Not everybody deserves a trophy
I don’t know why the daytime TV show was on, but it was. I blame it on my housemate, but then again, I blame a lot…
You say Negroni, I say Negrone; let’s not call the whole thing off
If you see the word “Negrone” spelled with an “e” at the end, featured on a cocktail list you will immediately know two things: 1) the…
An overreliance on technology can create more problems than it solves
The “classic” rock tune playing got my finger tapping. Tap, tap, went the ring on my finger as it made contact with the metal half of…
Barfly Podcast: Season 3: Episode 11
Guest: Chef Heidi Krahling
Never the Twain shall you meet
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” once wrote literary giant Ernest Hemingway. But where did Mark Twain come…
San Anselmo restratueur reflects on Covid, cocktails
In the restaurant business there are chefs, and then there are Chefs. The word literally means “chief” in French, so the idea that there are multiple…
What goes around comes around, sometimes
I had already put my two weeks’ notice in, in fact I had given them a month’s. But by the time they hired him I only…
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…