Category: Deep Thoughts
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Cocktail Trends: 4.20.23
Happy 420! Light up a doob! I used to smoke a shit ton of weed in my youth but haven’t partaken in a really long time. I tried it a couple of times a year or so ago and all it did was make me super tired and groggy the next day like I took…
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The Lost City of Gratitude
My first thoughts this morning turned to my previous post. A bit snarky, poking fun at people, and a part where I ranted a bit and seemed ungrateful for my lot in life. Well, I’m here to tell you, that’s not the case. Maybe I woke up feeling a bit sappy, the wind knocked out…
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97 in a Row…
This blog began out of necessity. On January 4, 2023, I started writing at home instead of at the local coffee shop in the mornings. This was partly to save money ($5 a day adds up) and mostly to be a help around my son, (who is a total hellion) so Jo, my fiance, was…
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Slow Nights Force You to Contemplate Your Terrible Life Choices
Yup. Slower than death last night and the regret monsters really climbed into my head. How did I end up here? What the hell am I going to do with the rest of my life? Am I going to be here until I’m 60 years old? For whatever reason I thought about my old roommate,…
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The Florida Stint: Part One
Twenty one years old, no driver’s license, ponytail. Seemed like a good time to leave Vermont and move to Florida. Drive over 1800 miles through a bunch of red states illegally? Yeah. What the hell? Through the haze of time I can conjure up some of the reasons why I did it. One, I hated…
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Bartending Videos are a Thing
I came across a restaurant’s cocktail video yesterday on instagram and instantly felt a combination of seething rage, annoyance, and at the pure pomposity of the whole production. A dude in a button up shirt, face obscured, pouring milk punch from a fancy crystal decanter onto an ice sphere into an overly grandiose rocks glass…
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Irish Cream Is A Beautiful, Necessary Sham
I know its delicious. But here’s the thing, it contains Irish whiskey, cream, and sugar so how can it not be? But what other malevolent devils swirl around inside the bottle? Maybe some immoral combination of anti-caking agents and suspension polymers to keep it all falsely suspended together as it squats on the shelf? I…
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Time Change Blues
Apologies, these blogs posts have gone down the toilet this week and occur later in the day because, for some reason, we still change our goddam clocks around twice a year. I don’t know about you, but this season’s time change is murdering me. Maybe it’s the horrible weather (more complaining about that in a…
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Why Aren’t Cocktails Part of the Conversation?
Are cocktails as underrated and underappreciated as the great Scottie Pippen? Maybe. Probably. Who knows? For those who aren’t aware, cocktail construction is both the easiest and most difficult part of the culinary experience. Easiest because sometimes all you need is fresh lime juice and half a brain in your head and you can bust…
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On Being the Old Guy in a Restaurant
There’s a real stigma surrounding older people working in restaurants, unless of course they’re the chef (but even then, when was the last time you saw a chef over the age of 50 aside from Wolfgang Puck?). Why? Whenever I see an older person waiting tables or bartending I feel the same twinge of despair…
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Bread, Butter, and Honey
The glories of gluten. Man oh man. I’ll be the first to admit I have a major weakness for it. My childhood diet consisted of gluten with heaping sides of sugar. It’s no wonder I was such a little shit. But alas, in old age, it’s started to wear on me. It’s become more enjoyable…
The Aging Bartender 