A restaurant odyssey (in the style of Ulysses by James Joyce)

Stately, plump, the giant steak came out from the back kitchen. The platter bore a bowl of Chimichurri sauce and was crossed lengthwise by a large…

New 3 part Nike missile story for the Pacific Sun

Barfly Podcast S06 E11

listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/episodes/19552205

Who’s afraid of Thomas Wolfe?

I had to turn around twice on the oddly interspaced one-way streets of San Francisco. That coupled with pedestrians who walk out in front of moving…

“She’s the Silver Peso personified”: Beloved bartender returns along with a beloved bar

It seems like every other week another long-established restaurant or bar is closing. But finally, there’s good news. Larkspur’s venerable local dive bar, the Silver Peso, is back!…

“You’re good” often means “Yeah, but you’re not”

It shouldn’t have been difficult. We were all there for the exact same reason. We often like to think of ourselves as unique individualists, but really…

Bar Psychology

When you stand where I stand, you’re called on to do many things. Sometimes a bartender is a listener, and sometimes they’re a talker, because not…

Whiskeys for the 4th, just like the Founding Fathers

As we get ready to celebrate the Fourth of July, which is both the “birth of our nation” and a consistent top four finisher in per…

Down and out and thirsty in North Hollywood

I felt like a cowboy in an old Western. I believe the word is “parched.” After a seven-hour drive from the Bay Area, we rolled into…

Just Kidding

The dreamy, dulcet dinner jazz tinkled throughout the lounge. A slowly revolving overhead fan kept the humidity at bay as best it could. It was a…