As I sit here in the prestigious Lowes Hotel in New Orleans waiting for the Ladies of LUPEC lunch, I patiently wait to see if I am one of the only males in this seminar. I wouldn’t mind because I am surrounded by some of the most beautiful and inspirational ladies ever! As I sip the New Orleans classic, the Sazerac, I find myself wondering if this seminar will change the views I have regarding women behind the bar. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a girl that can make a great cocktail but, in my home town of Toronto, Canada, we are used to the stereotypical gorgeous girl who is well-endowed but can only come up with a rum and Coke when asked for a cocktail.
The Coveted B1 Annual Trip
There I was staring down Bourbon Street at 5am thinking to myself, ‘these boys know how to party’.
It all started about a year ago at 4am on a Friday morning when I was driving the senior (old) guys of the Bartenderone team to the airport for the first annual trip or should I say drinking tour. I realized how badly I wanted to be on the next one myself when I recieved a phone call about 8 hours later with the entire semi-sober team telling me how much fun there were having. So it was set, I needed to get on one of these.
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