“Pennies in a pile make a dollar after a while.” -Dwayne Murray
Eighty-five dollars is a lot of change, accumulated an empty pocket at a time on top of the dryer. We joked about cashing it all in on a weekend getaway months ago, and there we stood on our gulf-side balcony looking out at a stormy, cold sea. Molly Ringwald cooed in the background about Blaine to Harry Dean Stanton, and the four of us were content and happy.
There is a restaurant in Apalachicola called The Owl, and I would like to live there, in some room behind the wine cellar. After the drive down U.S. 98, which is one of the best drives in the country, we set up on a couple of stools at the new Tap Room and enjoyed a perfect bar room moment. A Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale for myself and a working class Yuengling for my beloved. The room feels like a snug berth in a ship, with a tall ceiling and the mingling scents of beer yeast and aged wood. Clinking glass, murmuring conversations, and a cold, light rain splattering the windows. A perfect tavern moment, and rare to be repeated.
We felt it in our knees-
Juancho
So the best moments can be bought with loose change. 🙂
I’ve always wanted to live upstairs from the Owl. There are some beautiful upstairs apartments in downtown Apalachicola. I do love that town.
Where’s the Taproom?
It just opened. Downstairs next door to the left. It’s a great room.
From the Owl?
The kind of moment we savor.
Is it time for the “sittin in a tree” comment??
Way past due OB!