“Yeah. Let’s fly to Florence and pedal to the village. It will be, I dunno, five hundred miles or so.”
EXCERPT: ‘THE ROAD TO SAN DONATO’
FILM REVIEW: “SMITHEREENS” AND “HER SMELL” AT THE BRATTLE
Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens (1982) and Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell (2019), which play back-to-back ...
THE DENTAL CONSPIRACY
A former anti-dentite opens up his mouth and mind
YOUR ANNUAL RECAP: MIDNIGHT MARATHON RIDE 2015
I do this ride for the cruel but timely reminder of just how doughy I am heading into warmer months.
BAR 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.
BAR 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 remember any champagne toasts, no glitzy dresses, and I certainly don’t remember any ...
BAR 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.
BEING SNOTTY
The DJ hadn’t even started, so I thought I had some time before amateur hour began. I was wrong.
BAR 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 the year. Even with money getting a little tight, I can’t help but feel grateful. I have a ...
BAR 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 tracks of her extensions sticking out more and more every time she attempted to run her ...
