A holiday isn’t just about you

Spring was springing; the little girls in their pastels were running around with the little boys in their clip-on ties, both loaded up on the abundance…

3 elevated brunch cocktails perfect for Spring

Ernest Hemingway once wrote that “Paris is a moveable feast.” I think he might have meant “transportable,” because a moveable feast changes days but not location,…

People eventually show their true colors

I knew he was trouble the first time that I saw him. Maybe it was his extremely wrinkled collared dress shirt. Or maybe it was the…

“I think” and “I know” are not the same thing

I don’t remember exactly how they ended up sitting next to each other, but they did. In the busy ebb and flow of a bar, people…

3 drinks with Marin ties perfect for St. Pats

March 17 is this Sunday. So, the question becomes: How are you celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? Maybe you’ve got your green beer, your St. Patrick’s shirt,…

Sometimes it’s hard to see eye to eye

It was one of those busy nights where everything was just humming along seamlessly — two vodka martinis over there, a mezcal mule, two drafts and…

Maybe you’re the problem

“I’ll have another one,” she said, tapping the edge of her empty glass. I had just walked in the door and past her sitting at the…

Famed bartender Johnny Love lands in Marin

If you came of drinking age in the 1990s, then you know the name Johnny Love — not the singer, but rather the barman. Johnny Love’s…

Reflecting on our civic duties

There I was, sitting on an uncomfortable plastic chair, staring at a blank wall at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday morning while an administrator droned on.…

The miseducation of a service professional

“You have to educate your guests,” the new manager had said smugly. “Educate them?” I asked. “Yes. It’s your job to teach them better,” he said…