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…
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…
The Dry Era Ends — Repeal Day
To paraphrase President Franklin Roosevelt’s description of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 5, 1933 is a date that will…
An Antibiotic Cocktail — The Penicillin
Just as alcohol can provide temporary relief from some conditions, e.g. sobriety (ha!), antibiotic drugs can cure all sorts of…
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…
Sine Metu — An Irish Whiskey Icon
Sine metu (Latin for “without fear”) is the motto of Jameson Whiskey. Yes, that Jameson, the most famous brand of…
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…
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…
Be A VIP To Bartenders
You want bartenders to like you? Of course you do. Why annoy the people who work hard to create your…
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.…