By Kevin Downey, Jr. on November 16, 2007
A very special “Drinking on $11 a Night” as Kevin Downey, Jr.
returns to the dive bars of his early years!
Welcome back. My dreams were my ticket out of Detroit, specifically the Warrendale section, though the real estate people now refer to my neighborhood as the (gulp) Herman Gardens region. Warrendale was still a mostly Polish section of Detroit when we moved in back in ’69 or ’70 […]
By Kevin Downey, Jr. on October 2, 2007North to Alaska!
Some people see Alaska as a dismal place; summer lasts about 4 minutes, small house pets become food for eagles. And it's really, really cold. Despite this, Alaskans are some of the proudest people I've met. Prouder of their state than Texans. Alaska is frequently the last stop for people that screwed up too badly to remain in the "lower 48". A lot of Alaskans are nice. Some are glacier-dwelling rednecks, (or as I like to call them, "snowbillies") […]
By Kevin Downey, Jr. on Oct 26, 2007
Chicago
I used to think people that grew up during the Depression were the cheapest in the world. Then I met some Eastern Europeans (and married one). The Nazis and/or Soviets did a number on the peeps, and they in turn passed it on to their kids. These folks can live on […]
By Kevin Downey, Jr. on Sep 22, 2007The Swig Easy!
The French Quarter of New Orleans is odd in that it is both unctuous and deliciously creepy at the same time. Bourbon St. is redolent of vomit and full of knuckleheads screaming to see tits. Morons rent balconies, or “galleries,” on which to perch and scan the sea of faces looking for a […]
By Kevin Downey, Jr. on Jul 28, 2007Las Vegas!
I constantly hear people griping about how “Vegas was better back in the day,” and how you “can’t get a good 99¢ shrimp cocktail anymore.” Sure, the prices in Vegas aren’t going down, but that’s no reason to give up. When the going get tough, the tough lower their standards! I wanted to see how […]
By Kevin Downey, Jr. on Apr 28, 2007 in DrinkingLouisville, KY
Almost 2 years ago I sat watching a 120-minute documentary on the Bermuda Triangle. Turns out the reason for all the sinking ships and crashing planes is loads of methane gas under the ocean floor. It seeps up, sinks boats and knocks WWII era Avenger torpedo bombers out of the sky. Afterwards there was another […]
