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.…
Sometimes it’s better to just give in
“What are you doing out here?” a regular customer asked as I walked past him in the lobby. “Don’t you have, like 60 or 70 people…
Some advice is actually worth paying attention to
“Know what you guys should do?” asked the man sitting alone at the bar. I looked around the room at the mob of holiday revelers and…
Gushing somethings hip doesn’t mean it is
Once upon a time there was a restaurant. It was in a beautiful building in a beautiful town. Ironically, the restaurant had neither lodging nor was…
Sorry Will Rogers, not everyone is likeable
Will Rogers famously once said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.” However, I suspect Mr. Rogers never worked in the service industry. When you…