false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190442382m/1927734.jpg 1927734 1 <p><i>Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life</i> is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life at Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature&#8212;of the sometimes annoying, sometimes outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of alcohol, lust, and the sheer desire to bust loose and party. It's not a pretty picture, but it's always compelling through the gimlet-eyed gaze of the author. As his typical day progresses, from the almost pastoral quiet of opening the bar and setting up to the gathering rush of customers dropping in after work to the sheer madness of catering to a crazed crush of funseekers, Toby Cecchini muses over a life spent in the service industry and the fascinating particulars of his chosen profession. Topics touched on include dealing with regulars, both welcome and not; sex and the bartender; cocktail connoisseurs (and drinks he refuses to make); learning the bartending ropes of the Odeon when young and newly arrived in New York; the sheer man-killing pace of keeping those drinks coming at flood tide; and the manifold varieties of weirdness and bad behavior that every bartender has to learn how to manage.<br><i><br>Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life</i> is the hip, behind-the-scenes look at the frenzied yet undeniably fun atmosphere of that great establishment&#8212;the bar&#8212;and Toby Cecchini is, by turns, witty, acute, mordant, and lyrical in dealing with the realities of his job, shedding plenty of light on the hidden corners of what people do when they go out at night.</p> 1930004 7 10 2003 Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life total:9|5:1|4:7|3:1| 9 36 13 3 1927734 0767912098 9780767912099 9 3 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190442382m/1927734.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1927734.Cosmopolitan_A_Bartender_s_Life 3 0 false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:34:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 05:50:45 -0700 2009 do and make things, instead of speculating and analyzing and consulting. 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