Boozing it up at Best of the Bay

Here's a look at my new Bar Tab logo and a snippet from my latest column. Were you one of the approximately 1,000 people who partied it up at CL's Best of the Bay Awards Show at Tampa Theatre? Then perhaps you recall the flask I chugged on stage. Good times. From my current Bar Tab, which is now found in Bad Habits:

The original plan was for me to enter the stage with a whiskey bottle filled with iced tea — and, once at the podium, chug, chug, chug. But I balked. Didn’t want to be accused of engaging in any bullshit. Instead, I stumbled to the podium and grasped it with both hands as if to steady myself. It was, at least in part, acting — I think. I asked the audience to give me a moment and then flashed my flask. The longer I held it to my lips the louder the crowd roared — or at least that’s the sound I heard inside my mind. By the time I wiped my mouth on my sport coat sleeve, I was definitely loaded.

Click here to read entire column.

WE LOVE OUR READERS!

Since 1988, CL Tampa Bay has served as the free, independent voice of Tampa Bay, and we want to keep it that way.

Becoming a CL Tampa Bay Supporter for as little as $5 a month allows us to continue offering readers access to our coverage of local news, food, nightlife, events, and culture with no paywalls.

Join today because you love us, too.

Scroll to read more News Feature articles

Join Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Newsletters

Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox.