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How to Make a Great Martini

August 3, 2012 by Bitter Bartender 6 Comments

There are as many ways to make a martini as there are first-year associates making asses of themselves in Las Vegas dance clubs. Fortunately, you don’t risk catching an STD if you get it on with a bad cocktail, because many martinis are awful. Many others are high-maintenance, and require some serious bar tools. That…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: cocktails, drinking, how to, Socializing

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I Associate with the Dweebs

July 15, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 6 Comments

QI’m a second year associate at a mid-size Manhattan firm. I’m not concerned about the work part of the job. I get plenty of it and, surprisingly, most of it is interesting. But whenever I’m out with my colleagues I look around and notice how many of them are dweebs. All they do is talk…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, associates, gl11, Socializing

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