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• NYC Department of Health Bartender Checklist

  

  How many times have you seen this lovely picture? Bartenders are notorious for this practice. We like to keep our personal sodas cold, our energy bars fresh, an... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Can Drinking Cure Your Cold?

  

  It’s that time of year again… aching, wheezing, coughing up loogies – the shakes, fevers and sore throats. For the first time in several years, I neglected to... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Huff Po Calls Out Cranky Bartenders – Yours Truly Steps Up

  I started this blog as a goof, an outlet for a few pent-up frustrations, and for self-psychotherapy. I held no other expectations. The unexpected however, has... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Hatorade: Vodka Club Or Vodka Soda

  

  I’ll state it outright: I have instant disdain, deservedly or not, for Vodka Soda drinkers. They’re the scourge of bars everywhere – a festering scab that... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Every Bar Needs an N.C.R. Register

  

  1900-Series NCR Register at Karavas Tavern in Greenwich VillageTo hell with Point of Sale systems. I have a message for Micros, Aloha, Squirrel and the like –... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Truth About Bartending Certifications and Licensing

  

  Man. Way too many folks love them some gilded-lettered, framed certificates in Gothic fonts, don’t they? It seems to make dudes pump out their chests just a... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bone Luging – Not Just For Girls

  

  No fools. Not that kind of bone. I’m talking bovine bone – the real deal – the kind my grandmother would force us to scoop the marrow out and nom it down when... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Idiot Clergy Woman of the Day: Pastor Alois Bell

  

  Today, we have a new Blog Category today: Idiot Clergywoman of The Day. Although, I suspect this may turn out to be  a very, very lonely section for quite some... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bartending Myths Debunked

  

  Bartending seems pretty cool, doesn’t it? You’re sitting on your couch 4:30am, after a long night of partying, inhaling Cheetos, toking a bong, and wishing you... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Hearts of Pork: Perils of the Opening Shift

  

  Get a new bartending job, and you start at the bottom of the totem pole. Start at the bottom of the totem pole, and you’ll get sub-prime shifts until you’ve... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Real Deal: 86 Bedford Street – Chumley’s

  

  Chumley’s. The origin for all things “86″ in this business. I’ spent many a late evening here. Yes, it was real - replete with no signs, multiple points of... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Thug Life

  

  I’m unique in appearance. You can’t really make out what I really am. My entire life, I’ve managed to both fit in to every imaginable group, as well as feel... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• All About The Hot Toddy

  

  In all my years of tending bar, rarely have I seen any other cocktail prepared as inconsistently (and wrongly) as ye olde Hot Toddy. Why? Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The New Guy Shuffle – One Door Closes, Another Opens

  

  “The grass is always greener…” “Better the devil you know…” We’ve all heard those well-worn phrases thousands of times, right? People are funny. No matter how... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mr. Mixologist

  

  “Aviation Aramos Fizz…” and 10 minute, $20 cocktails. “Smoked Salmon Infused Vodka… over Lava Rocks.” “Sazerac with some muddled Sage.” You can pin the blame fo... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Please Don’t Ask Me What My “real Job” is

  

  Bravo Malina Bickford, blogger and bartender. She sums it all up quite nicely if not succinctly. If you’re not in the know, throwing a “what do you really want... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Post Christmas 2012 Injuries

  

  Like dainty fingers and manicured nails? Bartending my not suit you. Here are two more gashes within 4 shifts – this week alone. Lovely. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Why You’re Not Getting Hired

  

  I’ve been fortunate enough to hold perhaps a dozen or so bartending gigs over the last 18 years. Some of those gigs have lasted several years. Other seasonal... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Every Day is No Day Off

  

  Photo credit: http://www.brittneycason.comYour job is not like my job. You sit in your comfy, leather-ette Herman Miller recliner, basking in the warm glow of... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Fine Art of Queuing Up – British Style

  

  Let’s face it: our forebearers, forefathers – or whatever you want to call them – on the other side of the pond, have a few things not going so well for them. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION