I think I got a new personal hero!
Some retirees climb mountains. Others sail around the world.
Dan Freeman has a dream, too - hitting a different bar three or four times a day.
The 60-year-old Brooklyn man is on a quest to have a drink in 1,000 watering holes this year, and he's chronicling his boozy adventures on his blog, "1000 Bars."
The News tagged along with Freeman this week on stops 525 through 527, downing beers at three Manhattan bars he had yet to visit.
"I don't understand those people who say they're retired and bored," Freeman said, taking a sip from a bottle of Heineken at Bellevue, a bar in Hell's Kitchen.
On pace to hit the mark on his 61st birthday in December, Freeman is savoring his tour of city bars - from corner dives to Irish pubs to a lesbian bar he unwittingly patronized.
"Someone in there said to me, 'You know you are in a lesbian bar,'" he recalled. "And I said, 'Well, okay, can I get a drink?'"
Nice! Check out his blog. I am going through the archives right now...
Dude, that is AWESOME...no wonder people are always telling me to save up money for my retirement.
Posted by: zonker | May 29, 2005 at 04:37 PM
Yea, really. Imagine? 3+ bars a day!
Posted by: Stan | May 30, 2005 at 11:28 PM
But then, he's ordering a beer at each joint. Which is what.. $1(on a happy hour special in some places) - $7 (really high class joints?) I'd hate to know his budget if he was a martini drinker :)
Posted by: Noofy | May 31, 2005 at 01:11 PM
Yea, but he's retired. Not like he's paying a mortgage or saving up for his kids' education.
Posted by: Stan | May 31, 2005 at 02:05 PM