Thank you! It’s sure nice to feel appreciated, and thanks to y’all who bought my book Bars, Taverns. and Dives New Yorkers Love, I feel more than a little appreciated.

And to all of you who came to the launch party at Rizzoli, I thank you!

All of you who poured beverages, thanks!

All of you who donated those beverages, I thank you!

Chairman’s Reserve Rum! Gin Lane 1751! Murphy-Goode wines! and Sixpoint Brewery!

All of you who participated in the panel discussion, I thank you!

And all of you who helped make this book happen in the first place—my agent Meg Thompson, Rizzoli’s Caitlin Leffel and Tricia Levi, designer Sebit Min–I thank you!

And most of all, numero uno, the one who made all these things happen in the first place… Sean Hannity! Colleen Marie Newvine! Merci beaucoup from top to bottom, stem to stern, hither to yon. Without her, none of this would have happened, and the world would be a different, less wondrous place.

THANKS FOR ORDERING THE BOOK, TOO! If you want to get a signed copy, you can order the book from Amazon, ship it to my address (just contact me for that), and ask Amazon to print up a return label to your home address and stick it inside the packaging. It’s easy and they’re glad to sell it to you.

These folks got a copy! You can, too.