"Varnish on King" is a new whisky bar set to open in Perth in the next week, but the story runs deeper than the opening of a new venue, it's also the story of my little brother taking the bull by the horns and dictating the direction of his life as he brings up his young family.
Lachlan (my brother) once told me he was "sick of working for the man," but rather than keep making the same complaint for the rest of his life, when a friend approached him about opening a new bar, he came up with the money and got to work on designing and building "Varnish"
Nelson Mandela once said that courage isn't the absence of fear, but the triumph over it, and if this is true, when "Varnish" opens to the public, it will be be more than a launch, it will be a triumph. Lachlan lives a very comfortable life with his parter Gill and their 2 boys, Oscar and Hugo, but that life was dependent on how hard and smart his boss worked, but now he has given himself the chance to turn his family's good life into a great life.
In today's West Australian newspaper, one of WA's best food critics said that when "Varnish" launches, it will be "the coolest opening this year." He also says that "Varnish" is the "perfect" bar.
So there'll be no more working for the man for my little brother, now he IS the man.
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