Cocktail Rock You Like A … — The Hurricane The Hurricane is associated with New Orleans, not the 1980s rock anthem from the Scorpions. It’s not the official cocktail… Continue reading “Cocktail Rock You Like A … — The Hurricane”…
New Year’s Eve Drinking — The Champagne Cocktail New Year’s Eve — a time for reflecting, a time for hoping, and a time for drinking cocktails. Champagne is… Continue reading “New Year’s Eve Drinking — The Champagne Cocktail”…
Fun, Classy, y Cubano — BlackTail BlackTail is a vibrant New York City bar that evokes the glamour of 20th century aviation (when passengers frequently dressed… Continue reading “Fun, Classy, y Cubano — BlackTail”…
Dare To Be Different — The Renegade Sometimes the word renegade has a bad connotation, e.g. the wanted man in the classic Styx song. Sometimes history ultimately… Continue reading “Dare To Be Different — The Renegade”…
Deceptive Drinking — The Part-Time Lover “Part Time-Lover” was a huge hit for the great Stevie Wonder. Truth be told, if you’re going to talk about… Continue reading “Deceptive Drinking — The Part-Time Lover”…
So Good It’s A Crime — The Racketeer A lot of colorful people, both real and fictional, have been and are racketeers. Meaning someone who’s engaged in an… Continue reading “So Good It’s A Crime — The Racketeer”…
A Unique Cocktail Lady — The Donna Maria If you want to show respect to an Italian lady, call her Donna. It’s the feminine equivalent of Don, e.g.… Continue reading “A Unique Cocktail Lady — The Donna Maria”…
Emerald Isle Cocktail — The Intense Irish Drinking in Ireland means beer and whiskey, right? Not always. As Ms. Wulf Cocktail Den and I recently discovered, the… Continue reading “Emerald Isle Cocktail — The Intense Irish”…
Cold as Iceland — The Icelandic Sour The wonderful country of Iceland is the polar opposite of the person who’s the subject of the Foreigner tune Cold… Continue reading “Cold as Iceland — The Icelandic Sour”…
Eyes and Cars — The Blinker Your eyes and the turn signal in your car are blinkers. The Blinker probably has nothing to do with either… Continue reading “Eyes and Cars — The Blinker”…