It felt good to stop in at Floggin’ Brews today. The sun was shining, temperatures are getting warmer, and we’re a month out from reopening the place. It’s been quite a year. I’d asked Brita and Mercy to join me for an afternoon of cleaning, in anticipation of Opening Day. Brita bounced in the back […]
Snow was falling slowly outside the windows of Floggin’ Brews. What with the holiday decorations, the place felt like the inside of a Christmas card. Okay, a kinky Christmas card. Boss seemed to be thoroughly enjoying Her tree. She had added to the original red paracord decorations by finding small sparkly objects — a bottlecap, […]
It was after Thanksgiving and barely December when I finally asked Mikhel about whether Floggin’ Brews was going to be decorated for the holidays. “I haven’t discussed it with Boss. What do you think?” I hadn’t expected to be consulted, but I always have opinions. “I think it would be great. It’s so dark outside, […]
It’s never too busy on a Tuesday evening, so I noticed Rick as soon as he walked in the door. Rick had been a fellow server at Bibi’s, the bar I worked at before I found Floggin’ Brews. Or maybe Floggin’ Brews found me. “Rick! Pull up a chair and tell me how you’ve been!” […]
Brita worked a few hours every Sunday and Monday evening. Mostly she helped clean the place: sweeping, mopping, organizing the recycling, taking the trash out to the dumpster, that kind of thing. Mikhel had spoken to her caseworker and assured him that Brita’s job did not involve anything that might be considered morally questionable, so […]
There was a new bottle among the liqueurs behind the bar. It appeared to be crystal and had a fancy stopper shaped like a water drop. The label was hand-lettered and read “White Male Tears.” “Where did this come from? It’s a joke, right?” I turned to Mikhel, truly puzzled. We have a lot of […]
Things were always a little more crazy on party nights. It makes sense: kinksters were there to have some fun that they couldn’t find elsewhere. Some of them were there to find new things or new folks to have fun with, so most parties had a vibe where some experimentation was welcome. The kink community […]
It had been a long and rainy Sunday at Floggin’ Brews – one of those days when people wanted to hunker down and watch the football game, or go somewhere that served hot food. The guests who made an appearance ordered more than usual from the Thai restaurant around the block, and most of them […]
It was mid-afternoon and not too busy at Floggin’ Brews. I was taking the opportunity to clean off and restock the liquor shelves behind the bar. It was tedious work, but a chore I enjoyed: the shelves were lit in a way that made the bottles glow, and the arrangement of shelves and bottles always […]
I don’t know who Mikhel hired to soundproof the Theatre, but they clearly knew what they were doing. The noise level from the Poetry Slam was either nonexistent (door closed) or deafening (door cracked open). Mikhel ran drinks back and forth to the Theatre. I mostly stayed at the bar, which truthfully was pretty quiet. […]
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