Feb 12, 201912 minIf You’re From Baton Rouge—Quarter Stories 15STORY: Stories about my adventures bartending in New Orleans in the late ’70s and early ’80s. To read them all, click #quarterstories....
Nov 10, 20183 minBartending is a Dance – Quarter Stories 10STORY: At Lafitte’s Bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the bar was made of thick old bayou cypress planks polished by thousands of...
Oct 9, 201811 minPeacocks – Quarter Stories 9STORY: 1979 - The crowds were still in full force around the stage for the Bourbon Street Awards and the only space available was under...
Jun 21, 20185 minThe Torch – Quarter Stories 14STORY: 1982—Max was at work at the point station, his head down deep into the jockey box scooping up ice in the cups taking orders three...
Jun 10, 20185 minCajun Sweat (Louis Pt. 2 )- Quarter Stories 13STORY: Louis had vanished. I looked for him, but he kept out of the bars, strange hours, whatever jobs he picked up. Saw Jeff again, who...
Jun 10, 20184 minThe Lavender Line – Quarter Stories 11STORY: Sunday was my favorite day to go out. Friday and Saturday shifts were over. I could go out on my own down to the Quarter and hang...
May 12, 20184 minLouis the Cajun – Quarter Stories 12STORY: 1981—Cajuns have a way about them, the way they move as men, the heavy beards, beefy bodies, thick hair all over em. Sexy as...
May 8, 20186 minBourbon Street Exulting – Quarter Stories 8STORY: 1979: A thunderclap woke me up and then loud voices. I hadn’t gotten much sleep but wasn’t hungover. I felt a buzz all around me,...
May 7, 20187 minJewel’s and the Shah – Quarter Stories 7STORY: 1979–Dinner at 1132 Bourbon Street at the dining room table was a daunting experience with all these handsome men, at least 10 to...
May 6, 20186 minGhosts and Lovers – Quarter Stories 61979 – “The rules of this house during Mardi Gras are” as George South proceeded to tell all of us hung-over guys at about 11am on...
May 5, 20184 minMardi Gras Mambo – Quarter Stories 51979: Getting to work at Café Lafitte on the second night of Mari Gras was tough, even though 1132 Bourbon Street was only a couple of...
May 4, 20187 minBartender Debut – Quarter Stories 4STORY: Mardi Gras, 1979: Clyde, Al and I began walking up to Lafitte’s. Clyde started talking about Louie Hartfield and his lover Steve,...
May 3, 20185 minArrival – Quarter Stories 31978: Safely landed at New Orleans Airport, Al and I jumped into an airport van and headed straight to the French Quarter. As the van...
May 2, 20186 minHeading to New Orleans – Quarter Stories 21978: The stewardess gently told us to fasten our seatbelts, we were now descending into New Orleans. I thought it was part of a dream. I...
Apr 30, 20183 minIntroduction–Quarter Stories 1STORY: (Late 1970s-1980s): In New Orleans, Bourbon Street runs for thirteen narrow blocks, roughly north to south, a straight line,...