Okay, the polls on the Mixology Monday logo contest have closed (I had to disable the poll to make it stop counting, but that also means the results won’t display to everyone — you’re gonna have to trust me on this one), and here’s where things stand: 300 people cast votes on their choice of… Continue Reading
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To the Finish Line
Just a reminder — voting on the new Mixology Monday logo ends at midnight Pacific time (-7 GMT). Vote on the handy ballot if you haven’t already, or if you’re enamored with the original version, follow the example set by the second-best bartender in Seattle and chime in down in the comments section (but go… Continue Reading
Last call for logos
Just a reminder that if you’re working on a new Mixology Monday logo for the design contest, the deadline is today. I’ll put up the options tomorrow morning my time (probably around 9 a.m. Pacific US), so if you get it to me by then, that’s fine. There are several great candidates in the running,… Continue Reading
Kay Francis Cocktail
“A Time-Tested Favorite from Venezuela” So wrote Charles H. Baker, traveler, raconteur, and possibly the ultimate fan of exotic tippling. Yesterday I posted the details from an e-mail exchange I recently had with New York bartender and writer St. John Frizell over at Blogging Tales of the Cocktail. That exchange came at a time when… Continue Reading
Fifteen men on a … wait, how does that go?
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m a big fan of rum. Today, the editors at the San Francisco Chronicle let me overindulge this interest; read my rum-fuelled babblings right here: Rum’s Ship Comes In With bartenders and consumers exploring its many facets, the previously low-rent liquor is gaining new respect And a word to the… Continue Reading
