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[Tremendous Upside]

What's a full bar? Are there half bars? Quarter bars? Is this another CA term?

Full bar = liquor/beer/wineNYC has separate licenses for full bars and just beer and wine barsThe NYS liquor authority is one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet, and getting new full bar licenses is exceedingly difficult...Getting a beer/wine license is much easier and much cheaper

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

What's a full bar? Are there half bars? Quarter bars? Is this another CA term?

Can't decide if being worked over by Aaron is a sign of semi-acceptance in the Jim Tanner community, or a "get the hell out" message.

I think a bar that only serves beer is very uncommon in most places.Not trying to scare you away. Just having some fun.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

What's a full bar? Are there half bars? Quarter bars? Is this another CA term?

Full bar = liquor/beer/wineNYC has separate licenses for full bars and just beer and wine barsThe NYS liquor authority is one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet, and getting new full bar licenses is exceedingly difficult...Getting a beer/wine license is much easier and much cheaper

This is a state thing? Never heard of a beer and wine bar in Buffalo.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Aerial: McSorley's is a must stop IMO, for the history and atmosphere, but I doubt it would be an all night place to stay for you

Bar in NY, area doesn't matter is almost too vague to be of any use...Give me some idea of the vibe you are looking for and I can likely point you in the right direction...But I would also recommend picking an area (Greenwich Village, Upper West Side, etc) and just stopping in wherever looks interesting...Have a drink...If you like it, stay...If not, there's almost definitely another place (if not many many more) within a block...Also, ask people at the bar and even bartenders to recommend spots nearby...

Bargoing in NYC is a pretty immersive experience

Thanks TU. I agree. Last time I was there, in September, I did what you suggested and just walked around on the East Side in the fifties, Turtle Bay and environs. However, it was a rainy Tuesday night and if there was action around, I wasn't finding too terribly much of it. If I'd known a bit more about the scene I think I would have done better.

Since McSorley's is on 7th or 8th St b/t 2 Av and 3 Av IIRC from a few hours ago and I want to check it out, could you maybe focus me on the Lower East Side or Greenwich Village and give me a couple of recs for places with a full bar if you have the time and energy? Thanks a ton.

Will you be solo? Looking more for happy hour times? Late night? With food, without food, doesn't matter? Divey? Sports-ish? Loungy? Just busy? The street directly north from McSorley's is St Mark's place, which is the mainline of the East Village...You can take that East all the way to Tompkins Square Park, with a ton of options around...It happens to be one of my favorite areas of the city

For a great beer selection and decent food, Hop Devil Grill is a couple of blocks east on St Marks off of Ave A

Ace Bar is a couple of blocks south of that...It skews younger, but has skee ball, pool tables, pinball, etc, as well as a lot of vintage memorabilia...

Burp Castle is an interesting place...GREAT Belgian beer list, but they treatthe place like a Trappist monestary...People get kicked out for being too loud...Again, not a place you'd stay for a l;ong time, but interesting

There's a cool sports bar on that block also, called Standings...It's small, and can be hit or miss crowd-wise, but it is filled with knowledgable sports fans and has a ton of TVs...

The Scratcher is a bit more of a traditional Irish pub, though they do have a full bar...It's actually a good place to go on your own, as you can usually find a decent conversation by the bar

Those are just some of my initial thoughts for that area...Like I said, let me know if there's more of a specific atmosphere you're looking for and I can likely suggest a place...You're just a few blocks from Greenwich Village also, and that has a TON of places

Great recs; thanks. I will be solo, and this will be after a dinner with clients that I expect to last until maybe 8ish, so I'll be looking to go out from 8:30 or so on. Food doesn't matter as I'll already have eaten. Lounge is probably the best description of what I'm after, although I will do divey places (see below).

Tompkins Square Park I know very well, because I used to really enjoy a trip to 7B (Vazacs), but when I was there in September, the dive bar atmosphere that I really liked there had really gone downhill, and it was pretty dead as well.

 

[T Bell]

Wife was on a 2.5 hour web conference with DoTerra people tonight. Apparently it's a career.

I will say that I had/have a cold and she asked me to not take medicine and use her oil stuff instead and I'm healing at about the same rate. Pretty sure medicine is a scam.

 

[Aerial Assault]

What's a full bar? Are there half bars? Quarter bars? Is this another CA term?

Can't decide if being worked over by Aaron is a sign of semi-acceptance in the Jim Tanner community, or a "get the hell out" message.

