Friday, June 26, 2009
Bill's birthday treat with the family. May 20th.
About a couple of miles from Jamie's house a new restaurant and concert hall has opened up.
We all went there to celebrate Bill's birthday.
There is eating accommodation for hundreds but early on a mid week evening the place was not crowded.
Sometimes known Thai pop groups and entertainers perform on the large stage.
It is Phuket Brewery - and they do brew their own beer, both light and dark.
Jamie has been there before with a friend from the UK and he wrote about it on his blog earlier in the year.
https://www.jamiesphuketblog.com/2009/03/phuket-brewery.html
The entrance to Phuket Brewery.
Jamie and Bill with their foaming dark beers.
Was she drinking or was she posing?
I was definitely drinking!
Both John and Jessica soon moved forward and sat at tables very close to the stage to enjoy the
We all went there to celebrate Bill's birthday.
There is eating accommodation for hundreds but early on a mid week evening the place was not crowded.
Sometimes known Thai pop groups and entertainers perform on the large stage.
It is Phuket Brewery - and they do brew their own beer, both light and dark.
Jamie has been there before with a friend from the UK and he wrote about it on his blog earlier in the year.
https://www.jamiesphuketblog.com/2009/03/phuket-brewery.html
The entrance to Phuket Brewery.
Jamie and Bill with their foaming dark beers.
Was she drinking or was she posing?
I was definitely drinking!
I used to love good dark beers. But I got in the habit of avoiding alcohol when my health fell to pieces and now fear what it might do to me.
Shame really, because that was a very good beer.
You can order your beer by the tankard or by the tower.
I think the tower contains about 8 tankards worth. The people at a neighbouring table had a tower.
Here is a tower being filled from the vats behind the bar.
Here is a tower being filled from the vats behind the bar.
There were musicians on the stage, playing Thai music, as we ate our meal.
Both John and Jessica soon moved forward and sat at tables very close to the stage to enjoy the
music and the atmosphere of a live show.
The musicians talked to John and talked to him by name.
Later there was a group with guitars and drums and a collection of singers.
Later there was a group with guitars and drums and a collection of singers.
They were very competent.
Well - it was Bill's birthday!
He enjoyed trying to get some good shots of this shapely singer.
Meanwhile, Jessica started to feel quite cross......."I thought there was going to be a magic show" she protested.
You can almost hear her thoughts...."Oh no, they are going to sing another song"!
The magic show started at about quarter past nine.
Jessica went and sat down near the front of the stage.
There were several magicians.
But she and I liked the illusionist who worked with playing cards and then doves was amazing.
"How the heck does he do that?" she turned to me, amazed as doves kept appearing in his hands.
The acts on the stage went on, but it was time to go home.
It would be a school day in the morning.
So Bill's birthday came to an end - there had been temples, eating out, shopping, drinking, a show to watch and being with our loved ones.
