Barfly wins “best column” in California!
Barfly wins 1st place in California Journalism contest (mailchi.mp)
Read the room
I walked into the bar and immediately noticed four women sitting or standing at the bar. That confusion stemmed from their skirts. All four had on…
The right vermouth can make or break a drink
If you’re a Manhattan or Negroni drinker, you don’t need to be told that the vermouth used in either should be just as good as the…
You can’t please everyone – even at a bar
“Can you put the debate on?” asked someone clearly clueless as to how bars function. Want to see a fight? Mix booze and politics. Every bartender…
Don’t listen to everyone’s ‘advice’
“You guys know what you should do?” asked the man standing two people back, wedged in sideways. He didn’t even know where or how to stand…
San Anselmo man the driving force behind Kendric Vineyards
To say that Kendric Vineyards is off the beaten track is a gross understatement. It’s maybe 2 miles west of Highway 101, but that too is…
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…