Category Archives: Life on a Cocktail Napkin

HALLOWEEN MADNESS (Again) . . .

  Booty Vortex has become a Halloween tradition at Johnny D’s.  It’s a rocking time with some of Boston’s best musicians working it on stage.  It’s a night of disco/funk, dancing to the old tunes like “Disco Inferno” and “Lady … Continue reading

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT . . .

I’m taking a day off from the bar stories.  We’ll be back later this week with a more typical post, but for now this space will be used for some great photos by my cousin Jack McAllister, two poems from … Continue reading

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GUNSHOTS! (And the annual Workers’ Compensation audit)

Yesterday afternoon was chewed up by our top-to-bottom bar cleaning, and now the annual workers’ comp audit for the club is waiting on my desk.  I’m on a break here, trying to piece together a post for this week. But, … Continue reading

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HALL OF FAMERS (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)

Today’s post is quite a bit lighter than last week’s.  It’s about one of my favorite pastimes behind the bar — spotting nominees for The Hall of Fame. There’s been a HOF in every place I’ve worked, and typically the … Continue reading

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RUNNING LATE . . .

This week’s post will be short.  I was running behind anyway, then one of our bartenders wanted to switch our Weds/Thurs shifts to attend a concert. A full post is coming next week, but in the meantime here’s a short … Continue reading

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