Each Friday, scores of people descend upon the bars of Hamilton for happy hour. During the summer months, The Fairmont Hamilton Princess hotel hosts its own on its grounds beside the water. They sell drink tickets a la beer tent style, and you can trade them in for your beverage of choice. It's quite pleasant being beside the water, but I have to admit, the heat can be a bit much.
The Lemon Tree café beside Par-La-Ville park hosts another summer happy hour for the season. This can be a nice alternative to the blasting heat of the Princess, and is also open later.
One thing I find funny about a Friday night out here is that no one stays in one place for very long. It usually turns into a bar hop to at least 3 or more establishments. For example, last Friday was the Princess, Lemon Tree, then Pickled Onion to dance to the band that plays cover songs accompanied by an iPod (I'm ashamed to admit that they're pretty good). At this point my roommate and I decided that this was enough, but everyone else headed off to Café Cairo (a bit of a crowded meat-market in my opinion) and probably ended up at The Beach – reserved for that special time of the night when you're not going for class or atmosphere anymore.
These photos were taken at the Hamilton Princess
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