I just got back from spending a couple of days in San Francisco. The reason for the trip was to attend WhiskyFest, but I also wanted to take the opportunity to meet a few other bloggers and sip at a few of the local watering holes I’ve heard so much about. I’m beat from a… Continue Reading
MxMo Pairings: Hey, that works! …. kinda
Eeks, did this Mixology Monday fall into a busy time for me. Fortunately, host Natalie over at The Liquid Muse picked pairings as the theme, and since eating and drinking are two of the things I actually make time for in my day, it shouldn’t be too hard to put something together. Despite my earlier… Continue Reading
California Bound
In just over a week I’m headed to San Francisco to attend a whisk(e)y-lover’s dream event, WhiskyFest. How could you not want to go to something called “WhiskyFest”? And if the name alone isn’t enough to bring you running, consider this: the pouring list offers more than 200 different types of whisk(e)y, from Aberlour and… Continue Reading
Ginger, Hail!
There’s no shortage of PR reps banging on the electronic doors around here, offering products to sample. As I’ve mentioned before, however, it’s pretty rare for me to accept the offer (books are a notable exception – which I’ll get to in posts soon to come), mainly because most of these products are types of… Continue Reading
Second Round
Nearly six months after Lucid’s debut, the mainstream media is still slowly cluing in to the fact that absinthe is legally available in the U.S.; now, if they’d stop trotting out the tired Belle Epoque exaggerated stories and quit relying on interns to put together the bullet points that invariably read “ABSINTHE WILL MAKE YOU… Continue Reading
