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When I read the history of the local 209 Distillery I became intrigued. The story goes that one William Scheffler bought a patent for a new design of pot still in New York in 1870. Moving West he first set up a distillery at Krug winery in St. Helena and then in 1880, purchased his [...]

By | August 9th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Staring into the abyss on Mothers Day

It was a sun shiny Mother’s Day, full of the promise of Spring. The birds were chirping, bright colored dresses uncovering legs seeing their first sunlight of the year dotted the restaurant. It was the calm before the storm. Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for many restaurants. Not true for fathers [...]

By | May 9th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Cinq de Mai

Some years ago I was walking through the kitchen of the restaurant where I was working about this time of year. I walked up and swiped my employee card, punching in for my day. Surrounding the time clock were several cooks that I knew were from near Ixtapa inMexico, who were also waiting to swipe [...]

By | May 4th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Mint Julep

Here it comes, the first Saturday in May. That means the annual running of the thoroughbreds at Churchill Downs, known as the “Run for the Roses” or more commonly as the Kentucky Derby. With the race will come the slew of rookie mint julep orders. Some years ago I had an experience that defined the [...]

By | May 4th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Yelp

"Hey Jeff, were you working last Saturday night?" asked one of my more regular customers. "Sure was," I answered, realizing in a second that I had also worked the previous 50 Saturday nights as well. "I think you were on Yelp, then," he said with a grin. Yelp is the website where people are given [...]

By | January 25th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Holiday Party

Being surrounded by subordinates, it was obvious that the boss didn’t know exactly what to do with someone he had no power over. He tried his best to wiggle out of a potentially embarrassing situation.

By | December 8th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Holiday Pointers

                Daylight savings time was like turning on a switch. One day it was business as usual and the next day it was gangbuster busy. The holiday season has officially begun, which means that a lot of people who don’t normally go out descend en masse upon us [...]

By | December 8th, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Halloween Hot Chocolate

“What was I doing there?” I thought as I stood there shivering, in front of the nightclub with a pocket full of cash, a maglight and I’ll admit, a slightly bad attitude.

By | November 9th, 2011|Uncategorized|1 Comment

The differences between Mars and Venus

Perhaps that is why the saying, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” appears so true. It is because that woman has already self-settled for less when she has decided on you. How dare you be the one to tell her to set her bar a little lower.

By | October 20th, 2011|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Just simple economics

Try one of those $50 a bottle super deluxe vodkas, you might not be able to taste the difference, but nothing looks more like success than excess.

By | September 23rd, 2011|Uncategorized|0 Comments