The much-anticipated Minnesota Summer is here, but sometimes the ground still looks glaringly white. The above picture was taken during a vicious hailstorm in St. Louis Park. I've never seen hail bounce so high off the ground. The hail didn't damage Dave's truck that day, but it has done major damage to communities here this summer. 
Enter Cousin Ed, seen here with me in a very dark picture with some very ominious looking clouds behind us.
Ed is part of my south Alabama family, and he was called in to work the aftermath of the Hugo Tornado. The hail damage and tornado path has kept him hopping for weeks, but we finally got a chance to get together in one of the coolest bars the Metro has to offer.
We arrived at Brit's Pub and Eating Establishment on Nicollet Mall right before yet another ferocious storm hit.
The place is huge with several floors and special British-themed rooms. You can order a variety of British beer, cider, or ale. You can have scotch eggs, shepherd's pie, fish & chips, and several other very intriguing items. There's the standard red phone booth that somehow even those of us who've never been to London can link with Britain and of course, several Union Jacks.But by far the coolest aspect of the place is the lawn bowling field on the roof. The place has lawn bowling leagues with willing participants and a big crowd of onlookers. They just opened a courtyard that along with the field will be closed a good portion of the year.
Good company, good venue, good food.... just one big, glaring question that somehow I couldn't figure out....The place is running promoted specials and celebrations in honor of Bastille Day... Why?
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And somehow, the website had a picture of the field centered with this lady's unflattering rear end... nice promotion?
Okay, so it's summer in the tundra. How are the tomatoes? Have you laid your fresh chunky salsa on the Minnesota Nicites yet?
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