Don’t confuse hip for classic
“Hey Jeff,” my co-worker said. “Do you know what this is?” I followed the point of his thumb to the tattooed 24-year-old in his stocking cap…
Competition is all good fun, except when it is in a bar
“Would you like to look at a menu?” I asked the couple after furnishing each with a pre-dinner libation. “No,” said the male half of the…
When it comes to cocktails, just call me old-fashioned
“What’s that you’re making?” the young woman sitting in front of me asked. Seeing how I had just made 10 different drinks, five of which were…
No matter the game, someone will lose
They arrived just before kick-off. The two men I had seen a half a dozen times before, backslapping and high-fiving their way through many a football…
In praise of things that never go out of style
“Good evening, my dear fellow,” the man said immediately upon sitting. I looked him up and down. Not because I was sizing him up, but because…
Barfly at Pacifics vs Pittsburg Friday June 19
Join the Barfly at the Pacifics game for margaritas and lemondrops. Music by Olive and the Dirty Martinis (but of course) 5 pm $12 Albert Park…
Barfly wins first place in CNPA journalism awards contest!
My Barfly column has beat out all the other columns in California for the top slot in the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) contest! just saying……
When the theory of relativity meets the truth
Albert Einstein, developer of the theory of relativity, once remarked that “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a…
Giving icy drinks the cold shoulder
He arrived from the dining room like bull from Pamplona, wide-eyed and frantic, his breath coming out in hot audible gasps. For a second I thought…
It’s amazing what you can learn when you listen
“I’ll have a margarita,” said the woman after sitting down and taking great care to cross her legs. Not for modesty’s sake, but for the opposite.…