¡°A bar is no place for a woman. The important characters are always men.¡±
Now that I have your attention, allow me to introduce Charles Schumann, who produced that quote in an interview with German Playboy some years back. Schumann is one of Europe¡¯s star bartenders. He runs an eponymous bar in Munich that serves movie stars and Chancellors. He is the author of ¡°American Bar,¡± which The New York Times described as ¡°the drink mixer¡¯s bible.¡± His is the face of Hugo Boss¡¯s Baldessarini menswear range and formerly of Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto. At 69, he is still dashing enough to join Jessica Alba in a cooler- than-ice Campari ad currently screening in Europe and the United States.
¡°I said that?¡± he asks, when I mention his Playboy quote. ¡°Many years ago, maybe.
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