back in bloomington.

Spent a fun 24 hours or so in Bloomington, where we managed to hike all around campus and town in spite of some really cruddy weather Saturday night. We watched the (very good) first half of the IU-Michigan State game at Nick's. Nick's is awesome: It never changes. The waitresses are rough around the edges but sweet, the crowd is a mix of Bloomington types (was that Ralph Waldo Emerson in the front booth?), the food is consistently good for a college bar. We recalled spending many weeknights there in our senior year at IU, especially during basketball season, when pitchers of beer were cheap and the popcorn just this side of stale. Halfway into my second pound jar of Killian's, it occurred to me that there's a always a point during the evening when the beer starts to taste a bit sour. Thing is, that happens earlier than it used to. (Oh, and we watched the truly awful second half of the IU–Michigan State game from our room at the Grant Street Inn. And feel asleep. Not that we missed anything.)