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All the world’s a stage, left or right

I had entered “Stage left.” Or was it “Stage right?” I have never really understood theater direction. Maybe that is because stage direction is always from…

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Cocktails for the Jewish New Year

If you are reading this online on Tuesday (before sundown) then it is still Rosh Hashanah: the Jewish New Year. If you are reading it after…

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Fourteen

guest: Nish Ndaraja, former employee #6 at Yelp! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-four-nish-nadaraja-former-employee-6-at-yelp/id1376751260?i=1000580112296

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Thirteen

guests: Mimi Towle and Nikki Wood of Local Getaways Magazine https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11265600

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From Fairfax mayor to award-winning winemaker

“We are a licensed and bonded winery,” says Frank Egger, pointing at the license for Cazadero Winery, hanging on his wall at his home in Fairfax.…

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Twelve

guests: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Local Getaways magazine

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Your favorite waiter has left the building

The sunlight dappled through the large oak trees lining the boulevard known to some as “sugar.” In that spotted light I dimly made out the blueish…

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New California law demands licensing for beverage service professionals

If your business serves alcoholic beverages, take serious note. In a mere two weeks, on September 1, for the first time in 50 years, all California…

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One bad apple doesn’t have to spoil the whole bunch

I had never seen him before. Not that it mattered. Every day I meet people I don’t know, and then I get to know them. Engagement…

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Eleven

Guest: Executive Chef Jammir Gray of Compline Napa https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11088315

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The Press Loves “Twenty Years Behind Bars”

Top 25 iBooks Bestseller

Top 100 Amazon Bestseller

“more about mixing people than drinks”
Christopher Kimball America’s Test Kitchen

“racy and innocent”
Marin Independent Journal

“insightful writing about bar culture and human nature”
SF Examiner

“the best stories are of the clueless at their worst behavior — often before they’ve ordered their first drink” “juicier reads than you would find in the pages of a family newspaper”
Patch

“a book of riotous stories”
The Bold Italic

“great book, quite funny, and includes recipes!”
Joel Riddell, Dining Around, NewsTalk 910

“I love this book. It's insightful, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, and includes expert cocktail recipes, too!”
Erika Lenkert, author of Last-Minute Party Girl and Raw: the Uncook Book

“Served straight up, with humor, irreverence and a one-of-a-kind perspective, Twenty Years Behind Bars takes us up close into the life of bars, bartenders, and those who frequent both. To get any closer, you'd need be an olive in one of Burkhart's martini glasses.”
Kimberley Lovato, author of the award winning cookbook, Walnut Wine & Truffle Groves

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