humidity earlier this week and last night's rain, it felt good to me.
It was the first nice evening--the first nice SPRING evening--that I've been down to Old Town this year. The fountain in front of City Hall was on. People filled the sidewalk dining areas. Street performers were out in force. Familiar ones were in their usual spots--the balloon man, the hammer dulcimer player, and the sketch artist, among others. We also saw some new ones. The most interesting was a trio of young Irish step dancers who set up a dance floor near the entrance to the Torpedo Factory. They wore the most gaudy, even garish, Irish step costumes I've ever seen. Then again, I'm sure the traditional Irish step garb has evolved over the years. And if you're going to dance on the street...
Now if we could just figure out how to cleanse the pollen from the air!
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