Pops Diner and the AC problem

There is a diner about two blocks away from where I live.

The place doesn’t have a proper name, the sign out front just says Diner on it.

It’s run by an older gent who calls himself Pops, and no one knows what his real name actually is. Pops Diner has become the go-to hangout spot for me and every other twenty-something in the neighborhood. The food is pretty good, and the beer is pretty cheap, but there is just a great atmosphere to the place and I find myself going there 3 or 4 nights a week. Pops is a small place, but there is an air conditioned dining room inside, and an outdoor bar on the back porch overlooking the bayou. In the AC you get food, you can drink, sometimes he even has a local band playing music, but there is strictly no smoking. Out on the porch all bets are off, there is unlimited natural ventilation through the mosquito screens, so drinking and smoking are the order of the day. I am a smoker, so normally I like being outside, but it has been so hot lately I’ve had to stay inside in the cooling. I hate being so addicted to cigarettes I have to choose between my vice and climate control. Of course I could do both if I just stayed home with my own AC, but I have been having so much fun at Pops lately. I hope it starts cooling off outside soon, so I won’t have to keep on making this choice.

 

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