Valen Lambert

It’s Saturday night at The Ritz and Reggie Watts is playing, which is like saying it’s a Saturday night at Studio 54 and Prince is playing. The lucky few hundred folks who also made it through the door are stark naked and squeezed buttcheek to buttcheek around the fire pit in front of an intimate … Continue Reading

Everett’s isn’t too busy for a Friday, which is surprising, as it’s the premier dive bar in downtown Arcata.   Catfish is bouncing tonight. I’ve now come in enough to where he doesn’t card me at the door. He tips his hat, “Nice to see ya.” Inside, my boss at the elementary school is playing pool … Continue Reading