My therapist says I should apologize

It was awkward from the get-go. Both women sat staring straight ahead with their hands clasped in their laps. Were they sisters? Or were they friends?…

Is this for business, or for pleasure?

The stage of seduction was set, as it so often is, with both soft lighting and soft music. Wine was flowing, cocktails were being had and…

4 red wines for autumn

It rained the other day, and if the smell of the woods after the first rain can be called petrichor, the smell of the freeway after…

Offense can’t be taken if it isn’t heard

“Why didn’t you bring me any sugar?” asked the woman sitting by herself at the end of the bar. I scanned her place setting: appetizer plate,…

Some bar patrons can’t see the forest for the trees

“I should write a book,” said the woman unbidden by anyone. In fact, it was such a non sequitur that two people turned away from her…

4 refreshing drinks to make this summer

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” once opined William Shakespeare. But would it taste…

The best spots aren’t always the ones you expect

We weren’t staying at the Chateau Marmont or the Beverly Hills Hotel — not so much because we didn’t want to, but rather because we couldn’t.…

Service workers don’t get enough respect

“Hey, Jeff!” said the man I knew from any of a dozen different nights. We had seen him in good times and in bad. He was…

Marin restaurant helps bring Sausalito’s Sea Lion statue home

On July 3, a sea lion slipped quietly into the Sausalito waterfront. This wasn’t just any sea lion, it was the iconic Sausalito sea lion: a…

Movies and Martini’s. Barfly presents 007 and a screening of the award winning short: Testing123

Cinelounge September 12 6:30pm