Naturally it comes with responsibilities, given its lofty status. Sitting next to Pa'stromme on the nine remaining stools are people like Kimm Wolber, Jake Noe, Ron Khachigian, Dave Jerri, Kenny Loewen, Kenny Blanton and Jim Elder. Or what the cost of gas is. What will be will be. What he does care about is keeping customers' drinks fresh, the bar spotless, lemons peeled and plans for his next trip to Las Vegas moving forward.
Bars have their own personalities.
They can be sad places. Repositories of bitterness. The end game for people falling out of love, marriage and jobs. Places where the lonely, confused and the underemployed go to bury their heads in six ounces of fire water. This is not Marcie's world at Mexicali.