One of the things I like about shopping at Trader Joe’s is that I’m usually drunk by the timeI get there. You see, Trader Joe’s is the same lot as one of my favorite bars. Lakeside is an anomaly in otherwise chaste Shrewsbury. The Lakeside is the kind of place that sells lottery tickets at the bar. Great sandwiches and uncertain company.
When I stopped in the other night Lakeside was hopping. Every stool at the bar was taken but one. Thirsty as I was I hesitated to grab that seat because next to a beautiful young woman. Women, at a place like the Lakeside, can be a liability at the bar.