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DANNY

(In the 1970s, I was still in my twenties and tending bar at The Lark Tavern in Albany, NY. I also volunteered one overnight each week at a neighborhood hotline and crisis center, Refer Switchboard, half a block from The … Continue reading

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THE BRUTAL LESSON

(Paul and Sonny were two undercover narcotics cops, friends of Marty, our bar manager at The Lark Tavern. They become regulars at The Lark, and one night they stepped in to help Marty out of a jam. This true story … Continue reading

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JOHNNY D’S IS CLOSING . . .

As Johnny D’s is about to close, a lot of us who worked there have been called for interviews. The club’s upcoming exit made the front page of The Boston Globe. It’s a big deal in this city … Johnny … Continue reading

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CLASSIC BAR LINES

I’m sure you’ve seen Meg Ryan’s famous antics in When Harry met Sally–she fakes an orgasm so well in a restaurant that a lady seated nearby tells her waiter “I’ll have what she’s having.” It’s a great scene, hysterically funny … Continue reading

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WAITSTAFF BANTER (nipple play)

These two short events happened late last Sunday night. During closing duties at the nightclub, one of the waitresses scrubbed the stainless steel counter of the service station. Only she was using an industrial steel scruffie! “Stop!!!” I shouted. The … Continue reading

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