tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654416415809886208.post8498242980530546769..comments2023-09-08T07:00:21.408-07:00Comments on barryshap: Black Velvet Migrationbarryshaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02868936736166788932noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654416415809886208.post-31528156481916008022010-01-06T14:44:54.586-08:002010-01-06T14:44:54.586-08:00Ruben Rueda is the jolly barkeep. See if Oscar is ...Ruben Rueda is the jolly barkeep. See if Oscar is still waiting tables. He spent way too much money on the ponies to have retired.barryshaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868936736166788932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654416415809886208.post-44936253444576279562010-01-06T07:55:29.815-08:002010-01-06T07:55:29.815-08:00Well, i was invited by friends at Sam Ash since i ...Well, i was invited by friends at Sam Ash since i was away for so long....just returned to work yesterday. Musso's is great...love the steaks and I'm getting a Martoonie next. Is Ruben behind the counter??Davaudianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11144819322562403838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654416415809886208.post-41530288532478411082010-01-05T21:06:33.246-08:002010-01-05T21:06:33.246-08:00There's always a broad at the bar–and often in...There's always a broad at the bar–and often in a Mex joint–who has a story about her dream and a bad boyfriend. Man, it's like Bukowski recycled. You need a better class of dives. Your office isn't that far from Musso's. Go over there, say hello to Ruben for me and have bourbon on the rocks or his signature martoonie. Conjure Chandler. Live a little..barryshaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868936736166788932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654416415809886208.post-44908060136475435692010-01-05T18:10:02.421-08:002010-01-05T18:10:02.421-08:00It's a simple loss of identity. Any lost soul ...It's a simple loss of identity. Any lost soul that needs to fill the hole in their life will become contrarian to fill that hole....then they are whole. So weird looks great to an empty person. So do drugs, booze, food etc. You'll only find this trait in humans. Animals are just too smart to be a sucker....they don't have trends and fads or elect a fox to guard the henhouse.<br /><br />Portland needs to be weird to exist...otherwise it's just another northern city with bad weather far too remote to count. Let's hope that more shops stay there to keep the image alive and the folks warm.<br /><br />I was talking to a really cool canadian chick this evening at El Compadre over drinks. She was all happy to be in LA and wants to go to Nashville to sing but she needs to dump the boyfriend that got her here first. At least she got out of the cold.Davaudianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11144819322562403838noreply@blogger.com