I think a bar that only serves beer is very uncommon in most places.Not trying to scare you away. Just having some fun.

Gotcha. Yeah, there are differing degrees of licenses in NY (and Los Angeles too for that matter). It's a city thing, so the same concept does not really exist in Buffalo (or, based on my experiences in Buffalo, pretty much every place has a "full" liquor license), which is why you may not have heard of it.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

What's a full bar? Are there half bars? Quarter bars? Is this another CA term?

Full bar = liquor/beer/wineNYC has separate licenses for full bars and just beer and wine bars

The NYS liquor authority is one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet, and getting new full bar licenses is exceedingly difficult...Getting a beer/wine license is much easier and much cheaper

This is a state thing? Never heard of a beer and wine bar in Buffalo.

It's a cluster####:

Below are just some of the types of licenses issued by the New York State Liquor Authority:

Grocery Beer/Wine Product: Off-premises beer license and “wine product” is defined as a beverage containing wine with added juice, flavoring, water, citric acid, sugar and carbon dioxide, not containing more than six percent alcohol by volume

Eating Place Beer: For on-premises of beer. The State Liquor Authority must deem that the sale of beer is incidental to and not the prime source of revenue for the premises.

Hotel Beer: For on-premises of beer. Includes room service situations as well as sale for “off-premises” consumption.

Club Beer: An organization of persons incorporated under the “Not-for-Profit Corporation” law or the “Benevolent Orders” law. An Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) officer must be appointed to act as a liaison to the State Liquor Authority. This license allows for consumption of beer on the premises for members and guests.

Ball Park Beer: For on-premises consumption of beer at baseball parks, racetracks, and other athletic fields.

Restaurant Wine: License for on-premises consumption of wine and beer in a place where food is prepared in such quantities that the sale of wine and beer is not the prime source of revenue.

Hotel Wine: On-premises sale of wine and beer in both a restaurant in the hotel as well as room service.

Club Wine: Allows for on-premises sale of wine or beer for club members and guests. The club must appoint an ABC officer.

Tavern Wine: Allows sale for on-premises consumption of wine and beer.

Liquor Store: For the sale of liquor and wine for consumption off the premises. The only additional items allowed to be sold, such as ice and corkscrews, are listed in the ABC Law.

Hotel Liquor: Allows consumption of liquor, wine and beer on the premises, including room service. The holder of an “HL” license may apply for a “Hotel Off-Premises” (HOP) permit to sell liquors and wines for off-premises consumption.

Club Liquor: License allows consumption for on the premises for liquor, wine and beer for members and guests. The club MUST appoint an ABC Officer.

Catering Establishment: Allows providers of food for banquet halls, dining halls, etc., to provide liquor, wine and beer for consumption for an assemblage for a particular function.

On-Premises Liquor: Generally considered to be the standard “bar” license. Allows on-premises consumption of liquor, wine and beer and also allows for sale of beer for off-premises consumption. Food MUST be served.

Cabaret Liquor: For consumption on the premises, liquor, wine and beer, but for premises specializing in musical entertainment.

Wine Store: License to sell WINE ONLY for off-premises consumption, under the same basic conditions as a Liquor Store.

Microbrewery: May produce or brew up to 60,000 barrels of beer. May NOT sell to the general public without a brewer’s retail permit.

Restaurant – Brewer: Commonly referred to as a “brew pub” license. This license allows brewing of beer on-premises, as well as on-premises sale of liquor, wine and beer.

Supplemental Restaurant Brewer: Allows a restaurant brewer to sell for off-premises, wholesale, and outdoor gatherings.

These are the most relevant licenses...Also worth noting, you can no longer receive a new NYC license for an On Premise Liquor license if you do not serve food

 

[kevzilla]

Wife was on a 2.5 hour web conference with DoTerra people tonight. Apparently it's a career.I will say that I had/have a cold and she asked me to not take medicine and use her oil stuff instead and I'm healing at about the same rate. Pretty sure medicine is a scam.

With a cold, you could do nothing, you could use your wife's oil stuff, or you could crush some ants and rub them on your sack. They will all have the same effect.

 

[strykerpks]

Wife was on a 2.5 hour web conference with DoTerra people tonight. Apparently it's a career.

I will say that I had/have a cold and she asked me to not take medicine and use her oil stuff instead and I'm healing at about the same rate. Pretty sure medicine is a scam.

