Not all dramas play out on stage
INT. COFFEE SHOP — LATE AFTERNOON A Woman stands in line, purse out seemingly ready to pay. The door opens and one customer comes in. He…
The Barfly on Booze!
Come meet Jeff Burkhart, The Barfly! The Marin IJ’s award winning columnist (CNPA) and Marin’s “best bartender” (Bohemian magazine) Get his takes on liquor, cocktails and…
For the Rolling Stones, it’s not just another tequila sunrise
Perhaps you’ve seen the TV commercial: A shapely flight attendant delivers tequila sunrises to the hangers-on aboard the Rolling Stones’ 1972 tour plane while the Stones’…
All piscos are not created equal
It’s not every day that you get an invitation to hang out with the so-called “best nose in Peru.” It was partly for that nose that…
One man’s Rickey is another man’s Gimlet
“She’ll have a sidecar with light lime, triple sec, Splenda instead of sugar and no sugared rim,” he told me after switching seats three times in…
Figuring out who’s a VIP, and why
Clearly he wasn’t a regular customer. By regular I mean both the oft-returning clientele and the normal everyday Joe. For starters every member of the staff…
You might be a restaurant jerk if…
It was one of those busy, busy nights. The kind of night where even thinking it’s busy takes up far too much time. In the restaurant…
What attracts can also repel
I knew both of them. Well actually I didn’t really know either of them, but I knew them in the abstract because I knew their types.…
The long goodbye, bar version
On this particular night we weren’t that busy. Perhaps because of late summer vacations, or hot weather, or general ennui — who knew? Sometimes we question,…
There’s a reason to get fussy over gin
“I’ll have a gin and tonic,” said the man in late afternoon golfing attire. “What kind of gin do you prefer?” I asked, as I always…