I hate the name, too. In 1907, while San Francisco was still in shock from the devastating earthquake that had struck just a year before, a group of women from the Ladies Outdoor Art League of San Francisco formed an Anti-Frisco committee, labeling the nickname for the city “obnoxious,” and seeking to have the term… Continue Reading
Mark the Calendar
Apologies for the long absence, but it’s been another stretch of time when I’ve been too busy to breathe (part of my workload, though, has been booze-related, which I’ll be able to discuss more fully in January). But before I go back under, I need to remind/alert everyone of three upcoming dates: Next Monday, October… Continue Reading
Blinker
Great cocktails can come from grapefruit juice. Consider the Hemingway Daiquiri (aka, Papa Dobles) — rum, lime juice, maraschino liqueur and, for a nice twist of character, grapefruit. Or the Comet — an obscure mixture of cognac, grapefruit juice and Van der Hum liqueur, brought to light a while back by David Wondrich. And don’t… Continue Reading
MxMoVII: “See-ya-later, Summer” roundup
Seven sessions along, Mixology Monday continues to pick up steam. The “Goodbye, Summer†event had the largest turnout to date, with participants taking seasonal concoctions to heart, producing drinks with summery ingredients ranging from watermelon to fresh strawberries to homemade blackberry-infused rum. Here’s what we had: Mickey at Kitchen Inferno was the first to join… Continue Reading
MxMoVII: Shaking Out the Summer
Thirty-some summers ago, when I was a kid taking swim lessons, I had a very rude experience, courtesy of the high-dive at my local pool. All that summer I’d been an enthusiastic swimmer, sticking my face under the surface, venturing into the deep end, and even getting past that natural animal fear of climbing up… Continue Reading
