Currently Reading: Bartender

It’s the time of year when the grocery store shelves are wiped clear of canned pumpkin, everyone has a turkey de-thawing in their refrigerators, there are several cans of cranberry sauce in the pantry, and anyone and everyone is stressed … Continue reading →

It’s late Sunday night and all the football games have ended. Two of my three daughters are asleep but probably not for long. One is cutting teeth; the other is losing teeth. Daughter #3, the three-month-old is wide-awake, but just … Continue reading →

Just last week I concluded a story (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV) that had somewhat restored my faith in humanity and had me abandoning my own cynicisms. It was about great people doing extraordinary things during really … Continue reading →

Well, considering that I’m a bartender in a seasonal resort town, Memorial Weekend just past, and I happen to have my own weekly column. I’d be remiss not to devote this one to my observations and thoughts on the past … Continue reading →

Well, I hope you’ve all been following along and have read parts 1 and 2 of this segment. If you have, then you are up to speed and no intro is necessary. If you haven’t…number one-shame on you, and number … Continue reading →

Hopefully you’ve read last week’s article, which was merely a set-up to this one. If not, here’s the cliff notes version…I described the “old guy in the bar”. There’s one in every bar room in America. He’s the aging regular … Continue reading →

In my many years standing behind a bar, I’ve learned a few things. One such bit of knowledge is that every bar, in every town in America, has ‘this guy’–at least the bars that are open during the day. Typically, … Continue reading →

We touched briefly last week on the fact that I am technologically inept and that I have no formal writing skills and limited education. If you are seated with red pen in hand, or are expecting literary genius, I’m probably … Continue reading →

In the formative stages of this fun little column, I feel compelled to give you a little background on me, and maybe even provide a few disclaimers. I have had absolutely no formal training as a writer what-so-ever, so bear … Continue reading →

Introducing…Shorebilly’s Swill, a weekly column full of sarcastic social commentary and quirky observation, written by locals who reside in the land of perpetual summer.  When your hometown happens to be the play land for millions, but is where you must … Continue reading →