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Monday almost is close enough to Wednesday to kiss, and that means New Year’s Eve is barely more than one kiss off.
Which brings up the intriguing question:
How will the vice mayor of Culver City invest his New Year’s Eve?
That might be a shrug of a question for others.
When the second in command operates an Irish pub, not one but two, curiosity tiptoes in.
Here is what Mehaul O’Leary, proprietor of Joxer Daly’s Irish pub in Culver City and – ready? – Wrong Way Corrigan’s in Moorpark, said this morning.
As a native Dubliner, his mind and heart never are far away.
First, a little marketing. “Both of my businesses have events going on on New Year’s Eve,” Mr. O’Leary said.
As for the vice mayor, “Traditionally, my Irish and English friends come over (to Joxer’s) at 4 o’clock, and we ring in the new year.”
For those who do not start celebrating eight hours before the new year, Mr. Leary was asked for a spot of enlightenment.
“Because at that hour,” he explained, “it is midnight in Europe. They will get on the phone and enjoy all sorts of fun stuff.
“We do sort of a mini Happy New Year. Those guys stay for a little bit, go home, we clean up and do it again at midnight.”
Mr. O’Leary’s fascinatingly named pub in Moorpark, Wrong Way Corrigan’s, which he has owned for 3½ years, revives memories of one of the most famous incidents in early aviation history.
As Mr. O’Leary reminded those who have forgotten:
“Wrong Way Corrigan went from California to New York and then to Dublin.
“I came from Dublin to New York to California.”
Ready?
“So I am Right Way O’Leary.”
