Scenes from the Old Hat Bar

A watering hole in Alexandria, Virgina that hosts people with nowhere to go.

Photo by Anastasia Zhenina on Unsplash

Here is Jack. He’s behind the bar tonight, mixing drinks, experimenting as you do on a Wednesday night. He won’t tell about how he’s the owner, but his mustache will — sitting large and thick in the middle of his face, the gravitational pull of conversation.