window.addEvent('domready', function() { 
  
  $$('li a.menu').addEvents({
  
  'click': function(e) {
  var placeId = this.get('id');
  
  
  var req = new Request.HTML({
  	url: 'places.php?placeId=' + placeId,
  	method: 'get',
  	update: 'wrapper',
  	evalScripts: true, /* this is the default */
  })
      
  req.send();
  },
  
  'mouseleave': function(e) {
  $('unselected').fade('0.6');
  }
  });
});