Archive for the ‘bum wine’ Category
“Don’t Try”
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Bukowski, Drinking partners, Idol worship, Love, My life, Uncategorized, Wasted..., Wisdom, bum wine
“The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life away to a function that doesn’t interest you. This situation so repelled me that I was driven to drink, starvation, and mad females, simply as an alternative.”
—Charles Bukowski, Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews & Encounters 1963-1993, 2003
My drinking life leads [...]
Mixtos, Bum Wines, Cheap booze and more drunk for your buck
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Ed Schwartz, Mark Alberto Holt, My life, Tastings, Wasted..., Youth, bum wine, mixtos, tequila, the S.F.T. Tequila Bar
Above: the Author, full of Cuervo Especial during his first tattoo, circa 1986
For most my drinking life, a life that has been long and prosperous, I have focused my laser-beam dedication to alcohol around affordable (read: cheap) and easily attainable (corner store) booze. From the very start, I ran with the lowest of the [...]
