Barfly wins “best column” in California!
Barfly wins 1st place in California Journalism contest (mailchi.mp)
Once a bartender, always a bartender
“I wiped up that table over there,” said the 40-something woman dressed in black from head to toe as she tossed the bar towel onto the…
Some traditions need to be amended
“Why are you wearing that ridiculous hat?” I asked our longtime server wearing a jauntily placed Santa cap. Now, I’m used to customers coming in wearing…
Let the young have fun and make their own mistakes
They breezed loudly through the front door. There’s no noise like the cacophony of youth. They couldn’t have been more than 20 years old. But they…
Don’t you know who I am? No, I don’t
The holidays are in full swing. And there they are: all the people I don’t know. When you have worked full time at a place for…
Same game, different pieces
It was busy, the kind of busy that renders the ability to have a conversation moot. Sweat was literally trickling off of my nose. My opening…
Have to work or get to work? That’s the question
We were sitting in the living room watching the Thanksgiving game on TV. My potential father-in-law had unsnapped his pants’ top button. And his father, my…
Barfly Podcast S06 E09
To hear full episode go here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/episodes/18375908
Author Event Depot Bookstore Dec 14
On the first day of Christmas (or Hannukah) my true love gave to me… Join the Marin IJ’s popular Barfly columnist Jeff Burkhart at The Depot…
Tale of a Barfly Showcase Theater November 20 – Sold Out!
Thank to everyone who made this happen, and for everyone who came to the show (all 340 of you!) Thank you!