Email Author Katy St. Clair

2006 Stories by Katy St. Clair

• It's the sober life for me

  published April 19, 2006

  I need to come clean about something, gentle reader. I haven't been drinking. I'm not supposed to imbibe because I had surgery, and I run the risk... More >>

• Stealing bases and talking balls at Thieves Tavern

  published April 12, 2006

  Here is where feminism screwed up: It went from the right to go braless and demand equal pay to becoming a mode of study in higher education. This... More >>

• Mixing an ElixIr with med students

  published April 5, 2006

  "Elixir" is one of my best-loved words, along with "pumpkin," "festoon," and "open-bar" (oh, hyphen-schmyphen). When I fantasize that I am on... More >>

• Helping a divorcee with drugs, Eurodudes, and white supremacists

  published March 29, 2006

  There was a time when the Lingba Lounge at 18th and Connecticut had a hard time with its neighbors in the cozy li'l shire known as Potrero Hill. I... More >>

• Drinking with the cat's meow

  published March 22, 2006

  I've mentioned before that sometimes I envy heroin addicts. Not for the whole monkey-on-me-back-Trainspotting-flesh-eating-bacteria thang,... More >>

• Very Bad Things

  published February 15, 2006

  Once you reach a reasonable level of emotional maturity and happiness, it's natural to look back honestly on all your mistakes and maybe even... More >>

• K's Choice

  published February 8, 2006

  Addiction is one of those things that big thinkers have a lot of theories about, each one usually the complete opposite of the idea before it. For... More >>

• Repaired Social Club

  published January 25, 2006

  What is there to do but sit around and wait for the 19th Cheese? I know it's out there. I only hope that it will arrive in my lifetime. The... More >>

• Pucker Up

  published January 11, 2006

  A little-known movie was released this year and then moved quietly yet quickly to DVD, Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Love. The nutty pinup wrote... More >>

• Too much swigging at Swig leads to spicy chatter about ... well, you'll see

  published January 4, 2006

  Considering how much I go out, I don't really get drunk very often. I know my limit. But this week I have been on vacation, and old friends have... More >>