Nobody forgets their first kiss

The bachelorette party rolled in the door late — not so late that we weren’t open, but later than one would expect for a group of…

The secrets behind these two common cocktail ingredients

Sometimes, what we think we know, and what we actually know are two different things. Often, we tend to trust labeling and the government agencies overseeing…

Old dogs sometimes can’t learn new tricks

The two men arrived in the middle of the rush, which didn’t mean much me, but it seemed to matter a lot to them. “You guys…

Barfly Podcast S05 E12

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Food and fun for a good cause

Lifehouse’s Great Chefs and Wineries gala is Saturday The annual Great Chefs and Wineries gala might just have found a more permanent home. This year, the…

A tough week in the service industry

It was getting late, not so late that the restaurant was closed, but we were definitely in the final stretch. And it was a weekday, which…

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…