Dahlia and Edmund were a couple like many other newbie couples. Each of them had been in the community a relatively short time, and if you knew what to look for, it showed. And I actually don’t mean that in a bad way – everyone is new at some point. New people brought new ideas […]
One of the joys of running just a bar is not having to muck about with food. Offering food requires more storage, more resources, more chances of spoilage, a kitchen, additional licensing and inspections, etc., etc., etc. One of the sorrows of running just a bar is that people want food that you cannot supply […]
It was the middle of a Sunday afternoon, and it was raining. Business at Floggin’ Brews would pick up later in the day, but for now the mid-day munch crowd had cleared and there were just a handful of patrons. Mikhel was in the basement with the kegs and I was at the taps, changing […]
Not everything runs smoothly at Floggin’ Brews. Don’t get me started on the plumbing issue we had with the water cut-off outside last week. And sometimes it gets even worse. It was a quiet Tuesday night. I was doing paperwork in the office while Ret tended the bar. I thought I heard a kerfluffle start […]
It was early afternoon on Sunday and Floggin’ Brews was pretty quiet. It was the fifth Sunday of the month, so there weren’t any munches scheduled. And we don’t serve food, so we don’t get much of a lunch crowd, especially on Sundays. But a few people usually wander in after lunch to enjoy a […]
T.S. Eliot declared that “April is the cruelest month,” but he never lived through a Minnesota winter. January is the cruelest, hands down, because you know that spring is still so far away. And because things tend to break when it gets really cold or really snowy. Things like the electrical grid. It was snowing […]
Floggin’ Brews is an interesting bar (he said, humbly), but in an interesting way. One of the traditionally busiest nights of the year for a bar is New Year’s Eve. People are getting drunk, having a good time, throwing confetti and balloons, spilling beer on each other, and generally having a great time with friends. […]
It was getting late, and the place slowly emptied out. By 1:45 there was me, Ret, Boss, a couple keeping up an animated conversation around some obscure point about manga that I couldn’t begin to follow, and Santa and Krampus. Ret could have gone home by then, but she found things to do — looking […]
Was a time I did not believe in The Inexplicable. You know, the things that people call “supernatural” or “miraculous.” Ghosts. The Fay. Angels. Mythology. But that was before I started working at Floggin’ Brews. The Inexplicable happens here on a regular basis, and I’d kind of gotten used to it. For instance, I half-expected […]
A lot of people really dig Christmas Eve. The presents, the family (blood and otherwise), the anticipation, the food — a lot of things to be loved by people who love them. Not me. I like Christmas evening much more. == Floggin’ Brews was busy on Christmas evening. It’s a chance to get out of […]
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