{"id":504,"date":"2010-07-31T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikegreener.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2010-07-31T22:41:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T22:41:00","slug":"a-tale-of-two-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikegreener.com\/2010\/07\/a-tale-of-two-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Two Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGw_pHSI\/AAAAAAAADs4\/bA7ljhQJoFM\/s1600\/cFraternalEagles.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500210277157248290\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGw_pHSI\/AAAAAAAADs4\/bA7ljhQJoFM\/s1600\/cFraternalEagles.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsHIOSzzI\/AAAAAAAADtA\/CiwmEl7bHiQ\/s1600\/aFraternalEagles.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500210283392716594\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsHIOSzzI\/AAAAAAAADtA\/CiwmEl7bHiQ\/s1600\/aFraternalEagles.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsmwhOEYI\/AAAAAAAADtI\/H2Rscyf0v1g\/s1600\/dFraternalEagles.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500210826785460610\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsmwhOEYI\/AAAAAAAADtI\/H2Rscyf0v1g\/s1600\/dFraternalEagles.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGhtHUxI\/AAAAAAAADsw\/hj1RWdpnSr4\/s1600\/bFraternalEagles.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500210273053004562\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGhtHUxI\/AAAAAAAADsw\/hj1RWdpnSr4\/s1600\/bFraternalEagles.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGSd5yjI\/AAAAAAAADso\/OvaRIIsA7xE\/s1600\/aBirdsLanding.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500210268962671154\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGSd5yjI\/AAAAAAAADso\/OvaRIIsA7xE\/s1600\/aBirdsLanding.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGFLz--I\/AAAAAAAADsg\/DEhN5BzXQ9s\/s1600\/bBirdsLanding.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500210265397132258\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsGFLz--I\/AAAAAAAADsg\/DEhN5BzXQ9s\/s1600\/bBirdsLanding.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsnCh3mbI\/AAAAAAAADtQ\/OLqYl2DJnxM\/s1600\/cBirdsLanding.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500210831620020658\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YNce_EwcbDM\/TFSsnCh3mbI\/AAAAAAAADtQ\/OLqYl2DJnxM\/s1600\/cBirdsLanding.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOver the last two weeks I was assigned two stories about local watering holes here in Solano County. The first was a story on the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, a non for profit group who help raise money for the community. The group is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year and I spent the better part of an afternoon watching them socialize over discounted beer at their meeting hall at the Marina Center in Suisun City. They are a great group of people. The second bar I documented was the historical Bird&#8217;s Landing Tavern out in the middle of nowhere. It&#8217;s a pretty incredible place. The owner Shirley Paolini, well into her 80&#8217;s, continues to run the place since the passing of her husband Mel a few years back. The place has been around since the 1930&#8217;s and was used by Clint Eastwood to film his 1982 film &#8220;Honky Tonk Man&#8221; movie. Nowadays it acts more as a museum than a working bar. Locals still come in for an occasional beer but the highlights of the place lie in the antiques and old historical photos of Bird&#8217;s Landing and Collinsville that line the walls of her bar while peanut shells pile up on the floor. It is a quiet and peaceful which is just how Paolini likes it. During out conversation during my visit she would often look up at the photos on the wall and when I asked her about them she said, &#8220;I always feel like I am around good friends when I look at them.&#8221; She&#8217;s a pretty cool lady. I love these old gems of places off the beaten path. This both of these places were a lot of fun to shoot. -M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last two weeks I was assigned two stories about local watering holes here in Solano County. The first was a story on the Fraternal Order of the Eagles, a non for profit group who help raise money for the community. 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