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Barfly wins 1st place in California Journalism contest (mailchi.mp)
All’s fair in love, right?
Shakespeare might have said it best when he created the title “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Perhaps the Bard was referring to the lateness inherent after the…
From beach to bottle: California gin makers using seaweed in their products
There I was, at 7 a.m. on a Monday morning, pulling on rubber boots alongside Highway 1 in the parking lot at Schoolhouse Beach in Bodega…
When the bar loses power, it’s time to go
The man in front of me had just rendered his own “War and Peace” in the form of a food order that covered the front and…
Some ideas should just stay ideas
He looked uncomfortable from the moment that he sat down, as evidenced by the fact that he got up immediately and moved, and then he moved…
Meet the namesake of “Mac’s”
We’ve all seen the clichéd sign that reads “Under new management.” In our post-pandemic world, we might just start seeing new signs that read “Under old…
Sometimes being “wrong” is right
I’m not sure where he came from or how he got there; all I knew was that he was there now. I was shaking the Manhattan…
Barfly Podcast S06 E04
listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/episodes/17472955
Playing games at the bar
Bartending can be a lot like Whack a Mole, the old arcade game where a rodent’s head pops up out of a hole, and you whack…
Judge not lest…
Don’t, be so quick to judge others “What are you guys doing here?” said what appeared to be the bellhop. And he didn’t say it in…
The gins of Marin, perfect to pair with tonic
A West Coast lifestyle aficionado once wrote a song about gin and juice. A better version would have used tonic, because while gin and juice is…