- ABOUT THIS BLOG
- Everyone has done it – you’re in a bar, looking for a scrap of paper to write a woman's name and phone number on, or just want to make a note to yourself so you don’t forget something. You grab a cocktail napkin.
- (In the TV series The West Wing, a political consultant decides that Jed Bartlet – played by Martin Sheen – should run for President. He takes a cocktail napkin and writes down the slogan, “Bartlet for America.”)
- I work in bars. Over the years, I’ve accumulated enough of my own cocktail-napkin notes to fill six liquor bottle boxes.
- Here are the people and stories that wound up in those notes -- real-life characters like Jackie Rabbit and Maude the Broad, the narcotics cops Paul and Sonny, mafia guys, some shameless tramps and one suicidal young man. You'll meet an old-time boxer who wants to take me into the gym to teach me his trade, and a woman who thinks God is on the stool next to her, urging her to have one more whiskey and ginger. It's life behind the taps.
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GO BRUINS!!! (And way to go, David Hayden)
I apologize in advance because this post is going to be all over the place. It’s just that two completely unrelated things happened this past week I feel compelled to talk about. FIRST, THE BOSTON BRUINS finally won the Stanley … Continue reading
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ANOTHER CHARLIE on the M(B)TA
“Is this way good for you?” she asked innocently as she shifted her body a little to the left. With a playful tone, she broached the subject so easily it surprised me. This was a rather awkward position for us. … Continue reading
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MEN with BRASS BALLS chasing GHOSTS
The day after Osama bin Laden was killed, John Bonaccorso (The Drowning Frog, The Chocolate Starfish) was at a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Just before game time the announcer asked everyone to rise for a moment of silence. 34,000 … Continue reading
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GRANT’S TRIBUTE
Sorry for the delay on the new post . . . it’s in progress, I’m still gathering info. It’s related to the events of this past week and it will be an interesting one, I assure you. (Probably coming this Monday or … Continue reading
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TINA DELELLIS (Mrs. Johnny D)
Most restaurant workers don’t like their bosses. Talk five minutes with anyone in food service and you’ll probably hear plenty about the egotistic son-of-a-bitch who makes their life hell. I’ve been lucky. I’ve worked for some great owners and today I’d … Continue reading
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