{"id":1579,"date":"2012-05-07T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T19:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2012-05-07T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T19:50:11","slug":"know-your-bartender-gustavo-garrido-from-tlv-155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/know-your-bartender-gustavo-garrido-from-tlv-155\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Bartender: Gustavo Garrido (from TLV #155)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Name: Gustavo Garrido<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bar where you work and your shifts:<\/strong> Chili\u2019s, rotation<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/strong> Barquisimeto, Venezuela<\/p>\n

In your experience, what is the most common reason to have a drink?<\/strong> To escape from reality.<\/p>\n

\"\"What do you prefer on the rocks?<\/strong> Vodka & OJ (Screwdriver)<\/p>\n

What are your specialties?<\/strong> I am good with my hands and tongue (I have been told).<\/p>\n

Early alcohol experience:<\/strong> Thirteen years old, first time drinking. Don\u2019t remember anything about that night but I got the nickname \u201cRocky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most famous customer you\u2019ve served:<\/strong> The now-President of my country (he wasn\u2019t back then) at a local place in Venezuela.<\/p>\n

Who would you most like to have a drink with?<\/strong> My brother.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your jam, lately?<\/strong> \u201cThe Wonder of You,\u201d Elvis.<\/p>\n

Favorite movie:<\/strong> The Prince of Tides<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Favorite sport & team:<\/strong> Soccer \u2013 Barcelona!<\/p>\n

What are you reading?<\/strong> The Power of Now<\/em>, Eckhart Tolle.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s your favorite Rebel, and do you really go 18 mph, ever?<\/strong> I do go 18 mph, always!<\/p>\n

Where\u2019s your favorite spot to sip?<\/strong> Irie!!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best band you\u2019ve ever seen in Oxford?<\/strong> Willie Nelson.<\/p>\n

What do you like best about living here?<\/strong> The people\u2014everyone is so friendly here.<\/p>\n

Where would you be if you weren\u2019t behind a bar?<\/strong> In a Buddhist monastery, living among monks.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n


\nThis article was published in The Local Voice<\/em> #155 (May 3-19, 2012)…<\/strong>Click here to download the PDF of issue #155.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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