Yes, but were hipsters somehow involved?

Oh boy, let me respond. Yes, I am white, early thirties, recent transplant at the time, from the midwest. There is nothing hipster about me... no tats or piercings and my clothes might as well all be from Sears. I had a dui and posession arrest in my old state, but these cops wouldn't know because they never even asked for my license. I figured I just caught them at the end of their shift. It was 3am or so, so that might be why it wasn't in the news. How would that work, anyway? Someone on the train would have called the news desk and they'd dispatch a helicopter? Stupid story? Maybe... sure... but every word was true. Also, I wouldn't go back to Joe's. It was someone's birthday and he had some long ago connection to that dark, dank dungeon.

Joe's is alright if you're in the mood for an old man bar. Momo's generally sucks, and it's weird that anyone would assume your average Merc reader is the target market for that bar. Especially if they stated it as fact, as opposed to very shaky opinion.

Good question, Colonel. I don't take joy in my fortune that night. The memory makes me a little ill and I haven't even had liquor since then. I blew 0.103 in my one dui. At the time the state limit was 0.1 so I really felt like the victim in that case. But from the train track event, what I remember most was the jaw-dropped look of disgust and disbelief from the train driver, one bystander who stood by for almost the whole time, and anyone else who spoke to me (besides the two cops who did their best to stare off into the distance). I'm happily married now with a child, and might have had a couple beers on the handful of occasions my wife and I got out for a night, but I won't be driving shit-faced anymore. However, had they not come into my life, given the free time and lack of responsibility, I could see myself abusing alcohol again... and when alcohol abusers abuse alcohol, it's tough to count on them to make sound decisions.

Oh, and Joe's isn't as bad as I suggested.