Author Archives: MikeQ

Everything about Aaron was a bit over the top — the way he acted, the way he dressed, the way he talked. Consider his girlfriend.  He’d met her back in junior high when they were both around eleven or twelve … Continue reading →

“I know it’s early,” Stacey said when she woke me up.  She kept gently shaking my shoulder.  “I know it’s early . . . and I hate to do this,” she said. It was eight o’clock in the morning and … Continue reading →

(A couple of weeks ago we told a story about being in the weeds while making fresh-squeezed OJ.  That got me thinking about all the difficult shifts that happen on this job.  This is another of them . . . … Continue reading →

Before becoming a bartender, I took time off from my college years to travel as the road manager of a local rock band.  The band was called “Wool” — Neil Diamond was our producer.  Here’s a story from those days … Continue reading →

Bartending should be fun — and it is fun, especially when there’s music in the background, a lively crowd, and those dollar bills keep piling up in in the tip jar. It can also be hard work, a daunting challenge … Continue reading →