Customer service actually means serving customers

Sometimes the problem isn’t without, sometimes it’s within The loss leading flyer was in my mailbox. It was for a store one town over, a store…

In the case of the sbagliato, sometimes being “wrong” can be oh so right

“Darling, you simply must have a Negroni Sbagliato,” someone is sure to say to you sometime soon (if they haven’t already). Italian cocktails are all the…

Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Sixteen

guest: Clay Walker, President Gott’s Roadside Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11567229

The universe might not be watching you, but the bartender always is

The leaves had begun to pile, ever so slightly, by the front door. The man in a brightly colored short sleeved Hawaiian shirt had just put…

Have the cream sauce, but have it with the people that you care about

Two pillars of brick stand guard on a quiet suburban street corner in San Rafael. Like trunkless legs of stone, their red mortared features are slowly…

Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Fifteen

guest: Chef Munther Massarweh of Rickey’s, Speakeasy, and the Boardroom Hear more here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11445274

All the world’s a stage, left or right

I had entered “Stage left.” Or was it “Stage right?” I have never really understood theater direction. Maybe that is because stage direction is always from…

Cocktails for the Jewish New Year

If you are reading this online on Tuesday (before sundown) then it is still Rosh Hashanah: the Jewish New Year. If you are reading it after…

Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Fourteen

guest: Nish Ndaraja, former employee #6 at Yelp! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-four-nish-nadaraja-former-employee-6-at-yelp/id1376751260?i=1000580112296

Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Thirteen

guests: Mimi Towle and Nikki Wood of Local Getaways Magazine https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11265600