The best kind of beer

At our hotel in San Diego, there was a ‘social hour’ every evening.  They served quite a bit of food at social hour – enough to make almost a supper if you’d had a big lunch – and also beer and wine.  The beer was even good beer – Firehouse Ale.  For hotel guests, there was no charge for this service. 

One evening, I came up to our room with a beer in hand. 

Monica: Oh, did you get a beer?

Michael: Yes, and it’s my favorite kind.

Monica: Free?

That was far truer than anything I had originally meant.