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Jan.26.2012 From Starbucks to Barbucks Starbuck's recent annoucement that it would start serving beer and wine at stores in Atlanta and Southern California has gotten lots of press in the last week. Much of it, like much Starbucks, talk is rather tongue and cheek. "Would You Like a Lager with Your Latte?" "Starbucks...	Jan.11.2011 Authors Drink!? Why Did Nobody Tell Me? Café Savoy I was - admittedly - a bit surprised to see Kafka's name in an article about the places famous authors went to drink. If Kafka had five ales over the course of a year, it would be of note. But - aha! - coffee houses are included. Drinking in Kafka's literary influences at Café Savoy...
Aug.05.2010 One in, One out Today a friend of mine arrived back home. Of course home for her is actually no longer NYC proper but an outpost of culture she's made and found in Austin, Texas. So, as she stood on a Brooklyn corner and typed her status to the world many of us laughed and chimed in at her unique New York moment....	Aug.05.2010 One in, One out Today a friend of mine arrived back home. Of course home for her is actually no longer NYC proper but an outpost of culture she's made and found in Austin, Texas. So, as she stood on a Brooklyn corner and typed her status to the world many of us laughed and chimed in at her unique New York moment....
Jul.07.2010 A Hamptons (NY) Party Last Saturday, I put on a sparkling mini dress and strapped high-heels sandals, then convinced my hubby to drive me to a Hamptons party. I also pleaded with him to hang around as my arm-candy. How could I miss one of those glittering events that would be mentioned in the gossip columns and photos...	Jul.07.2010 I DOUBT IT'S NAMED AFTER 'LOUIE-THE-DOG', BUT HE GIVES A "WOOF" ANYWAY Specials \| NEW YORK CITY Snack PreviewComplimentary cocktails and haute bar snacks at Louis 649 We've always loved the Tuesday Night Tastings at Louis 649, but the addition of top-notch bar snacks gives us an excuse to visit this East Village cocktail den...
Dec.18.2009 First Beer Kid’s bangs blending with tall grass, we watched Them cross the lot, some stumbling already, brush Aside the door, entering a place that wanted No part of us. What went on in there? We wondered and wished we could know and better Than know. The red slab swung wide then slammed,And like the...	Oct.01.2009 FOOSBALL Having played for maybe the third time In twenty years, my wife can only Giggle, flailing as she fails to snap and spin The human paddles, trouncing me like Beatrice, Her heroine in The Postman, that scene Where Mario crawls in search of the ball And she engulfs it with her open mouth. We’ve...
May.20.2009 AutoBARography 7: MY SHORT CAREER AS A GAY BARTENDER/PART ONE THE HOTTEST SPOT IN TOWN July '73, Times Square, New York...There's a recession on, but you can't tell by me. I've got a bar job-- twenty-seven bucks a night and all the goldfish I can eat. It's at the Hotel Diplomat, an SRO on 43rd. St. and Sixth Ave. We call it "the Roach Motel"...	May.08.2009 Paws for Thought This is just a little thank you to all the people out there in Red Room who sent me wishes after my operation. As you can see from the photograph I am alive and well and living in The Mary's house in Boleybeg. Sorry about appearing with the lampshade apparatus around my neck but the man in the...

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