A bottoms-up breakfast this morning:
"Last call came Friday for the bar cars on commuter trains between Manhattan and Connecticut, a final run for rolling taverns where city workers gathered for decades to play dice, find jobs, and hold annual Christmas parties with a jazz band.
The cars on the Metro-North Railroad are believed to be the last of their kind in the United States. With their faux-wood paneling on the walls and red leather lounges, they evoke New York’s ‘‘Mad Men’’ era of martini lunches.
Yes, it has a ‘‘very much 1963, very ‘Mad Men’ vibe.’’ (as blog editor hits signal for next stop)
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Sorry I skipped the drinks.
Related: Backtracking de Blasio
If I lost the trail in recent days I will update.
