We're So Googlable, We Might Even Break Google and You'd Need a New Fancy Google to Google Us.

For a long time, we were second banana in the Google world to the Pacific Standard time zone. Anyone looking for our bar would have to look one, perhaps two inches down the Google search results list, past that pesky, informative entry about the time zone, and sometimes past Standard Pacific Homes. But google "Pacific Standard" today and you will see we have triumphed! A silly time zone is obviously less important than us, and now all the world can see it. Who needs time when you have microbrews?

Frequent Drinker Yards/Barcodes

A couple quick notes about the Frequent Drinker Program (which now has 114 members!):

--We have your Frequent Drinker ID numbers on stickers, which we can put on the back of your card so you can easily remember your number and check your yards online. Ask a bartender to get your sticker.

--I'm generally updating yardage totals on Tuesday afternoons. As I've mentioned before, if you've gotten your ID number from us, you can get your yards here:

http://www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com/frequentdrinkeryards.htm

May you gain yards like running backs, our sweet customers.

Madame Fuzzybottoms is pregnant

according to the nice folks at Hope Veterinary Clinic, where we had her checked out (ultrasound, blood tests, tires rotated, etc.). We're close to finding Madame her new home, but if you're interested in one of her kittens a month or two down the road, let us know. Here's a picture of Fuzzybottoms sleeping on the Oxford English Dictionary during pub quiz. She's as nerdy as our customers.

Found: One Cat.

Last Friday, a friendly but burr-encrusted cat wandered in our door and has been hanging out here since. We temporarily dubbed her Madame Fuzzybottoms Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, or Fuzzybottoms for short; pictures of her enjoying herself here are below.

She seems very domesticated, so I'm making this post in the off-chance this is a lost pet of one of our customers--if so, come by to pick her up. Otherwise, we're in the process of getting her vet-ized and finding her a good home. (We can't keep her here for health code reasons, plus our dog patrons seem to have acquired a keen interest in consuming Madame Fuzzybottoms.) She's sweet as sunshine and very pettable; those of you who don't know her already might see her if you come by in the next day or two.

Poetry on May 8.

Chin Music: The Pacific Standard Poetry Reading Series
Featuring Jeffrey McDaniel, Meghan O'Rourke, and Carey McHugh
Thursday, May 8th @ 8:00PM

Pacific Standard Bar
82 Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

http://www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com

Please join us for our next installment of Chin Music, Brooklyn's new
poetry reading series at Pacific Standard bar in Park Slope.
Established and rising poets and writers from near and far are
featured during each of our seasons. Our May 8th reading will feature
three fine poets: Jeffrey McDaniel, Meghan O'Rourke and Carey McHugh.
Our last reading of the season, on May 22nd, will feature Eamon
Grennan, Patrick Phillips, and Ciaran Berry. Series curated by Colin
Cheney.

Located on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, near the Atlantic/Pacific
station, Pacific Standard is a literary bar serving up over a dozen
West Coast microbrews on tap (as well as choice selections from small
and local breweries), a fine collection of wines, and tasty cheeses
and meats.

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Featured Poets:

Jeffrey McDaniel's fourth book, THE ENDARKENMENT, is forthcoming this
month from the University of Pittsburgh Press. A recipient of an NEA
fellowship, his poems have appeared in Best American Poetry and
Ploughshares and are forthcoming from American Poetry Review. He
teaches at Sarah Lawrence and is the author of three previous books:
THE SPLINTER FACTORY, THE FORGIVENESS PARADE, and ALIBI SCHOOL.

Meghan O'Rourke's first book, HALFLIFE, was published by W.W. Norton in
2007. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic,
Poetry, and other venues. A widely published critic, she contributes
frequently to the New York Times Book Review and Slate, where she is
also culture editor. She is a poetry editor at The Paris Review and
was the recipient of the 2005 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation
Award for poetry.

Carey McHugh's chapbook, ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PERFECT
PRESERVATION OF BIRDS &c., was selected by Rae Armantrout for the
Poetry Society of America's New York Chapbook Fellowship. Her poems
have appeared in Smartish Pace, Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, and
elsewhere. She currently lives in Manhattan and teaches writing in the
Bronx.

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Directions:

Pacific Standard is located at 82 Fourth Avenue in Park Slope,
Brooklyn, between St. Marks and Bergen Streets. It's a short walk from
a dizzying array of subway and commuter rail lines at the
Atlantic/Pacific station, namely, the 2, 3, 4, 5, D, N, Q, and R, as
well as the Long Island Railroad. New York subway map. After you exit
the Atlantic/Pacific station, just walk four blocks south on Fourth
Avenue to get to our bar. We're not too much longer a walk from the F
and G stop at Bergen Street, and are also close to the B61, B63, and
B65 bus lines.

Finnegans Wake Reading Group Wednesday

Here's the agenda for the Finnegans Wake reading/discussion group this Wednesday. Last Wednesday was an enlightening and beery affair, we have heard, so y'all should check it out this time around:

"This week's Wake reading group will be doing the first chapter (pgs 3-26) of the book, after last week's preparation/introduction meeting. Even if you did not attend last weeks, you can still join. (In fact, anyone can join at any point, due to the circular nature of the book. But I think its probably better to join in now)."

Beer and Cheese Night III Moves to May 20

A slight change: Beer and Cheese Night III will now take place Tuesday, May 20. So re-save the date, and as promised, more details will come later.