A False Start Earlier today, Facebook reminded me that I launched this blog exactly 3 years ago. THREE YEARS! And yet there still is no "bar at The Bailey". So what happened? Did something go wrong? Is this even happening still? If so, when? I don't have
A closer look at the space The former dining room we've pegged as the location for our "hotel lobby bar" is a large, rectangular room, roughly 24' wide by 42' long, with no fixed furniture—essentially
Design inspiration Having articulated an aesthetic direction and ideas, I'm ready to seek inspiration from existing bars and commercial environments, and start honing in on specific details that will help us achieve
On making decisions What does it mean to build a cocktail bar—or a hotel, coffee shop, or any of our various projects—in little Humboldt, rather than, say, a bigger city? Or
Louis Perrenoud, Jeweler Although a historical deep-dive may not be the most exciting way to kick off this blog, submersing myself in history is almost always how I like to start into a project like this one. Who were the building's owners, its tenants? What were some
A new bar for Humboldt I’m building a bar, here in Humboldt, and I'd like to tell you about it. I’ve been poking at this idea for nearly two years now, and while COVID threatened to derail the entire project just as I was getting going, a
