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The Correct Thing

“What’re You Having”

By Rosemary Rogers, Contributor
December / January 2020

December 1, 2019 by 4 Comments

Michael Rogers with his shock of dark hair.

1939 - Astor Bar, New York My father, Michael Rogers, was a bartender at New York’s legendary Astor Bar from 1936 to 1965. The photo above was taken for the N.Y. Daily News series, “The Correct Thing,” on tipping bartenders. It’s not a good shot of him, as it doesn’t do justice to his hair, wavy and deep black, a color he likened to “the inside of a raven’s wing.” He was … [Read more...] about “What’re You Having”

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