Jeff Burkhart

1 week ago | marinij.com | Jeff Burkhart

The couple was fighting. It was obvious to anyone who looked. Her shoulders were pulled back in her short-sleeved black shirt and the look on her face could only be described as tense. It was a restaurant buyout and people were milling around, as people at parties often do. Does anyone else feel uncomfortable standing around while trying to balance both a plate and a glass? I know I do. But just because one is uncomfortable doesn’t mean that one is unobservant.

2 weeks ago | mercurynews.com | Jeff Burkhart

On April 14, we lost bartending legend Robert “Bobby” Lozoff, one of the two Trident bartenders who created the tequila sunrise at the Sausalito restaurant in the 1970s. Lozoff had been living in Hawaii since he left Sausalito in 1976. He died at age 77. More than a bartender, Lozoff came to Sausalito from Canada in 1970. Afterward, he moved to Hawaii to help open the Blue Max nightclub, famed for its rock and roll connections.

2 weeks ago | marinij.com | Jeff Burkhart

On April 14, we lost bartending legend Robert “Bobby” Lozoff, one of the two Trident bartenders who created the tequila sunrise at the Sausalito restaurant in the 1970s. Lozoff had been living in Hawaii since he left Sausalito in 1976. He died at age 77. More than a bartender, Lozoff came to Sausalito from Canada in 1970. Afterward, he moved to Hawaii to help open the Blue Max nightclub, famed for its rock and roll connections.

2 weeks ago | marinij.com | Jeff Burkhart

It was a lovely spring afternoon, the kind of afternoon that just screams spring cleaning — or spring repairs, in my case. I was the only person standing in line at the local lumber/hardware store, balancing a board in one hand and a box of screws in the other. It wasn’t your run-of-the-mill home repair store because that balanced board was much more specialized. And if you want special, you need to go to the special store.

3 weeks ago | marinij.com | Jeff Burkhart

Some years back, it was suggested to me that I might try some meditation to relax. In those days, I was working at nightclubs, often getting off of work at 3 a.m. It was difficult to come down after that because “last call” was always the busiest part of the night. It would be go, go, go all night and then at the end it was really GO!And then it would all stop. 2 a.m. and it was all over. After cleaning up and counting money, it’s 3 a.m. and you’re wide awake.