If You’re From Baton Rouge—Quarter Stories 15
STORY: Stories about my adventures bartending in New Orleans in the late ’70s and early ’80s. To read them all, click #quarterstories....
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- Nov 9, 2018
- 3 min
Bartending is a Dance – Quarter Stories 10
STORY: 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 8, 2018
- 11 min
Peacocks – Quarter Stories 9
STORY: 1979 - The crowds were still in full force around the stage for the Bourbon Street Awards and the only space available was under...
- Jun 20, 2018
- 5 min
The Torch – Quarter Stories 14
STORY: 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 9, 2018
- 4 min
The Lavender Line – Quarter Stories 11
STORY: 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...
- Jun 9, 2018
- 5 min
Cajun Sweat (Louis Pt. 2 )- Quarter Stories 13
STORY: 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...
- May 11, 2018
- 4 min
Louis the Cajun – Quarter Stories 12
STORY: 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 7, 2018
- 6 min
Bourbon Street Exulting – Quarter Stories 8
STORY: 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 6, 2018
- 7 min
Jewel’s and the Shah – Quarter Stories 7
STORY: 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 5, 2018
- 6 min
Ghosts and Lovers – Quarter Stories 6
1979 – “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 4, 2018
- 4 min
Mardi Gras Mambo – Quarter Stories 5
1979: 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 3, 2018
- 7 min
Bartender Debut – Quarter Stories 4
STORY: Mardi Gras, 1979: Clyde, Al and I began walking up to Lafitte’s. Clyde started talking about Louie Hartfield and his lover Steve,...
- May 2, 2018
- 5 min
Arrival – Quarter Stories 3
1978: 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 1, 2018
- 6 min
Heading to New Orleans – Quarter Stories 2
1978: 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 29, 2018
- 3 min
Introduction–Quarter Stories 1
STORY: (Late 1970s-1980s): In New Orleans, Bourbon Street runs for thirteen narrow blocks, roughly north to south, a straight line,...
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