The 100 Pubs Project
So, if you’ve read my blog at all, you know that I’m a fan of beer. If you haven’t clapped eyes on it before now, well, let me say: I love beer.
Also, I love the socialisation that often goes along with beer. I love talking with people, and listening to what they have to say. Many of us have gotten to know people over a pint at a pub, a bottle at the bar or a plastic cup at a party. Sometimes it’s people whom you never see again, and others it’s people who wind up becoming some of the most important people in your life.
Being relatively new to London, a city paved with an interesting and rich history, which in turn is walked upon by some of the most diverse people on the planet, I would like to get to know as much about London, and its people, as possible.
And also, I’m very curious.
So, after running across an article about a young Taiwanese woman who is kissing 100 people in Paris (thank you, Gary Tao, for sharing), I would like to see if I can get some good people in London to have a drink with me in 100 different places to grab a beer: pubs, bars, etc. For better or worse, this is a city famed for drinking, and I would like to participate in London’s cultural heritage, as well as meet those who are its thirsty residents.
My main focus is on pubs. Pubs are fascinating places. Everyone in London seems to have a local or a designated handful of preferred pubs. But the definition of a “pub” seems to be in flux now, so it’s hard for me to determine what should be considered a pub, and what shouldn’t be considered a pub. So my definition for these establishments is for them to serve tasty adult beverages, with a strong emphasis on pubs or pub-like environs.
And it would be quite nice if you were to come with!
Therefore, I would like to invite you, resident of London, to have a drink with me so we can sit down and talk about who you are, where you are going, what beer you like, what London means to you and whatever else you would like to discuss. We’ll check out the establishment and see what we think about the place. A new local? A dive? A place we shall never set foot in again? Bad nachoes? Good beer? Crappy selection? Feel free to suggest a place.
Bring a friend or two, and let’s chat and drink and appreciate or bemoan the state of pubs in London today. I think a project such as this would attract those who are also curious to see who else out there who appreciates pubs and drinking places as more than a place to get smashed in, and who would like read about pubs and the people in them. Who knows, someone might see you on my blog and think you’d be a wonderful person to have a pint and a chat with. It could come around full-circle, like an urban circle of life. Or something.
Because, why not?
My email: tastyfever[at]gmail.com
I think this might turn out to be a really neat snapshot of London, its pubs and places of drink and its people as well. Or maybe just a snapshot of a hundred places sans company. Either way, it should be fun. Have a look at the pubs I’ve been to so far, and I hope to share a drink with you soon.
