Archive for the ‘bartenders’ Category
the S.F.T. Tequila Bar (in honor of our hometown bar)
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Mark Alberto Holt, Maximo, Mexico, My Friends, My life, bartenders, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
Mark Alberto and Yours truly behind the bar at the S.F.T., beholding and be-drinking the new batch of beauties!
My hometown bar, my fave haunt, my watering hole, the wood upon which I sit and drink, not to mention the best new international top shelf Tequila bar in Mexico (if not the world…) - the S.F.T. [...]
Mark Alberto Holt and The World International Tequila Conference
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Idol worship, Mark Alberto Holt, Mexico, My Friends, bartenders, events, tequila, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
(L to R) Mark Alberto Holt, the Fiend (me!) and Son, Maximo Lobo
I met Mark Alberto Holt in 2004 when we hired him and his restaurant, Sayulita Fish Taco, to host our rehearsal dinner for our wedding in Sayulita. We had heard from local friends of this great guy, full of life and character, and [...]
Love your Bartender
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Wisdom, bartenders, tequila
If you are any kind of self respecting Drinker, you not only know your bartender’s name, but you think so highly of him or her, that their name could be the name you give one of your future children, Boy or girl… Yes, the relationship with your Bartender is paramount to a good drinking experience, [...]
Wisdom from behind the bar
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Mark Alberto Holt, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Wisdom, bartenders, tequila
I don’t just drink at my favorite bar, I listen… Mark talks. Here is some recent wisdom I learn and live by…
“With all the rush-rush in life, I have gone on a new campaign. “Sipping for a longer Life”
By slowing down, it lets a person relax for a moment and regain ones self. [...]
Sweet Sweet Tequila, the blood of Christ or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bottle(s)
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Drinking partners, Ed Schwartz, Mexico, My Friends, My life, Tastings, bartenders, events, tequila
I have had a long and fruitful love affair with alcohol. I often want to write about it , but hesitate, full of worry that my loved ones will see my affection for this bottled elixir in a wrong light. I don’t worry much, as a man of 39 years, well schooled in hard knocks [...]
