Word: barman
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...often unfulfilling experiences of conventional tourism. His methods involve the imposition of arbitrary?and often absurd?constraints that turn mundane travel into a fascinating series of games. In Fly by Night, readers are invited to arrive at a destination at dusk, explore through the night, and leave before dawn. Barman's Knock involves going to your favorite bar, downing your favorite drink, asking the bartender what his favorite bar and drink are, then going there, downing that drink, and repeating the process. Then there's Monopoly Travel, which consists of exploring a city using only the streets and places featured...
...often unfulfilling experiences of conventional tourism. His methods involve the imposition of arbitrary - and often absurd - constraints that turn mundane travel into a fascinating series of games. In Fly by Night, readers are invited to arrive at a destination at dusk, explore through the night, and leave before dawn. Barman's Knock involves going to your favorite bar, downing your favorite drink, asking the bartender what his favorite bar and drink are, then going there, downing that drink, and repeating the process. Then there's Monopoly Travel, which consists of exploring a city using only the streets and places featured...
...room do encourage loitering. Packs of regulars make a quick trip to the large humidor in the back before settling in for the morning to chat. At night, a back room is available for group rentals. For example, the Boston University Cigar Afficianato Club holds regular meetings here. While barman Justin Held insists that the Gloucester Street Cigar Company is “a very male environment [where] testosterone levels get going,” there is a small but growing group of female regulars. Want to know how to break into the inner circle? Pierre Rogers, a patron...
...professional." An improbable chain reaction triggered his career. At 17, he was studying philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico when a strike was called. He decided to take a trip. The cheapest European tickets were to London, so he went there, got a job as a barman and began studying acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Before he graduated in 2001, he took time off to shoot Amores Perros and Y Tu Mam Tambi?...
Tick off any of the following if you've done them on holiday: a) winced at the number of fluffy bathrobes you got through; b) realized that the barman's weekly wage wouldn't pay for one of the many pina coladas you've just drained; c) wished you could meet a local, other than that barman; d) thought the beach was lovely-if only they hadn't stuck an unsightly hotel...