{"product_id":"meet-the-regulars-joshua-d-fischer-9781510703858","title":"Meet the Regulars: People of Brooklyn and the Places They Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on the column The Regulars on the \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine partner \u003ci\u003eBedford + Bowery\u003c\/i\u003e, the celebrities and everyday people who love the local joints of the world's coolest borough.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeet the Regulars\u003c\/i\u003e captures a previously unseen and entertaining portrait of the people of Brooklyn and the places they love. In talking with the regulars at bars, restaurants, and shops in the world-famous borough, author Joshua Fischer delivers deep and delightful stories presented alongside stunning snapshots from accomplished photographers including Nina Westervelt (Vogue.com, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Phil Provencio (\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e, and CBS), and Nicole Disser (\u003ci\u003eBedford + Bowery\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e online). \u003ci\u003eMeet the Regulars\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the great power in the connections we make with the people and places where we live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally an interview series on the \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine partner \u003ci\u003eBedford + Bowery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeet the Regulars\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to a diverse and changing Brooklyn through its regulars: the first-generation American Latino café owner who drinks Coors out of a can and loves a good debate with the lawyer and plumber at his corner bar, the blogger who fixes her hair and heart at her cherished salon, the lady so loyal to her local bar she has its logo tattooed on her arm, the Asian hipster couple who drink and dance for \"exercise\" at their new-school Brooklyn hangout, and the burgeoning filmmaker who walks twenty blocks for sage advice from a legendary bartender inside a bowling alley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFamiliar faces include party rocker Andrew W. K. spicing things up at the Thai joint from his early days, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e performer Sasheer Zamata reliving a break-up at her go-to brunch spot, \u003ci\u003eRadiolab\u003c\/i\u003e host Jad Abumrad sippin' whiskey to Black Sabbath, beloved NY1 news anchor Pat Kiernan chowing down on meatballs, actor Jessica Pimentel (\u003ci\u003eOrange Is the New Black\u003c\/i\u003e) championing her local metal bar, actor Kevin Corrigan (\u003ci\u003eGoodfellas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePineapple Express\u003c\/i\u003e) contemplating a Guinness at his favorite Irish pub, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eMeet the Regulars\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These are stories about people finding a home in an ephemeral world of bars, restaurants, shops, and clubs that open, explode, and burn out like so many stars hidden in that bright and sleepless New York night sky.\" --Joshua D. Fischer, from his introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet the regulars of \u003ci\u003eMeet the Regulars\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a sense of continuity. You thread your history through a place. . . . That's what makes me a regular.\" --\u003cb\u003eJad Abumrad\u003c\/b\u003e, host of public radio's \u003ci\u003eRadiolab\u003c\/i\u003e, regular at Splitty \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Once you have the cell phone number of the bar owner, then you're a regular.\" --Twin comics \u003cb\u003ethe Lucas Brothers\u003c\/b\u003e, regulars at Tutu's \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I can tell if a person is cool if their vibe mixes with this place.\" --\u003cb\u003eSasheer Zamata\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e cast member, regular at Enid's \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brooklyn is this unattractive, could-never-go-to-the-prom borough. And now, not only does everyone want to take you to the prom, but everyone wants you on their arm.\" --\u003cb\u003eEric Adams\u003c\/b\u003e, Brooklyn borough president, regular at Woodland \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Read the book. Talk to everyone about it. . . . Move to Brooklyn with nothing but the contents of a suitcase. Be in the world's most annoying band. Get a bunch of hideous tattoos. Whatever.\" --\u003cb\u003eMeredith Graves\u003c\/b\u003e of punk band Perfect Pussy, regular at Roman's \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This bar saved my life.\" --\u003cb\u003eAriel Pellman\u003c\/b\u003e, costume designer, regular at the Way Station\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua D. 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