Merlins Rest Pub

After so much heat, yesterday’s reprieve was welcomed and provided a gorgeous day for wandering about the Celtic Fair over on Harriet Island. I enjoyed a Finnegan’s, caught some dancing, listened to a few musicians, and even caught site of a man holding a boombox in front of a microphone. For 45 seconds Celtic music [...]

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Happy days, all. It’s Sunday and that means the weekly Sunday Pub Quiz. The Irish Fair concludes this afternoon, so afterwards come celebrate with us in the pub and on the patio!
The pub quiz, per usual, will be held at 8 pm. And since John Dingley is off to Wales in a hot minute, join [...]

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The Irish Fair has returned! Get out to Harriet Island for the music and dancing, the good smells, the fantastic people-watching, and the booths full of fine items. Then, pop on by Merlins Rest to escape the heat (or the showers, should they arrive), soak up some air conditioning (or dry off from the rains!), [...]

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If you don’t know Louis Jordan’s old song “Beans and Cornbread,” get hip to it. It’s all about beans and cornbread getting in a fight but then realizing they go together really well. That resolution is great for cornbread, because until we reach that point in the song, beans is whoopin’ him!
“Beans and Cornbread had [...]

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Huh. A Ukrainian man has been named the tallest man in the world. But that isn’t what strikes me as strange; the Tall Persons Club of Great Britain and Ireland does. I’d no idea it was out there!
And being that I’m quite familiar with mustache clubs on the web–a bizarre fact since I’ve never grown [...]

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