I got to work and Gator called me up to the office immediately. He said in his raspy, Southern, good old boy voice, “I got a story for you which’ll keep you laughing at me for months.” He went on to tell me how some homeless looking dude who was some sort of roadie for [...]
I was distraught to say the least. I heard on Friday night that what was supposed to be a blowout of a rugby party on Saturday got canceled. Something about not being able to get a field. Instead of a bar packed with guaranteed drinkers, I would have to hope that the second NCAA basketball [...]
I woke up this morning not knowing what day it was. That’s the problem with having a Vampiric schedule, you tend to lose a sense of time. There was a time when my sister was out of work and she would ask me, “Dave, is it weekday or weekend?” For the unemployed, it doesn’t matter, [...]
Forgive me if my memory is a little hazy, but I just finished a spectacular meal at Gjelina on Abbot-Kinney, but more on that later. Adrian walked his dogs to the bar and stopped by for a coldy. (For those keeping score at home “a coldy” is less than a dozen.) We were hanging out [...]
I swear there was a saying, “You miss a day, you miss a lot.” Maybe I’m just making it up, but it really comes to mind. I woke up Saturday and went to meet my friends Suzanne and Tim for brunch at AK, which was great. I had the best laid plans to put off [...]
I’m not gonna lie. I did not like St. Patrick’s Day. The funny thing is that I was actually looking forward to it. Since it’s the super bowl of alcoholism and pushing booze is my occupation, I figured it would be good times. I was wrong. It wasn’t all bad. The first few hours were [...]
The Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day was the second biggest day of 2008. Maybe it was because St. Patrick’s Day was on a Monday, and people decided that Saturday would be their alcoholiday, but we were busy all night long. Nicole informed me the other day that this year’s Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day Tim [...]
Rob Cullen made our night. It’s that simple. It was a mediocre Friday, but one tip changed everything. Thank God for Rob Cullen. Six months ago, it seemed that Fridays were the great nights and Saturdays were hit and miss. In the last month, or so, it’s been the opposite. I don’t know what could [...]
I know I’m getting old when I have to google drinking games. I first heard about Flip Cup when the kickball league brought it into O’ Brien’s. I didn’t really pay much attention to the game, I would just pass by the long table of competitors and try and avoid any sort of contact, lest [...]
Even though it was my birthday, I figured it would be like any other Friday. I got to the pub a half hour early and was immediately greeted by Nicole. She wished me a Happy Birthday and walked me inside. I walked into the main room and saw above the bar two-foot, gold, helium, balloons, [...]