The Tender Bar

"We went there for everything we needed. We went there when thirsty, of course, and when hungry, and when dead tired. We went there when happy, to celebrate, and when sad, to sulk. We went there after weddings and funerals, for something to settle our nerves, and always for a shot of courage just before. We went there when we didn't know what we needed, hoping someone would tell us. We went there when looking for love, or sex, or trouble, or for someone who had gone missing, because sooner or later everyone turned up there. Most of all we went there when we needed to be found."
--J.R. Moehringer, The Tender Bar

[That's the touching opening paragraph to Moehringer's The Tender Bar. This amazing book tells the tale of a simple neighborhood bar and all the people who love it. Moehringer is the man who co-wrote Andre Agassi's autobiography.]