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Happy Hours

Other than cheap hooch and a nonviolent crowd, a good happy-hour spot has to have a great view. For me, the only view that...

Squeaky Clean

A high-powered lawyer friend, who happens to be female, recently reminded me of the risks inherent in asking guys out for drinks. Her story...

The In-Cider Scoop

You never forget your first. Mine was in college at O’Bannon’s, a dingy Irish bar I frequented much too often to admit.  I’m talking about...

Pokémon, Go!

Almost 20 years ago, when my brother Andy was 10 and I had come home for Christmas break during my sophomore year in college,...

Bachelor-Party Season

Ahhh, spring! Birds on the wing, daylight hours on the rise, strippers on the see-through stiletto. For most of us male of-agers, spring means wedding...

A Man and a Dog Walk into a Bar

About halfway through football season, when I caught on that the 49ers were moving out of a decade of bad coaching and worse ownership...

October Skies

Whoever said bar bosses don't work hard should meet October Pennington. She spent years busting her butt at the Poop Deck Lounge, a salty...

Roadhousin’

A couple weekends ago, a friend of mine dragged me to Bedford, a nice little bedroom community but not exactly my first (or ninth)...

Be Cool

"Dennis," according to Dennis, was once, a long time ago, a superstar pool hustler in Las Vegas, a quaint little locale you may have...

Kiddie Litter

My time at bowling alleys has been limited to kids' bowling/laser-tag parties. Even then, I'm the parent who makes five minutes of small talk...