¹ Now long defunct, and not to be confused with “Solly's” on 8th Street SW.

² The local “craft beer” scene was still a long way off.

³ I'm tempted to use a less titillating word to describe the state that we inevitably achieved when hanging out, but I'm more compelled to paint an accurate picture of this era. We were just entering our twenties and we loved to get wasted!