BCR #16: UWS Margarita Crawl

This was a first for Bar Crawl Radio -- A Real Bar Crawl -- three bars -- three conversations -- in one late afternoon crawl on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. We had a tight schedule -- 30 minutes of recording and then a rush to the next bar. We had to put together a small recording kit that could be re-assembled quickly ...

• Zoom MP3 recorder
• Three mics and portable mic stands
• Three headsets
• Portable headphone amp
• Lot's of cable and extra batteries

... and we headed off >>>

At Gabriela's we had one regular and one frozen "Margie" -- my main concern was to remain sober enough to speak straight -- Becky is Scotch-Irish and much better at handling liquor than this Jewish boy, so I had to keep my wits under control. At Gabriela's -- 93rd St. & Columbus -- we spoke with Brooklyn Council Person Raphael Espinal about his work to "green" the city and his push to ban plastic straws in NYC bars and restaurants.  We then "crawled" uptown -- ten blocks -- to Casa Mexicana -- 103rd St. and Amsterdam -- for a conversation with science writer and podcaster Nathan Lents about his recent book Human Errors -- a funny and terrifying study of our broken bodies. For the story of the third bar -- Mexican Festival -- you will have to listen to the podcast -- it was a surprise to all of us.

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