Comments on: Some but not all Irish Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:29:48 +0000

Absolutely. WT is, in fact, one of the places where Charlie Tapps danced back in the day, if I’m remembering correctly.

By: chezjake

chezjake — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:20:03 +0000

GJ’s was an OK everyday bar, but on St.Patty’s Day there was no place better than “The WT” ( the Washington Tavern). And there was certainly no better host than WT owner Michael Byron — he’s still there, still runs a great pub, still does free corned beef and cabbage to the first x customers on St. Patty’s Day!

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:27:09 +0000

Larry, what I’m not remembering is the other link to you. All the other bartenders, I knew as GJ’s bartenders, but in your case there was a second link. Something via SUNY, Archaeology, BOCA, City Hall, Joy Tribe, Refer/Equinox, the Boulevard Bookstore, something. Can’t put my finger on it.

Or maybe you worked at a second bar? Justin’s? Lark Street?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:03:11 +0000

Larry, of course I remember you, we’ve met and you served me a number of beers. Maybe the occasional shot of Jack Daniels. I used to live on the fifth floor over GJ’s. I don’t remember if you asked me for proof, but I had it handy just in case.

I used to hang out with Steve, who lived in the converted Wells Fargo carriage house and drove the 1K cc Honda, Mike and his brother, Mary Beth from down the street, Applebee the ‘Nam chopper pilot, Tex (the guy with the cowboy hat who was not me) to name a few.

I’m blanking on the names of most of the other bartenders… Jack (the silent J in GJ) was my landlord, as he owned the building.

By: Larry Delaney

Larry Delaney — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:23:33 +0000

Greg, Just read this post. Your reference to GJ’s brought back memories. It was actually GJ’s Gallery located at State and Lark streets. I was a bartender there for about three years in the early seventies. Wild times. I wonder if I ever asked you for your proof of age? You had to be 18 to ‘get served’ in New York then. I usually worked the Friday and Saturday shifts.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:29:06 +0000

Patriots day is a Commonwealth (“State”) holiday, as I recall. That is the day the shot was heard around the world. In Concord. Concord MA. Not Concord NH.

By: Brue

Brue — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:27:21 +0000

We also used to celebrate Bunker Hill Day (Flag Day) in June.
And Patriots day (around April 19) often gives us an extra day to work on tax returns.
I’ve been in this area all my life (thusfar), still haven’t been to a Southie St. Patrick’s Day parade. Sometimes you need an out-of-town visitor to find an excuse for doing the touristy things.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:08:42 +0000

Its not cheating. It’s revising on the basis of helpful suggestions.

The first footnote … that much of this was made up …. was there all along. The link to his book, however, is based on your helpful suggestion.

It is interesting that he had this deisitic anti-organized religion book. Often left out of the standard more revolutionary war oriented bios of him.

By: rturpin

rturpin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:04:35 +0000

Wait! Were those there when I posted? Blog authors sometimes cheat…. Maybe it’s the green beer. Never mind.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:53:51 +0000

Half the details in that story are made up. The stuff of legend. And an object lesson for all in reading footnotes.

Or, maybe that other guy was the one with the furniture.