I have taken mixology somewhere it has never been.  Luckily, mixology will survive.
EE was making dinner last weekend, her first Sunday chili of the colder months, and I was puttering around in my mixology cabinet, trying to create a chili-friendly cocktail.  EE had left some New York sharp cheddar cheese on the counter cut and [...]

Sometimes my stomach just doesn’t feel right, and my go-to cocktails seem like they may be a bit rough on the tender digestive organ.  Of course you shouldn’t drink at all if really sick or having a stomach problem, but when the issue is more mundane, like an adventurous lunch or lurchy cab ride, I find [...]

What would drinking be without music?  Quiet drinking I guess, but that’s not the point.
Like I said on the About page (shame on you if you didn’t read it), this is not all about drinking!  I have been captivated recently by the music of Pomplamoose:

I absolutely love Pomplamoose.  The silliness in the videos coupled with [...]

I was Dick Tracy for Halloween in second grade.  I had style.
Since then, honestly, Halloween has not been my best holiday.  I’ve never gotten arrested, beaten-up, or improperly drunk.  Maybe it’s for the lack of such events that I’ve found Halloween a bit of a let-down.
Luckily I now have a blog, and blogs can fix [...]

“Hey, come out, a bunch of us are having a drink.”
“XYZ Class HAPPY HOUR! DIVE BAR near you!”
“There’s gotta be a bar somewhere near that subway stop, wait for me there.”
Any of the above can easily lead to a dive bar. I’m using the dive designation broadly to encompass anywhere that:

has a digital jukebox
smells pleasantly [...]