Email Author C.M. Redding

2008 Stories by C.M. Redding

• Making a First Impression with Roasted Garlic

  published December 18, 2008

  A few years ago, I was involved with a little Italian girl who moved all her belongings into my house. Yes, we had just taken that fabled step... More >>

• Cooking, Sex, and Lying About Grandma’s Gravy Recipe

  published November 27, 2008

  Spooning? What the hell is this guy up to? Is this new column going to be a cooking column or a sex column? Well, dear reader, it will be... More >>

• Not sure if you’re in a dive bar? Check these “pig points” to find out

  published September 11, 2008

  So I've been writing this inebriated nonsense for more than a year now. Not a bad showing of "commitment," considering the amount of booze I've... More >>

• Booze Pig celebrates 134 hours of sobriety by getting plowed at The OX

  published August 28, 2008

  This may sound pathetic to some, but I am proud to report that I made it five days, 14 hours without a drink. Zero, zilch, nada! And I have to... More >>

• The Pig searches for Salma Hayek but finds only angry vampire zombies at Caravan

  published August 14, 2008

  If you walk up to the door of a bar and it has a sign that reads, "Restrooms for customers only," chances are you're about to enter a dive bar. At... More >>

• The Pig gets dirty at Palo Verde Lounge

  published July 31, 2008

  Being a booze pig, I pride myself on knowing the location of every dive bar in town. It gets a little more difficult when you are in the... More >>

• Westwood Tap & Grill is a one jigger per drink kind of place

  published July 17, 2008

  It's a sweaty Wednesday and I'm running some errands after work when I find myself on the west side of Phoenix. I'm on autopilot, stuck in... More >>

• Booze Pig waxes nostalgic at Champions

  published July 3, 2008

  I know what you're thinking: The Booze Pig has finally drunk himself stupid — is this guy really going to review a sports... More >>

• Booze Pig’s off on a jaunt to Tallyho! Cocktail Lounge

  published June 19, 2008

  I'm driving to work. It's not my usual pound-as-much-coffee-as-you-can-while-not-hitting-anything-and-still-drunk-from-last-night commutes.... More >>

• Booze Pig transforms into the mythical White Stag

  published June 5, 2008

  I thought I'd never write about kegger house parties. I mean, I went to school in Wisconsin. But the other night, after pounding my fifth... More >>

• Booze Pig swaggers out of the Swizzle Inn

  published May 22, 2008

  It's a Tuesday, and I'm on my way home. "Frustrated" is an understatement. Sometimes you leave work happy and content, and other times you want to... More >>

• Booze Pig roots around The Spurr Lounge

  published May 8, 2008

  It's 4:20 p.m. on Wednesday and I'm sitting in rush hour traffic, trying to fight my way to happy hour at the Spurr Lounge. I'm doing a sort-of... More >>

• Booze Pig's looking for the missing "T" at Closing Soon Saloon

  published April 24, 2008

  Lonely days in Phoenix lead to lonely springtime in the desert. Everything is blooming and fornicating, humping, discharging, and collecting all... More >>

• Stumbling around Baja Red's in search of $2 fries after 6 p.m.

  published March 27, 2008

  It's Friday and it's raining — as if we live in the grungy Emerald City of Seattle. Naturally, I throw on my flannel, itching for a drink... More >>

• Nine tips to take your strip club experience to the next level

  published March 13, 2008

  "We can talk about anything you want, long as you're naked." — Congressman David Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds) in the 1996... More >>

• A visit to the new Chez Nous leaves Booze Pig longing for the old sty

  published February 14, 2008

  I had so many memories of drinking in the afternoons with transvestites and guys doing lines in the bathrooms at the cool, old haunt that used to... More >>

• Booze Pig hails the Taxi Inn, home of the Mi/Chelada

  published January 31, 2008

  Ahhh . . . Mexico! Nothing like starting out the New Year on a long stretch of beach with a trio of lovely, successful women. Trouble is, I... More >>

• The Recovery Room is a slice of classic dive bar heaven

  published January 17, 2008

  December is gone and I think I've been drunk since Thanksgiving. For some reason, I decided to celebrate a Greek Christmas with my Jewish friends... More >>

• Diving In To 2008

  published January 3, 2008

  I don't know about you, but I'm happy as hell to get 2007 behind me. Maybe it's my age (38), or the fact that I hang out with other Booze Pigs,... More >>