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…
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…
‘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…
‘THIS GUY SAYS this Ramos fizz doesn’t taste right,” a waiter says to me in passing. So it begins, another Easter brunch shift.
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.…
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…
AS WE MOVE toward spring, the days get longer, which of course means the nights get shorter. So certain nocturnal activities get a little more hurried,…
‘WHAT WINE WOULD you recommend?” asked the woman who had already attempted to squeeze in front of two other groups of people who were waiting to…
SHE SAT IN front of me, not out of reverence or respect or even out of interest, but simply because it was the only seat available.…
Interview with Margaret Randall Podcast at: http://tellourlifestoriesblog.com/2013/04/27/the-barfly-interview-with-jeff-burkhart.aspx