I'm going to have a longer piece wrapping up the last days before the election and my first trip to the US in 6 years to share in the joy of my son Kyle's marriage to Sarah, but just had one of those amazing "bar moments" I had to write up while it's still fresh in my mind. In fact the people are still here. We have a regular group of Casablanca regulars built around 3 brothers who come to the bar frequently, tend to stay throughout an evening, their friends, spouses and sometimes children passing through at intervals. Tonight they were in and because we have a new night barman I wanting to make sure they were well taken care of I offered some chicken tandoori and chili con carne, and asked where the Dr. was, the original client who's led all the others to Rick's. "Oh he just went out to do a Cesarean, he'll be right back." And sure enough, just as the plates were placed on the bar, there he was, all smiles, with the words, "Une jolie fille" (a beautiful little girl)! And that is life in Casablanca and Rick's. |
