CAMERANO (part VI): Have a drink and watch the kids play

ONLY IN EUROPE would a bar be built to accompany a public playground.

At first, Bar Summer Time seems like a perfect combination. A parent can sit back and relax with a couple cocktails as the screaming and running hyperactive children slowly become tolerable.

Then I think about this in an American context and realize that this could probably classify a parent as an alcoholic, hence the reason I’m not ready for children.

The shack style bar that serves ice cream, snacks and drinks has become a popular hangout for us Americans after our Monday night dinners. The TV, foosball and playground complete with a mini-roller rink, slides and swings provide more forms of amusement than the typical billiard table or jukebox.

However, I recommend some supervision if you decide to play after drinking.

It isn’t until mid-flight, after jumping about ten feet off my swing, that I realize another reason that playgrounds and drinking don’t mix in America.

- Philly Petronis