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Day-by-day slog for a San Diego job
No, I did not see that, but thank you for it, Duhbya. I noticed bartenders of this caliber when traveling to New York and Chicago and became interested in their stories. We have gone to a bar in Chicago, come back two years later, and the same guy is there. Like I said, they are professional bartenders and do this until they retire, not like San Diego bars, who only hire attractive (sort of) women with questionable employment opportunities. These women move on when they meet a guy who doesn't like them working in a bar, to be replaced by one of the hundreds of applicants just waiting to take her job. I've asked one New York bartender how long he had been working at his particular post and he told me 30 years. They make really solid six figure salaries, and they are fixtures. People come into the bar just to be served by them. So it's not being proud of alcohol, as insinuated previously. It is being proud of the people who treat a pastime that shows no sign of going away with respect and consideration and actually working at it, without bitterness for their good fortune, as they earned it.— June 11, 2010 2:38 p.m.
Ratt 'n' Roll
Rollins is the bomb. I will have to check that out. Tiki, do you remember Iguana's down in TJ? I once saw the Rollins Band there with Tool!! I went with a date in 1991, I think it was. Wow, what an experience. That place was nuts. This was before Tool exploded onto the rock scene, so it was great to tell people this story later when they got really popular.— June 11, 2010 12:42 p.m.
Day-by-day slog for a San Diego job
About this: "dream of "goin out West" with their colars turned up and their pink Le Tigre shirts halfed tucked in, trying to trend out the fashion that once died in the 80's" Hate to tell you, but fashion moves from east to west, not the other way around.— June 11, 2010 9:01 a.m.
Bonus Blog: Suddenly I See The Greatness
Well, of course, ladies, we are all in this together. I can see the new party jelling in my head as we speak. The Cat Coalition for a New America. Animals raising money for animals. Really, SD, there is a printer that cheap? Please, if you have more info, let me know!! I think this would be a fun little endeavor. And all good points about Dawn, celebrities, etc., SD. Like nan said, where the F*** are they?!?!?? I cannot stand to look at another dead whale, another oil-caked bird, another dolphin unable to breathe.— June 11, 2010 8:57 a.m.
Liar Liar Pants On Fire/edit
AHHHH!! The masturbation video!!! Wrestle Clooney for Brad - snort. True, true. I LOVE Alec Baldwin. He is my forever fattie. I just wanna hug him and wuv him.— June 11, 2010 8:50 a.m.
Day-by-day slog for a San Diego job
Give the guy a break, he was just being honest. So what if he doesn't want to work at Dick's? He was willing to. And if having to work there doesn't knock your "dick" in the dirt, so to speak, I don't know what would. And yes, he is 26, and he worked hard to find a good bartender job. Do you want to know why? Because people from the east take bartender jobs seriously. They do not have plastic barbies slinging drinks on the east coast. They have professional bartenders, who know how to do more than draw a draft or open a bottle. These guys know how to mix DRINKS. San Diego does not drink much past the white wine, beer, margarita mentality, so they can afford to hire these airheads, but god help them if someone asks for a Sidecar or a Manhattan, because they are going to be met with the glassy-eyed stare of dumb-dumb bartending. I for one find it very refreshing that San Diego is finally waking up to real cocktails in venues that are NOT in Pacific Beach, which is where you go when the only drinks you know are shots, beer, and the simple booze and soda combos. I am looking forward to sampling some of Jason's wares, served by a REAL bartender. Maybe we need to have non-natives serving our drinks. They are the only ones that know how.— June 11, 2010 8:42 a.m.
Bonus Blog: Suddenly I See The Greatness
I will do a prototype and see what reaction I get. There is a shirt shop not far from me. Dr. Peanut will need full oversight as to the use of her image. She eschews publicity for publicity's sake. It would be fun, wouldn't it?— June 10, 2010 8:29 p.m.
Liar Liar Pants On Fire/edit
For years I had an "I Love Brad" Tiger Beat-style sticker in my car. One time my husband took it in for service, and when the tech sat in the driver's seat he said "I assume this is your wife's car"!! My husband deadpanned "no, it's mine. Why do you ask?" Classic!! I love Brad!! Now if we could just get rid of that wife of his...— June 10, 2010 8:26 p.m.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
It's cheestastic!! Oh, yes, Don's column for sure!!— June 10, 2010 7:19 p.m.
How Much is that Doggie at the Shelter? Nada!!!
Yay!! Thanks for getting the word out, anti!!— June 10, 2010 7:17 p.m.