What do you know about tequila and Cinco de Mayo?
‘HEY,” SAID the 50-something dude wearing dark sunglasses, inside, at night. “Did you make this margarita?” “Yes.” “Did you to use 100 percent blue agave tequila?”…
Connections can appear like a Spring breeze
THE HOT WIND blasted through our little bar when the front door opened. Warm air rises, we are taught in elementary school, but someone should have…
Hands off approach often works best
I LOOKED AT the clock on the wall. It was late, later than I am used to seeing on a clock in a bar, perhaps because…
Taxing thoughts on tips and the IRS
IT WAS ONE of those nights, the type of night where everything goes just right. All the food came out on time and all the drinks…
Server or servant?
The front door of the restaurant was held open momentarily by a blustery gust of watery wind. I struggled with that door, along with my umbrella,…
Gainfully employed
It had been a typically enjoyable evening. The two ladies had enjoyed a cocktail two appetizers, a split salad, and glass of wine. We were all…
Remembering Howie, who had a real zest for life
‘MAKE THE MOST of your regrets and never smother your sorrow,” Thoreau said. Each spring those thoughts return along with the warm weather. Howie was an…
Gin and bear it on Easter
‘THIS GUY SAYS this Ramos fizz doesn’t taste right,” a waiter says to me in passing. So it begins, another Easter brunch shift.
Keeping it kosher for passover
TOMORROW MARKS the beginning of Passover, the Jewish festival that commemorates the story of the Exodus, when the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.…
Leaping leprachauns why are some so entitled?
RECENTLY I READ an article in the newspaper about former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir shushing the crowd at one of his gigs, then uttering, “Am…