It’s not an exaggeration to say that if it weren’t for Murray Stenson, my career, and my life, would be disappointingly different. A longtime Seattle bartender — most recently at Canon, and for much of the decade before that, at Zig Zag Cafe — Murray first got in touch with me in the summer of… Continue Reading
Awkward Pause
Some cocktails are like caresses — smooth and soothing, with delicate touches that deftly flick away all the assorted troubles of the day. But sometimes, tenderness isn’t what’s needed. Sometimes, a little savagery is entirely appropriate. Dark, bitter drinks have become almost a cliché in today’s cocktail world – and I say “almost,†because no… Continue Reading
Disappearing Act
Oh, so that’s where WordPress hid the “Publish” icon! It’s been a long drought around here, for all the usual reasons — laziness, busy-ness, and some lingering technical snafus that took much longer than I’d hoped to be resolved — but I’ve been meaning to dust off the blog for a bit, and today seemed… Continue Reading
Tiki, (Long) Island Style
I’ve gotten lazy. Not just with this blog–I mean, look at how long it’s been since the last post–and not just with documenting whatever drinks-related writing and cocktail-related things I’m working on at any point in time. No, I’ve gotten lazy, in general, with drinks–which explains why, on this Mixology Monday, when the theme is… Continue Reading
A drink at Vito’s in Seattle, and a correction–
Over the past few years at Imbibe, I’ve had the chance to write about the cocktail situation in Las Vegas and San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver. But it wasn’t until the current issue (which appeared in mailboxes last month — hey, I’ve been busy) that I finally had the opportunity, or the excuse, to… Continue Reading
