NOT TOO KEENE
Unless you’ve been living under a pumpkin, you’ve probably heard about the Pumpkin Festival riot near Keene State College the other week.
View ArticleSEARCHING FOR KAREN
Salem was expected to have 100,000 people milling around this year, and my friend Meg and I wanted to make sure we procured some bar seats in town. We settled into our watering hole and downed pumpkin...
View ArticleTHE MEDICINE
With winter right around the corner, I thought I, your friendly neighborhood bartender. would share three solid tips on how to get through the next four miserable months.
View ArticleBAR HAVOC: A LONG DECEMBER
New Year’s Eve I know I’ll spend New Year’s Eve right where I belong: behind the bar with a bottle opener in my back pocket and a martini shaker in my hand.
View ArticleBAR HAVOC: GAME TIME
There are people who want to get as drunk as I had the night before and it’s my job to get them there.
View ArticleBAR HAVOC: WHINE AND WINE
*SPIRITUAL RE-ENACTMENT IMAGE COURTESY OF EVERYONE WHO’S EVER BEEN HORRIBLY BOMBED IN THE CAN. It was apparent she was drunk when I sat down. Her makeup was smeared and her hair had given up, the...
View ArticleBAR HAVOC: THE THAW
IMAGE BY SCOTT MURRY @HOTDOGTACO The holidays are a difficult time to be a bartender. A lot of college kids leave for break, leaving me nothing but scraps to live off of for the coldest months of...
View ArticleBEING SNOTTY
The DJ hadn’t even started, so I thought I had some time before amateur hour began. I was wrong.
View ArticleBAR HAVOC: JUST ANOTHER NIGHT
For bartenders the appeal and general concept of New Year’s Eve is completely lost. It’s certainly more than just another night, but we don’t get to enjoy it the way the rest of the world does. I can’t...
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