The Current‘s entertainment crew recently stopped by the Wilton House at 58 Newark St. in Hoboken to talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Wilton House’s bartender
Name: Jack Link
From: Rutherford
Status: Married
Favorite drink: beer
What is your favorite type of music?
"Easy listening."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Two guys were bar-hopping and stopped by the Wilton House twice without realizing it, because they were so drunk."
What is your favorite movie?
Catch Me If You Can
What is the last book you read?
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"I was having too much fun to remember."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Cheeseburgers, pizzas, and my family."
What celebrity do you look like?
Tommy Lee Jones
What is your favorite TV show?
Friends
Last words:
"Behave yourself or you’re out of here."
Name: Loretta
From: Jersey City
Status: Single
Favorite drink: beer and wine
What kind of music do you like?
"Everything."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Every experience that has happened to me at a bar I’ve considered normal."
What is your favorite movie?
Bridges of Madison County
What is the last book you read?
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Going to CBGBs in the city."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Travel, friends, having a good time."
What celebrity do you look like?
"Nobody."
What is your favorite TV show?
"I don’t watch TV."
Last words:
"Live life to the fullest."
Name: Ellen
From: Wayside
Status: Married
Favorite drink: Baileys on the rocks
What kind of music do you like?
"A little bit of everything."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"I danced to a traditional Irish song at a bar once."
What is your favorite movie?
Lord of the Rings
What is the last book you read?
…And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Going to The Limestone in the city."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Friends, husband, life."
What celebrity do you look like?
Susan Day
What is your favorite TV show?
Law & Order
Last words:
"Only you can make things happen."
Name: Josie Wulsin
From: Hoboken
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: Vodka Gimlet
What kind of music do you like?
"Hip-hop."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"I saw some midget tossing at a friend’s party. I was appalled by the event."
What is your favorite movie?
The Big Lebowski
What is the last book you read?
Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"My dad yelling about Reagan."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Food, water, shelter."
What celebrity do you look like?
Lisa Bonet
What is your favorite TV show?
The Simpsons
Last words:
"San Demus football rules." – from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure