Category Archives: Life on a Cocktail Napkin

STORMY MONDAY

When I started this blog, I was determined to use the real names of all the people I was writing about.  How could I not use them?  I had learned to tend bar from a veteran barman named Johnny La … Continue reading

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JAW-DROPPER AT THE SYMPHONY

The NBA finals are going on right now, and our Boston Celtics aren’t in it.  The Miami Heat beat them in last week’s heart-breaking conference championships.  But today I choose to think about happier times, looking back to when the … Continue reading

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THE NIGHT HAWKS

Like everyone else, I have an alarm clock.  Like everyone else I hate when it goes off, and all I want is to continue to lay there in bed.  I hate it so much that my snooze-bar has a finger … Continue reading

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“STUPID TUESDAY” (And something new from David Hayden)

I’m taking a week off from our usual posts.  Typically I write about the bar life — free beer, naked women, lousy tippers, and patrons over-indulging.  I like stories about gangsters and strippers, or those who just behave like them. But … Continue reading

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SECOND CHANCES IN A BAR

It’s a bar room tradition with  a long history.  It’s such a part of this business that some establishments include a reference in their name — The Last Chance Saloon, Second Chance Bar, and Heinold’s First and Last Chance (still … Continue reading

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