Louise Bremner wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>2. A high ceiling, peace and quiet and some smoke free space is not 
>>usually what comes to mind when you say "The Shamrock" ...
> 
> Indeed not! If that is really so, maybe I could be charmed into
> there.... Real Guinness? Not bottled? 

It was a bit too early for good craic and dancing on the tables. 
Probably less than 10 people in there or thereabouts. The Guinness was 
real. Most of the places I've had a Guinness or ten in up in Tokyo had 
it on tap. Which is a nice change from here.

>>...near Kichioji station. 
> 
> Is that close to Kichijoji? 

Tokyo geography isn't my strong point. My bad. Next to/Close to Mitsukoshi.

> But did you actually pop the question, which I thought was the whole
> point of this exercise?

Yes I did. Yes it was. Yes was the answer.


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