Monthly Archive: March 2008

Off the grid

Several months ago, my buddy G-Rob was lamenting his lack of availability for an annual trip to Las Vegas. Due to work and family issues, he was forced to stay behind while the rest...

Sky afire

G-Vegas had its first thunderstorm of the the season. It lasted as long as a barfight between two drunks–entertaining, but over quickly enough to get back to the evening without worry. On a sunset...

Weekly Planner

Monday: Awake at reasonable hour. Plow through backlog of undone assignments, lay off a couple others, try to avoid germs. Have dinner with Blood. Play cards until reasonable hour. Note: If playing cards doesn’t...

Bar light, bar bright

I’d always wanted to own my own bar. What proper drinker hasn’t? It’s growing up in the age of Sam Malone, I think, that turns us dive denizens into wannabe bar owners. The perfect...

Scenes from an…Italian Restaurant

Our waitress was perky. I’ll give her that. “I’m here to give you an authentic Italian experience,” she said. I tried not to roll my eyes. I was only sitting there because my kid...