by Geoff Cobb 
Mike Whalen, a regular customer in the usually low-key Brooklyn Safehouseat 120 Franklin Street, went away for a weeklong fishing trip, never imaging anything exciting would happen in the bar while he was away. How wrong he was! When he returned he discovered to his dismay that he had missed the most exciting week in the bar’s history. At the beginning of June, celebrities descended on the once serene local watering hole and…
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