"No, I'm just a bartender," Thomas Boran assures me for maybe the third time as I watch him deftly handle the early evening crowd in Hotel Derek's new Vin Bar. Nevertheless, there's something in his manner -- thoughtful, precise, capable -- that reminds me of a beverage manager. Maybe it's his academic credentials. "I'm finishing my degree at the University of Houston, the Bauer College; it's the business school, management and finance. I'm just bartending right now as my full time job. I
