Recycling the Seventies

It’s eight o’clock at night and I arrive at the dog park with Buster, my joint custody pooch. Frustrated because he’s been cooped up in an air conditioned house all day, my dog selects a Chihuahua for destruction and begins expending his pent up energy by trying to...

Turn, Burn, Bye

I’m no longer working at Café Machiavelli. I’ve handed in my apron. I’ve taken my last order. Stick a fork in me, I’m done. I realized it was time to go several weeks ago. For me, waiting tables had become like trying to jam a square peg into a round hole. I needed to...

Audio Sample!

Taken from the forward, here’s an audio sample excerpt from the the Brilliance Audio version of Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip – Confessions of a Cynical Waiter! No, that’s not my voice! My thanks to Dan John Miller for his skillful narration. Just...

Mixing Up the Medicine

“Did you hear what happened to Sebastiano?” Chimo, one of the waiters at Café Machiavelli asks me. “No,” I reply. “What?” “The cops busted down his door last night.” “For real?” “Yep.” I look over at Sebastiano. He’s loading a plastic rack filled with dirty...

Book Signing!

I’ll be doing a book signing on Tuesday, July 29th at  Borders Books inside the Time Warner Building in Manhattan. The event starts at 7:00 PM. I’ll also be discussing my book and taking questions. I hope many of my readers in the New York area will be...