#blackfriar

Authour: BlackFriar

Subfandom: Batfamily

Media: TV Shows

Relationships: Gen (Bruce Wayne & Dick Grayson)

Year: 2017

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Implied/Referenced Death

Summary:

After a terrifying ordeal, Dick finds that survival sometimes comes at a price.

Submitted by thepinkcallalily

Submitter's comment:

Volatile by BlackFriar 

Rec’d by @foriland 

American Shakespeare Center. 

“Down With Caesar!” reads the sign in the protester’s hand. I’m trying to reach the front door of the American Shakespeare Center (ASC), but some Romans—whose togas look suspiciously like bedsheets—are blocking the way.

Let’s start this month’s posts in London, since that is where we started the trip and since London is possibly the epicenter of British beer. 

In the months since our trip to London and Ireland, and particularly for the past month, I have been thinking about what my first post in January 2018 might be.  I was flipping through Twitter posts this morning (1/1/18 - Happy New Year!) I came across this:  https://laughingsquid.com/detailed-hand-drawn-cut-outs-of-british-pubs/

A clear sign of where to start!  The Blackfriar pub was undeniably a topic for the 2018 edition of Januaryisbrittishbeermonth and the Twitter story was icing on the scone.  In the Laughing Squid post, Australian artist Maxwell Tilse holds up very detailed tiny replicas of London pubs that he has recreated and photographed with the original. 

As picturesque as the Blackfriar pub is on the outside, it is equally striking inside.

The picture, of course, is a poor substitute for actually being there, but you get the idea; a beautiful mosaic ceiling, statues and a frieze possibly depicting the Black Death.  Makes for contented dining.

Indeed we did enjoy our food, as I recall there was a good burger, some sausages and lots of mashed potatoes.  My first beer selection was a traditional cask conditioned Nicholson’s Pale Ale which was veddy nice - mild, creamy, smooth and delicious.  Nicolson’s Pale Ale is brewed by St. Austell brewery which claims to have produced over 1.2 billion pints since 1851.  That’s a lot of trips to the loo.

Next up was a Camden Hells Lager.  This is a cross between a Helles and a Pilsner according to the Camden Town Brewery website:  http://www.camdentownbrewery.com/about/ .  This OK lager was my first English craft beer.  The definition of English craft beer is the hipsters sitting around the table in one of the pictures on the site.  There were none of them to be seen standing around in front of the Blackfriar on the night we were there.