With a cold, you could do nothing, you could use your wife's oil stuff, or you could crush some ants and rub them on your sack. They will all have the same effect.

http://youtu.be/1LViNOuzw-4

What you wanna do is feed a cold

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Wife was on a 2.5 hour web conference with DoTerra people tonight. Apparently it's a career.I will say that I had/have a cold and she asked me to not take medicine and use her oil stuff instead and I'm healing at about the same rate. Pretty sure medicine is a scam.

With a cold, you could do nothing, you could use your wife's oil stuff, or you could crush some ants and rub them on your sack. They will all have the same effect.

Thought this was common knowledge.

 

[heckmanm]

Got some great news today:

Dear Professor RFW,

Based upon the recommendation of the Vice President of Academic Aafairs and Provost; and with the support of the Sabbatical Leave Committee and your peers, I am pleased to approve your sabbatical leave request for Spring 2014.

In accordance with University Policy, you will be eligible for full pay during the months of your sabbatical; January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

Factor in that I am not under contract for the summer months, and that means I am only making art for the first 9 months of 2014.

Wait, you get paid to not work? And I thought Tanner had it easy.

Part of the joy of being a professor is that you are expected to be in an expert in your field. In the UMaine system, once you have been promoted to Associate Professor and been awarded tenure, every seven years you may write a project to either get a year off at 1/2 pay or a semester off at full pay. You are expected to do research or partake in scholarly activity (like drawing pictures of you and Abby). 2 professors at my school are awarded sabbatical every year. I think there about 10 proposals or so. I am an artist, so mine document had pretty pictures. People are suckers for pictures, so I got lucky and was selected.

Do you also travel to your home planet to look for a mate? onfarr:

 

[Captain Quinoa]

What's a full bar? Are there half bars? Quarter bars? Is this another CA term?

Full bar = liquor/beer/wineNYC has separate licenses for full bars and just beer and wine barsThe NYS liquor authority is one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet, and getting new full bar licenses is exceedingly difficult...Getting a beer/wine license is much easier and much cheaper

This is a state thing? Never heard of a beer and wine bar in Buffalo.

Buffalo is like the 'special' child that only goes out in public on certain occasions.Philly: Hey NYC, who's that kid in the corner with the helmet eating crayons?NYC (sheepishly): That's my brother, Buffalo.Philly: You have a brother??? How did I not know that??NYC: We don't really talk about him much.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Wife was on a 2.5 hour web conference with DoTerra people tonight. Apparently it's a career.

I will say that I had/have a cold and she asked me to not take medicine and use her oil stuff instead and I'm healing at about the same rate. Pretty sure medicine is a scam.

With a cold, you could do nothing, you could use your wife's oil stuff, or you could crush some ants and rub them on your sack. They will all have the same effect.

http://youtu.be/1LViNOuzw-4

What you wanna do is feed a cold

"Feed a cold - starve a beaver"

 

[rabidfireweasel]

Got some great news today:

Dear Professor RFW,

Based upon the recommendation of the Vice President of Academic Aafairs and Provost; and with the support of the Sabbatical Leave Committee and your peers, I am pleased to approve your sabbatical leave request for Spring 2014.

In accordance with University Policy, you will be eligible for full pay during the months of your sabbatical; January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

Factor in that I am not under contract for the summer months, and that means I am only making art for the first 9 months of 2014.

Wait, you get paid to not work? And I thought Tanner had it easy.

Part of the joy of being a professor is that you are expected to be in an expert in your field. In the UMaine system, once you have been promoted to Associate Professor and been awarded tenure, every seven years you may write a project to either get a year off at 1/2 pay or a semester off at full pay. You are expected to do research or partake in scholarly activity (like drawing pictures of you and Abby). 2 professors at my school are awarded sabbatical every year. I think there about 10 proposals or so. I am an artist, so mine document had pretty pictures. People are suckers for pictures, so I got lucky and was selected.

Do you also travel to your home planet to look for a mate? onfarr:

when that happens my ears get extra pointy, and the blood lust/ fire desire to mate becomes exceptionally powerful.

 

[Guster]

Also, Happy Birthday Gusher!

Happy Birthday, Gusher. He probably won't read this til tomorrow since he's probing some chick in the back seat of a Lexus and he sandbags as not hot. Then Stu finds pics of her and she makes Halle Berry curl up in the fetal position with envy. "Oh, really?. I guess she's not ugly after all".

