Naked bartender slave tumblr9/9/2023 ![]() We had a Jekyll and Hyde cocktail that was made with dry ice. So they said to me, ‘What are we going to do with this bar?’ And I looked at it and I said, ‘It’s the Spotty Dog Bar and Unisphere Cocktail Lounge.’ And I did this cocktail menu-this is 1992 we had monkey glands, we had sazeracs, and we had mint julep jelly shots made from scratch, mint julep with gelatin. This is the only cocktail bar I’ve ever f**king worked at. The bar was a W shape, very strange, and on the back of it was a cocktail lounge with a unisphere and lilac banquettes and everything. On the wall, there were murals of Dalmation dogs doing circus tricks-jumping through hoops and stuff. So there was this diner, a classic diner, and then on the side was the weirdest bar you ever saw. It’s a freestanding diner, and this group of investors bought it they hired me as GM, and we spent six months putting it together. I was hired as the general manager of the Market Diner and Spotty Dog Bar, on Eleventh Avenue at about 43rd Street. I got cancer in order for me to wake up to a spiritual life, as far as I’m concerned.Īnd here’s that story about Quentin Crisp, as Regan recounted it during his talk: When you get hit by things like my cancer, so what? I know that was sent to me for a purpose. I am, I think, one of the happiest people you’ve ever met.īecause I know everything will be okay. As long as it’s free, I’ll mix it.Īnd, finally, how would you define “The good life”? And if you think you’re living it, tell us about that. Making cocktails with very, very expensive spirits.īut a lot of people don’t like the idea of using such expensive products in cocktails. What would you say is your greatest indulgence? And once you know that, you can key in to everybody, once you know that we’re all here, fighting the fight, getting through another lifetime, and making it work. I think I’ve learned that everybody, every person, on the face of the earth, only wants one thing: Peace, a roof over their heads, a meal, a drink. ![]() ![]() What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned? So I am in one of Quentin’s books, and that is my biggest accomplishment. You know that guy I mentioned, Quentin Crisp? You know the story I told about when he said, “I’m not going to do that because people wear funny clothes”? He wrote about that in one of his books. What do you consider to be your biggest accomplishment so far-what are you most proud of? And that is the primary job of a bartender: to make people smile. ![]()
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