Photo by Danny Fulgencio
It’s sunset, a Thursday, and the happy hour roar is in full swing. Eddie “Lucky” Campbell has been a Bolsa drink-slinger for two years. With a fedora on his head and sweat on his brow, Lucky wields a shaker in each hand, rocking the cocktails with all the ferocity of a zealous maraca player. He pulls in multiple drink orders from his regulars without skipping a beat and tries to strike the perfect balance between speedy delivery and attention to quality; after all, this is a guy who refers to certain mint leaves as having “good character.” How long has Lucky been tending bar? “Since I was eleven,” he says with a gruff voice and a wry grin before twisting back to splash out another round. www.bolsadallas.com
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A bartender and commercial fisherman in former lives, DANNY FULGENCIO is now a Texas-based freelance photojournalist. He regularly contributes to the Dallas Observer, Edible Dallas & Fort Worth and Advocate Magazine. Among others, his photography has been published on the Web and in print for the Fort Worth Weekly, Houston Press, Texas Observer, New Individualist, Lens and International Herald Tribune. He lives in Dallas with his wife, new son, two cats and the sweetest dog to ever grace the Earth. dannyfulgencio.com
