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Surviving The Game
In the latest edition of Surviving The Game, I will provide six different types of customers you might encounter while working behind a bar in New York City. One may be skeptical that all the eccentricities of a place like this would fit into six categories, but it has been my experience that they do. […]
Knife and Truth: Right and Wrong
Before I begin, I will say: there is no “RIGHT” form of comedy. Comedy is just another form of connection, and it is completely subjective. That being said… In the wake of any devastating natural disaster, our Social Narcissist Sites (FB, Twitter, etc) afford people opportunities to globally announce their sense of humor in attempts to quell […]
Dear Everyone
Dear Everyone, Half of you are happy. Half of you are not. Those are of course, the simplest terms possible. The happy among you are overjoyed. Obama’s reelection means great things for the future, and continued improvement in the present. The unhappy feel the sky has now fallen. That we might as well blow up […]
Pissin’ In The Wind: The End Of An Era
The greatest thing about Hurricane Sandy was what it did to the national media. In a week that would normally be chock full of nonstop election coverage, those in the New York area got a break. We’ve been suffering through election coverage for nearly two years. If the national media took a break for once […]
Separation Anxiety
By now everyone has seen the iconic New York Magazine picture, where half of the city skyline is shrouded in darkness. One need only look at that image to know they are looking at something different. The random onion ring amidst a basket of French-fry cities. New York is beautifully ugly, at once capable of […]
Even More Kinky
(If you missed Part 1 of Oliver’s terrific piece on Kinky Friedman, CLICK HERE) At the precise moment I accepted that I would not attend Kinky Friedman’s June 9th Highline Ballroom performance, the search began. That was his only show in New York City. Damn. I started looking down, plotting distances between my Queens apartment […]
Surviving The Game
Last time we looked at some tips for your first night behind a bar. Today, as hopefully you still have the job, Surviving The Game presents six different kinds of bartenders, and how to spot each. Please enjoy. 1) The Lifer. May be considerably older than the rest of the staff, but it’s not necessary […]
Events: Milagro Mixologia
As is the case with most spirits, there are plenty of misconceptions about tequila. While I’m a big proponent of letting people drink the way the want, every so often an opportunity arises to help the average consumer learn a little more, while also providing the amazing eating and drinking experiences Bored and Thirsty has […]
Pissin’ In The Wind: Kinky
I don’t go to as many concerts as I used to. Partly because in college, one of the perks of writing for my school paper were free tickets. Even though film was my major, not math, it’s my understanding free is preferable to pretty much anything else. Out a college a few years, now I […]
A Manner of Speaking
“I put the bastards of the world on notice….. I do not have their best interests at heart.” – Hunter S. Thompson “I hope Romney wins. I mean he’s not my first choice, he is against all that gay rights stuff, which is probably bad. But I figured out, if he’s elected, I can pretty […]
Bored and Thirsty 