This Shangri-la homey cabin and spacious outdoor patio/fire pit that is dog-friendly is going to be my new home-away-from home. I've been there twice in the past few days and I'm a busy mom of two working part-time. Monty's is literally five minutes from my house, and yesterday I told the affable, sharply intelligent owner Monty and his beautiful, kind bartender Lisa that I will be a "bar swan" (as opposed to bar fly) as I'll want to come there all the time. Â Since it's getting to be gorgeous weather I'll sit in their relaxing patio area. Â Monty's is open early in the morning (i.e. by 10AM usually, I believe - hours are posted above) and that's where I plan to write my book (yep, I got a bona fide publishing contract two weeks ago and am now on deadline) in their lovely courtyard as the weather warms up. Â I am having my 43rd girls-only party there next month and I cannot wait. Â
Monty's is very clean, intimate but not too claustrophobic, as there are several rooms, two separate bathrooms (one for men, one for women) and I felt great and welcomed the moment I walked in the door. Â That's a *very* rare feeling for me to experience in a so-called "dive" bar. Â Plus they have wi-fi for my laptop so I can do research for my book "Birth of a New Brain: My Ultimately Medication-Free Recovery from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder" with a foreword by Britain's first female neurosurgeon Dr. Liz Miller, author of "Mood Mapping". Â I had one, just one, tasty margarita made with kindness by the great Monty himself. Â I will be spreading the good word about this place to all my friends. Â I am so happy I finally went there after living down the street from it for 7 years! Â It is a dream-come-true for me to have gone there and gotten the Monty's experience. Yay Monty's - where are the t-shirt and bumpersticker???? Â Sign me up!