There's a group out of Portland that's going to start their "off season" pub crawls. The group is Celtic International Families or some such thing and they have monthly Pub Crawls in the months where there are no Highland Games. The next one will be in Vancouver on October 15th They'll meet at 7 p.m. at the Salmon Creek Pub and Brewery, 108 W. Evergreen Blvd, 360-993-1827 and from there they'll go to McMenamin's East, 1900 N.E. 162nd & 18th Ave, 360-254-3950. I went to a couple of these last year. The folks are nice enough and they do have a piper or two who show up to play for them, but they are members of an existing group and you have to be a bit outgoing or you can feel an outsider. I checked and under 21 is okay at Salmon Creek until 9 p.m. and McMenamin's is a restraunt so under 21 is okay outside the bar area. I think I'll wander by and check it out. Anybody else interested?

Jamie