Trip down memory lane leads to a winning cocktail
A woman who hung out regularly at this place went by the name of Mary Ball, and if memory serves she worked at an advertising agency.
Mary lived in the apartment directly above the bar, and on weekends she'd leave a note for whoever was tending bar on weekends asking that she be awakened by a specific tune on the jukebox at a certain time.
Mary and I were out of touch for two or three decades, but social media has changed all that, and when we reconnected I discovered that she'd become a very successful photographer who had married, moved to Arizona and retired.
Recently, Mary got in touch with me to ask for advice on creating a cocktail for a competition that Wisdom's Cafe, near Tubac, was holding.