You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
I was late, but not late in the sense of clocking in. I’m one of those people who would rather be early than late. Someone once…
Where does the buck stop?
The notice popped up on my phone: “Package delivered.” That was weird because I have a large sign posted on my front door that reads “Ring…
From pumpkin to ginger, Fall flavors for your Autumn cocktails
It’s pumpkin pie spice season, if you haven’t noticed. It’s on all the grocery store shelves; it’s featured in commercials, and it’s even in your latte,…
Some people crave the spotlight
The couple came sweeping into the room like they were Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, or even Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds — only they weren’t.…
New book spotlights Marin restaurateur behind Poggio, Copita
Restaurateur extraordinaire Larry Mindel remembers when he called his father and told him he was going into the restaurant business. “He said, ‘Oh, Larry, don’t. Don’t…
Train pets, not people
In Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” windows are used as a metaphor for the separation of things. Brontë’s windows serve as invisible barriers between life and death,…
Tale of a Barfly
A live action play poured from the pages of Jeff Burkhart’s column Barfly and his books Tale of a Barfly is a story of life, love…
Barfly Podcast S06 E06
Rob Lightner of East Brother Beer Co. and the new Tam Tavern To listen to the whole episode go here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/episodes/17888185
Remember me, Mr. Redford?
[Adapted from my first book Twenty Years Behind Bars, Chapter 2] Sometimes celebrity can really bring out the worst in people. Take a major celebrity and…
Fall Angels: you just never know who you might meet
And just like that, summer collapsed into fall, once wrote someone, I’m sure. That’s just too pretty for me to have come up with on my…