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Under a paschal moon: wines to compliment your holiday feast
People, it’s all based on the moon: the paschal moon. Passover and Easter are the original moveable feasts, based on a series of mathematical approximations, an…
Civility is a two-way street
I pulled into the driveway of the supermarket the same way I have every Sunday for the last five years or so. I drove past the…
Not everyone is a good wingmate
I had seen the two of them around my apartment complex — maybe it was at the pool, or at the mailboxes. I wouldn’t say we…
A Beverage Director making her mark
The last time we talked with Erin Hines, she was a bartender at Picco in Larkspur and had just started her Bitter Girl Bitters company, making four unique bitters at…
Questioning my sanity behind the bar
“My friend is sitting there,” said the man in the backward-facing hat, gesturing at the empty seat beside him. “He’s not there now, is he?” I…
Barfly Season Six Premiere: Erin Hines
Listen to full episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/episodes/16893509
It pays to be nice
He seemed so much older to me back then. But when you’re a 22-year-old trainee bartender everyone seems so much older. In a bar environment, they…
Spring cleaning? Start with cocktails
Thursday is the spring equinox. For those who don’t know, there are two solstices and two equinoxes. An equinox is where night and day are equal…
Finding the truth isn’t always easy
It was a Wednesday night and it was buzzing like a beehive. If you’ve ever seen a video of the interior of a beehive then you…
Seeing bad dates from behind the bar
I’ve seen a lot of first dates. In 30 years of bartending, it’s probably around 10,000. There’s an idiom floating around that it takes 10,000 repetitions…