Thanks GBs Did dinner and drinks with friends before checking out the casino that just opened up downtown

Bob's B-day wishes to Guster on FB =

So you saw Bob's post, liked it, posted about it in here and still didn't wish me a happy birthday

 

[Guster]

Happy Birthday St Louis Bob. I hope it's an awesome one!!

 

[Stoneys]

What's a full bar? Are there half bars? Quarter bars? Is this another CA term?

Full bar = liquor/beer/wineNYC has separate licenses for full bars and just beer and wine barsThe NYS liquor authority is one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet, and getting new full bar licenses is exceedingly difficult...Getting a beer/wine license is much easier and much cheaper

This is a state thing? Never heard of a beer and wine bar in Buffalo.

Buffalo is like the 'special' child that only goes out in public on certain occasions.Philly: Hey NYC, who's that kid in the corner with the helmet eating crayons?NYC (sheepishly): That's my brother, Buffalo.Philly: You have a brother??? How did I not know that??NYC: We don't really talk about him much.

 

[Stoneys]

Also, Happy Birthday Gusher!

Happy Birthday, Gusher. He probably won't read this til tomorrow since he's probing some chick in the back seat of a Lexus and he sandbags as not hot. Then Stu finds pics of her and she makes Halle Berry curl up in the fetal position with envy. "Oh, really?. I guess she's not ugly after all".

Thanks GBs Did dinner and drinks with friends before checking out the casino that just opened up downtown

Bob's B-day wishes to Guster on FB =

So you saw Bob's post, liked it, posted about it in here and still didn't wish me a happy birthday

And you wished me Happy Birthday on the Facebooks but not here(well, you still have time before the day is over)

 

[Stoneys]

Happy Birthday St Louis Bob. I hope it's an awesome one!!

Happy Birth St Louis Bob!

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Happy Birthday to alll those having a birthday this year.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Bob's B-day wishes to Guster on FB =

So you saw Bob's post, liked it, posted about it in here and still didn't wish me a happy birthday

I said happy b-day in Bob's post/thread. Did you delete it or something?

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Happy Birthday to alll those having a birthday this year.

Shark move.

 

[Guster]

Also, Happy Birthday Gusher!

Happy Birthday, Gusher. He probably won't read this til tomorrow since he's probing some chick in the back seat of a Lexus and he sandbags as not hot. Then Stu finds pics of her and she makes Halle Berry curl up in the fetal position with envy. "Oh, really?. I guess she's not ugly after all".

Thanks GBs Did dinner and drinks with friends before checking out the casino that just opened up downtown

Bob's B-day wishes to Guster on FB =

So you saw Bob's post, liked it, posted about it in here and still didn't wish me a happy birthday

And you wished me Happy Birthday on the Facebooks but not here(well, you still have time before the day is over)

Happy Birthday Stoneys!!!

 

[Guster]

Bob's B-day wishes to Guster on FB =

So you saw Bob's post, liked it, posted about it in here and still didn't wish me a happy birthday

I said happy b-day in Bob's post/thread. Did you delete it or something?

Didn't show up in my email or on FB mobile for some reason, but I see it on the desktop.

 

[Abraham]

....no headache this morning. Hm....let's see how the day goes. Disclosure: I'm watching my 2 year old most of the day, so there may be a headache anyway unrelated to my mold withdrawals.

 

[Stoneys]

Also, Happy Birthday Gusher!

Happy Birthday, Gusher. He probably won't read this til tomorrow since he's probing some chick in the back seat of a Lexus and he sandbags as not hot. Then Stu finds pics of her and she makes Halle Berry curl up in the fetal position with envy. "Oh, really?. I guess she's not ugly after all".

Thanks GBs Did dinner and drinks with friends before checking out the casino that just opened up downtown

Bob's B-day wishes to Guster on FB =

So you saw Bob's post, liked it, posted about it in here and still didn't wish me a happy birthday

And you wished me Happy Birthday on the Facebooks but not here(well, you still have time before the day is over)

Happy Birthday Stoneys!!!

 

[Stoneys]

Anyone in the Southern Pines/Pinehurst, NC area? Will be there visiting my sister this weekend, then moving up to Clayton, NC Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Happy birthday, Stoneys.

 

[phishphan]

sorry about being a day late on the birthday wishes, guster.

 

[Stoneys]

Happy birthday, Stoneys.

