Author Archives: Paul

Freshening up MxMo

Fresh off cleaning up my own site for the first time in years, I was thinking it might be time to take a fresh look at Mixology Monday, especially considering that we’re now entering the third year of this monthly cocktail event. Way back in April 2006, eight of us got together online to swap… Continue Reading

MxMoXXVI: Keep the Nose Up

Two years. I hadn’t pointed it out earlier — thanks to all the other things I’ve been wrangling with lately, I kind of forgot — but this month marks the second anniversary of the launch of Mixology Monday (this month hosted by the wonderful Anna at Morsels & Musings). I’ll save the misty sentimentality for… Continue Reading

New Look

After more than two years with the same theme, and about a year and a half of talking about changing it, I finally got my act together and spent some time working on it. I know, some bloggers switch themes every time they change their clothes, but I’m, um, especially challenged when it comes to… Continue Reading

Blogging Tales of the Cocktail: 2008

It’s been quiet around here recently. Very quiet. In case anyone was quietly wondering if I’d gone on the wagon and lost all interest in this thing, let me knock away that idea right away. Instead, I’ve been busy with another project — so busy in fact that I haven’t even taken the time to… Continue Reading

My mother always said I was special…

…as did my guidance counselor, while dissuading me from pursuing anything ambitious in life. Now, apparently the San Francisco Chronicle thinks so, too — see, it’s right there next to the byline: “Special to the Chronicle“. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, almost as warm as the new St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram I wrote… Continue Reading