Thinking outside the box with a cannabis aperitif
In order to survive this pandemic, emotionally, physically, and fiscally, many people are going to have to start thinking outside the box. Doing just what you’ve…
A memory of a long-ago Memorial Day
It was the Sunday before Memorial Day, very much like this one; bright, sunny, and clear. It was also nearly 30 years ago, and summer looks…
Barfly Podcast Season 2: Episode 11: Opening post Covid 19 with Sean Saylor
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In a pandemic can “the customer is always right” survive?
“Mrrmmhmm?” said the butcher standing six feet away from me, wearing a surgical mask and surgical gloves. I only knew that it was a question because…
Cautious optimism as restaurants look towards reopening for sit down dining
It is now not a matter of if, but rather when, restaurants and bars will reopen for sit down dining. Covid 19 has changed all the…
Typhoid Mary story provokes response from readers
Here is a hypothetical question. Say “Paul” is professional of some kind: medical, culinary, whatever. But his is a job in which he comes into close…
Mary, Mary, quite contrary…
By all accounts she was a nice woman, tall, charming, and a great cook. Peaches and cream are a classic delight, but in her hands fresh…
Cinco tequila drinks, perfect for Cinco de Mayo
Considering recent developments, it is entirely possible that any celebration, any at all, might be well worth celebrating. We as a state, and we as a…
Even in uncertain times, good things are bound to happen
The water in the gutter ran down the street as if it were being chased. The little 8-year-old girl ran after it, or more correctly, she…
Pandemic has created a new world, just with the same old characters
“Next!” said the man in rubber gloves and a facemask who was standing at the front door of the grocery store, We marched forward, six feet…