Quiz:  What absolutely perfect, classic novel was first titled (though never published as) First Impressions ? Regardless of whether you know the novel (though I hope you do), the point here is that first impressions aren’t always right, but that they do matter.  In the real-life Tessin Rinpoche salon (my home), I’ve been thinking about the [...]

Tessa was clear when he started this blog that not ALL of the posts would be about mixology – that things go on in the living room besides cocktail-drinking.  We agree that there is more to mixology than shaking and stirring; one must consider the whole milieu.  Upon questioning the drink-mixer himself about what form [...]