 

[Josie Maran]

Stoneys, Gusher, and Bob...happy birthday to all and to all a good night.

Wait, that didn't rhyme. Replace "good night" with "hand job".

 

[Stoneys]

Stoneys, Gusher, and Bob...happy birthday to all and to all a good night. Wait, that didn't rhyme. Replace "good night" with "hand job".

 

[Guster]

Stoneys, Gusher, and Bob...happy birthday to all and to all a good night. Wait, that didn't rhyme. Replace "good night" with "hand job".

 

[YSR]

In SC for my brother's wedding. So far today, two women have touched my belly uninvited. Having the rehearsal cocktail party at my parents' house tonight. I expect to have logged around twenty touches by night's end. These people.

 

[strykerpks]

In SC for my brother's wedding. So far today, two women have touched my belly uninvited. Having the rehearsal cocktail party at my parents' house tonight. I expect to have logged around twenty touches by night's end. These people.

Grab their boob(s). One hand might be enough, but two will really send a message.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Anyone in the Southern Pines/Pinehurst, NC area? Will be there visiting my sister this weekend, then moving up to Clayton, NC Tuesday and Wednesday.

About 1 hour 15 minutes from there. In the 'big city'

 

[charvik]

Happy birthday everybody.

 

[Gadzooks]

Stoneys, Gusher, and Bob...happy birthday to all and to all a good night. Wait, that didn't rhyme. Replace "good night" with "hand job".

Ditto. Especially the hand job part.

 

[T Bell]

In SC for my brother's wedding. So far today, two women have touched my belly uninvited. Having the rehearsal cocktail party at my parents' house tonight. I expect to have logged around twenty touches by night's end. These people.

Hide a hand buzzer on it.

 

[General Malaise]

Stoneys, Gusher, and Bob...happy birthday to all and to all a good night. Wait, that didn't rhyme. Replace "good night" with "hand job".

Ditto. Especially the hand job part.

This, but let's go blow for now.

 

[UOFI_316]

Happy Birthday to everyone. Enjoy getting hand jobs from Homer, finger banging chicks in cars, and whatever else you are going to do to celebrate.

YSR, my wife would get pissed when people would rub/touch her belly without asking. The only thing she hated more was when they would ask "are you having twins?" and then follow that up with "Are you sure?"

 

[Stoneys]

Anyone in the Southern Pines/Pinehurst, NC area? Will be there visiting my sister this weekend, then moving up to Clayton, NC Tuesday and Wednesday.

About 1 hour 15 minutes from there. In the 'big city'

I'll honk the horn as we zip by on I40 heading to 220S/I73

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Happy birthday everybody.

 

[Abraham]

Happy birthday everybody.

Thanks. I was a little worried April 6 would come and go without any well wishes.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Happy Birthday to alll those having a birthday this year.

Way to stay alive another year, everyone.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

....no headache this morning. Hm....let's see how the day goes. Disclosure: I'm watching my 2 year old most of the day, so there may be a headache anyway unrelated to my mold withdrawals.

delirium tremens?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Good job on being born everyone.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Getting a house with a bunch of friends for a 3 day vacation in April. Will be 10 adults and 15 kids I've got to cook dinner one of the nights. Got an entire kitchen and a grill at my disposal. We're doing burgers and hotdogs for the 2 lunches, so I can't go that route...looking to take it up a notch or two from there...but at the same time, this doesn't need to be a 5 course meal. Any ideas on what to cook? Initial brainstorms are the following:

1. Marinated chicken skewers with peppers and pineapple

2. Taco/Nacho bar

3. Grilled Pork Tenderloins with various sauces (grilled veggies as side)

 

[Bogart]

Sure were a lot of GMTAN parents having the secks nine months earlier.

Happy birthday everyone!!!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

BTW: Today is Piet Mondrian's birthday. My students almost unanimously declared that what he did wasn't art.

I used a line from Mad Men (which was actually from a guy looking at a Rothko):

"Maybe it doesn’t (mean anything). Maybe you’re just supposed to experience it. Because when you look at it, you do feel something, right? It’s like looking into something very deep. You could fall in."

They still didn't buy it.

Nice. Is that Cooper talking to Harry about the picture in his office (back when Cooper had an office)? Or some other scene I'm forgetting?

Harry, Ken, Sal, and Jane sneak into Cooper's office to look at his new painting. Ken is the one who delivers the above line. Sal is impressed and gets a boner for Ken.