Notes on a Cocktail Napkin

I hate holidays.  With the exception of getting work off, which never happens in the bar industry, there are no redeeming qualities about holidays.  Valentine’s Day makes single people feel bad, Mother’s Day upsets those who can’t conceive, at least, Thanksgiving is a national binge day.  But the worst holiday of them all is New [...]

I have a history of wearing tiaras on new year’s eve. I remember my first new year’s at O’ Brien’s for the millennium. There are many pictures of me tripping on ecstasy wearing a dainty silver number. If you look hard enough at one photo, you can hear me grinding my teeth. When I got [...]