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    Nan Robertson, New York Times Woman of Distinction

    Bar Honored Dubiously

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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/15/09

    In reply to Nan Robertson, New York Times Woman of Distinction
    also: "women's section" style section #newyorktimes
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    10/15/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I wonder if they only changed the name because they realized gay men like that stuff too. #newyorktimes
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/15/09

    @Lymed: alas, thursgays, we knew you well #newyorktimes
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/15/09

    In reply to Nan Robertson, New York Times Woman of Distinction
    not so long ago, at all: 3rd wave feminists please take note -- this is what your grandmas did #newyorktimes
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    10/15/09

    In reply to Nan Robertson, New York Times Woman of Distinction
    Let this badass lady go straight to heaven, God. #newyorktimes
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    10/15/09

    In reply to Nan Robertson, New York Times Woman of Distinction
    That's sad - she sounds like she was exactly the kind of person I like to sit next to at dinner. #newyorktimes
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    Image of goetz goetz
    10/15/09

    @BettyCrocker: She looks like my grammy. #newyorktimes
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Nan Robertson, New York Times Woman of Distinction
    All along I thought the only way to get toxic shock syndrome was by removing a tampon with your teeth. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Martiniman Martiniman
    09/19/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    For most of the patrons, that sign actually makes more sense when you leave the bar to head home.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    It's beer FOR breakfast, not WITH breakfast. A little copy editing, please.
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    09/18/09

    @miss_msry: Your complaint is better directed to The St. Augustine Record, although it's a direct quote and not in need of any copy editing.
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    It looks like the sort of place where there's a jovial buxom waitress named Crystal, who hair has been teased into improbably yellow, curly mallbangs since the '80s. The barkeep is a huge, one-armed ex-Marine called Jake, and there's a regular who's always wearing a jacket even in 90-degree heat. He sips cheap whiskey straight until he's at a 45-degree angle and Jake cuts him off. No one - not even Jake - knows his name. And there's a cat - Charlie - a lean orange tabby with battle scars and broken tail. Jake loves that cat. Anyone who comments on allergies or the Health Code when they see Charlie can hit the bricks.

    A parade of college students, turistas, and marine biologists come and go during the day for beers and burgers, but at night it can get a little rough. There was one night after Hurricane Andrew where it looked like the only customers were bikers and refugees made homeless from the storm, and both were pretty scary.

    Like this one night - maybe April or May in '07? It was a warm, wet blanket of an evening and not much traffic outside.

    The door creaked open, and everyone turned to look. And what happened next? Well, Crystal won't discuss it. She acts like she can't hear you when you ask. Jake is tight-lipped too - you can see him go someplace else in his head when the topic comes up. The regular just taps his glass on the bar for a refill. And Charlie? Well, he can't talk. But he can amble away with his tail in the air.

    And that really tells the tale, no?
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    Image of labyrinthine IS DOING THIS labyrinthine IS DOING THIS
    09/18/09

    @BettyCrocker: I would like to go there!
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    09/18/09

    @labyrinthine IS DOING THIS: Me too! But all I've got is The Campbell Apartment and The Oyster Bar.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    Great, where am I supposed to go for frieds hrimp now?
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    09/18/09

    @scroll_lock: Try "Ed's," I guess, but only on Fridays.
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    Image of dado dado
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    I hope they don't put a Finegan McThirsty's there in it's stead.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    Must be the same bastards who killed Joe Jr.'s.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    Hamz you're from St. Augustine?
    My cousin owns a joint on A1a called the Sunset Grille.. y'ever been?
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    09/18/09

    @lobstr: Bwahaha really? get outta here. Email me.
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    Image of Gnip-Gnop Gnip-Gnop
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    They look at you funny if you order a mimosa with your breakfast.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    09/18/09

    @Gnip-Gnop: and they'd throw your ass out if you ordered a cosmopolitan, any time of day.
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    Image of Cheruth Cheruth
    09/18/09

    In reply to Bar Honored Dubiously
    Where alcoholism isn't a problem. Its a way of life.
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    09/18/09

    @Cheruth: It's better to be a good liver than to have one.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    08/17/09

    In reply to Scientist Thinks He's Better Than You Cause You Drink, Is That It?
    This is why functioning alcoholics like me try to read all expressions through braille.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    08/17/09

    @BadUncle: That only partially explains the roaming hands.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    08/17/09

    @scroll_lock: You never complained before.
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