Entries from October 2007

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The ghosts know it all…

(Originally posted by Fort Photo)
It being Halloween, I thought I’d share another ghost story…
It was a beautiful night in late August.  I was standing in the upstairs bar of M’Coul’s talking to one of my dearest customers, Scotte.  The inside was pretty empty but for Scotte and me, and a bartender running around.  Everyone else […]

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Pappyrazzi

About Poppyrazzi.
I am going to be a sometime contributor to the Hamburger Square blog sight. Poppy is a name given to me by youngest. I was Poppy from day one to her since she was adopted 10 years ago at age 11 from Russia. It was later picked up by all of her friends and […]

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Tonight’s Harvest Beer Dinner

We just finished hosting the first of two nights of our autumn Harvest Beer Dinner.  It was my favorite one yet.   The second course featured La Chouff  Golden Ale paired with lamb carbonnade and buttery tarragon spaetzle.  Just the smell of it was the best thing in the world!  My hat is off to the […]

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Beer Dinner

We are getting ready for another one of our beer dinners this month. We do them about every 3 months to kind of kick off the season and to get some folks together who enjoy beer about as much as we do. I guess you could call us “beer nerds”. Basically, it’s […]

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Vacation Highlights

I was away last week for a family vacation.  We invited a bunch of family to join us at a house on the beach.  It was beautiful.  Some highlights…
My two year old daughter really discovered her grandmother this time.  But she insisted on calling her “Grampa”.  It got confusing when Grampa showed up…
My nephew, Zack […]

Friday, October 5th, 2007

More tips for job interview

(originally posted by ValaVala)

Don’t apply Saturday night while bringing in and eating food from another place.
Spit out your gum.
Never apply at a restaurant during lunch or dinner. Seriously.
If you BFF worked for me and stole from me, don’t list them as a reference.
Don’t order a beer while waiting for an interview.
Don’t smell like beer […]

Friday, October 5th, 2007

My second visit from the other side

So, one night I was training a new bartender in the downstairs bar at M’Coul’s. The upstairs bar was already closed and I kept hearing a group of women erupting in laughter every few minutes. I kept running upstairs into the dark bar and tried to follow the voices and laughter, but it […]