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Title: One man, one quest.
Post by: rpm on May 29, 2005, 03:51:25 AM
linky (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3202355)
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NEW YORK - A bit of barroom philosophy, courtesy of Dan Freeman: The longest journey begins with but a single sip.

Freeman should know. The Brooklynite set out Jan. 1 to visit 1,000 bars in a single year, a cocktail lounge quest that began with one scotch and soda in Mike's Pelham Grill. Barely five months and 524 bars later, the Don Quixote of drink is halfway to completing his boozy impossible dream.

Why 1,000 bars, you ask? Why not?

"There wasn't any grand scheme," explained Freeman, a tall draft beer in hand at bar No. 500, The Gate in Brooklyn. "I just wanted to see how many bars you could hit in a year, and 1,000 seemed reasonable."

He aims to visit four or five bars a day, although that number varies. His one-day high was 12 bars in 12 hours during a Mexican vacation. Given his pace, Freeman hopes to visit to bar No. 1,000 on Dec. 4, his 61st birthday.
Title: One man, one quest.
Post by: Heiliger on May 29, 2005, 04:04:16 AM
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"It's like somebody posted on my blog ... 'If you don't have a dream, how can you make a dream come true?' " Freeman said. "I'm not sure exactly how that translates to this, but OK."


lol
Title: One man, one quest.
Post by: Nilsen on May 29, 2005, 04:24:12 AM
Thats one way to spend a year.
Title: One man, one quest.
Post by: CyranoAH on May 29, 2005, 04:31:13 AM
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Thats one way to spend a year.


And a liver :)
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Post by: Nilsen on May 29, 2005, 05:06:48 AM
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Originally posted by CyranoAH
And a liver :)


livers are entitled to some fun too
Title: One man, one quest.
Post by: rpm on May 29, 2005, 06:07:44 AM
All work and no play makes one healthy, wealthy and extremely fluff'n dull.
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Post by: lazs2 on May 29, 2005, 08:50:16 AM
them city folk sure know how to live eh?

Thats how they live in limey land but at least there they got the weather for an excuse.

lazs
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Post by: Leslie on May 29, 2005, 12:47:10 PM
Getting out to visit 1000 bars takes some travelling.  Sounds like an educational experience.  



Les
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Post by: Bodhi on May 29, 2005, 06:52:43 PM
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Originally posted by Leslie
Getting out to visit 1000 bars takes some travelling.  Sounds like an educational experience.  



Les


In Manhattan?  Are u delerious?
Title: One man, one quest.
Post by: lazs2 on May 30, 2005, 10:02:02 AM
well... he does look like a real athlete.   All that taxi riding must really broaden his besodden horizons too.

Who knows when the next toothless hag on the stool next to you will puke out some gem?

lazs
Title: One man, one quest.
Post by: aztec on June 01, 2005, 09:19:33 AM
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Originally posted by lazs2
Who knows when the next toothless hag on the stool next to you will puke out some gem?

lazs
:rofl