I had never heard of Tartan Day before this......
We started at The House of Brews & ended up at Johnny Rockets...
<h2>German food and bar hopping in Hoboken</h2> We started our night with a little red wine. Lisa made fun the small juice glasses I always use for serving wine. I have proper stemmed ones but I'm haunted by this nagging fear of them falling over. Having been around several clumsy people ...
<h2>It's about more than the green beer and corned beef</h2> I know that this will fall upon the ears of my fellow Irish Americans as sacrilege, but I have never really been a fan of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. The hordes of amateur fake Irish with painted faces drinking green bee...
<h2>A night with friends, saying goodbye to hell</h2> When I was planning my finale happy hour, I had no idea Hachette would actually ask me to leave on Tuesday instead of working thru the end of the week. I had already planned on Thursday being the date of what I began to call my emancip...
Trying to write on a moving bus last night would have been hard enough without the alcoholic frivolity. So deciphering my notes today is proving to be a bit of a challenge. First I have to say how annoying the woman behind me on the bus was. She was taping on a water bottle, then the windo...
When my friend Maria and I were making plans not too long ago to hang out, she asked if I would like to meet her cousins who were coming in from Ireland. Karen, Claudine and Suzanne. Charming, pretty ladies with plenty of amusing stories to match. We all met up last night at Divine Bar Eas...
Saturday was a perfect night of relaxation. Lisa's friend Johnnie and his girlfriend Sheena were up from Florida visiting. Sheena had never been to NYC. In fact, I don't think she'd ever been out of Florida. I often take the grandeur of New York for granted....
<h2>Simple plans get bigger</h2> On Saturday night I had plans to have dinner with Heather but instead she and her friend Liz decided to throw a little party. So we got together at Liz's apartment along with several of her friends. What a fun group. Along with Liz and Heather there was Ar...
<h2>The night started out simple enough and became a fun-filled adventure</h2> A bunch of us went to Mars 2112 for some $2.00 beer and/or $5.00 drinks. It's their special for Wednesday and Thursday Happy Hour. You can either get into the bar/restaurant by paying an extra $2.00 and sitting...
<h2>My Asian fetish was doing backflips</h2> NYC uses an assortment of blockade devices in an attempt to move the crowds along in a orderly fashion on New Year's Eve. There are blue wooden police horses, sections of silver metal resembling crib sides and large white slabs of concrete amon...
My friend Joy and I started our night at The Russian Samovar (256 W. 52nd St, NYC). We wanted to show support for their recently announced lawsuit against the TWU. During the short, illegal strike many businesses lost substantial amounts of income thanks to the crippling of the city's abil...
<h2>A bunch of us gather for a night of celebration</h2> Three words that have been known to send shivers up the spines of employees everywhere. However, I personally enjoy these shindigs. Mainly due to the fact that most people think I'm a freak, so there is little chance that I'll do an...
<h2>Celebrating upcoming the nuptials of my friends in Little Italy</h2> A bitchy girl gets on the bus pissed that she couldn’t pay with a five. So pouts and says to her boyfriend, "If he would just let me pay with a five, there'd be no problem." As if driver sets up the machines to only ...
<h2>Poe never figured on the flatware...</h2> My friend Liz and I finally met for drinks after weeks ... months ... of trying to get together. We're always talking about trips to Austria, parties and other fun things that just never seem to happen thanks to our respective insane lives and...
<h2>By Tuesday, this week was already too long for me</h2> So when Lisa called me on Wednesday to meet for drinks at Lua in Hoboken my answer was, "Hell yes!" The last time I was at Lua I was not drinking. It's a tough place for me to be sober. It's very fancy-schmancy and the choice of m...
<h2>I began questioning my drinking habits once again</h2> Since I've been back off the wagon, a strange new fact has come to light. I really don't enjoy mixed drinks now. This may be a temporary effect of the sobriety. As a matter of reflex and habit, Eric ordered me what was always my u...
<h2>OK, first of all ... why the name 'Overlook'?</h2> It's on 44th Street between 2nd and 3rd. It doesn't actually overlook anything. Although on their website there is an image that seems to be looking down on the bar. I know they have an upstairs and a roof deck, but the vantage point ...
