One man’s adventures sitting on the wrong side of the right bars, drinking elixirs most magical, in the best town in the world
Posted by Gabbi "El Pulpo Negro" | Filed under Mexico
To mis-quote Ron Burgundy, “ I love Gin. Ginny, Gin, Gin. Here it goes down, down into my belly…” . I love Gin. I am drinking it as I poorly type these honest words to screen, and it will get me through the night. I totally get why there were Gin Joints back in [...]
Gabbi Villarrubia - the Drinks, the Words, the always half-full glass
La Familia Villarrubia - el Diablo + Andrea the wife + Maximo the son - mis vidas, mis amores
Sayulita - where the Mariachi sing, the Sirens swim, and I live, love and liquor up
“I have taken out of Alcohol more than alcohol has taken out of me”
Winston Churchill
“I don't like Jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.”
Charles Bukowski
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“I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food”
W.C.Fields
“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut”
Ernest Hemingway
“Work is the curse of the drinking class.”
Oscar Wilde - my hero!
“I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ”
Frank Sinatra
“I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.”
Noel Coward
“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis...”
Humphrey Bogart - his last words on his death bed.
“Addiction's not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.”
Robert Downey Jr.
“If drinking is interfering with your work, you're probably a heavy drinker. If work is interfering with your drinking, you're probably an alcoholic. ”
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“If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them that sorrows know how to swim... ”
