Category Archives: Drinking

Gym Rats Versus Beermas

January 24, 2015 – 2:34 pm

Back in the 80s Gold’s Gym had a ground floor gym off of Astor Place. Scores of fitness enthusiasts ran on treadmills and lifted weights visible to passers-by through large windows. My friend and I played basketball in Tompkins Square Park. 3 hours a day. Afterwards we like nothing better than to get our lawn […]

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Thai New Year’s Traffic Festival

January 2, 2015 – 9:17 am

When I was young, the radio listed the national traffic death toll on the holidays. As a tribute to our nation’s patriotism America scored the highest fatalities on the 4th of July. New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day were never close. These announcements were designed to warn the public about the dangers of driving […]

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The Longest Night

December 21, 2014 – 6:47 pm

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DRUNK DRIVING HOUR by Peter Nolan Smith

October 24, 2014 – 5:15 pm

During the early 1970s my college comrades and I drank at the Hi-hat Lounge in Brighton. The girls were young, the drinks were cheap, and we sold ‘ludes and mescaline at the bar. Neither of them were the best available in Boston, but we were always in supply, so the bands playing on Commonwealth Avenue […]

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Dead As Hunter S Thompson

July 22, 2014 – 1:47 pm

Hunter S Thompson. Forever a man lived life to the fullest, because oblivion is easier to achieve than enlightenment.

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