It’s not you, it’s me – except when it’s you
I walked up to the couple just in time to hear her say: “It’s not you, it’s me…” I tried to turn and head in a…
Sammy Hagar returns to his agave roots, and brings Guy Fieri along for the ride
“Over my career I’ve teamed up with a lot of high-profile people,” says veteran Marin rocker Sammy Hagar. “It’s kind of like what you do with…
Pandemic has revealed that “We the people” has now become “I the person”
She sneezed. And then she sneezed again. Both sneezes were loud, long, and productive, as the medical practitioners say. She didn’t sneeze into her arm, like…
Barfly Podcast Season Three Episode Ten
We welcome sportscaster/columnist/humorist Barry Tompkins to talk mixology vs bartending, old San Francisco, new San Francisco, and the bar scenes of both. https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/9093874-season-three-barry-tompkins.mp3?download=true
First impressions don’t always matter, but sometimes they do
“How are you?” I asked the man in the rumpled brown leather jacket, who had just sat down. It’s not an idle question, it’s a question…
“Dibs” is a concept that doesn’t work for adults
The two spots opened up right in front of the bartender. It was a miracle. A veritable Cecil B. DeMille parting of the Red Sea. And…
Barfly Podcast Season Three: Episode Nine: Rick Enos
We welcome Trident manager and restaurant veteran Rick Enos (Cantina, Victoria Station, Compadres) to talk Sausalito, the current state of the restaurant biz and, of course,…
Quoting Anthony Bourdain can sometimes lead to trouble
It was the very second that we opened. Four groups of people rushed the bar and plopped down. In hindsight I should have seen it coming,…
Blended drinks a la Papa Hemingway
“My mojito in La Bodeguita, my daiquiri in El Floridita,” so saidith the great Ernest Hemingway – or so they say – and tourists and neophytes…