In honor of the opening of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (and its vertigo-inducing bus ride scene>, we present this week’s beverage: MAGIC BUS Creator: N/A Ingredients: 1 oz. Tequila Silver 1 oz. BOLS Triple Sec Curacao 1 oz. Orange Juice Glassware: Cocktail Glass Combine all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. …
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Turn of the screw(top)
Sorry posting has been light this week. I’m trying to enjoy a long-needed vacation. It surprises me how much trouble I have relaxing, even in the most idyllic of settings. Fortunately, there’s some wine on hand to help. On that topic, here’s an interesting bit of information from Bonny Doon Vineyard on the virtues of …
Wasting away again
It’s Cinco de Mayo, one of my preferred holidays because it can arrive on any day of the week, occasioning an unscheduled and festive social hour, and yet it’s not as overblown as St. Patrick’s Day. The holiday is barely noticed in Mexico, but that’s no reason one can’t make an event of it. As …
Drink of the week: Dirty Shirley
From the short story “Too Smart” by Emily Chenoweth, published in Tin House issue 19 (“Lies!”), Spring 2004: It is clear to me when I arrive at the hotel that I should have chosen something else to wear. That’s because the theme tonight–why didn’t I look at my calendar?–is the Equatorial Rain Forest (do they …
Special delivery
This afternoon, UPS delivered a package to me. (Two posters from the Bonny Doon Vineyard, of wine labels designed by Ralph Steadman. Quite cool. The company also offers fun t-shirts and other goodies, and lots of wine that cannot be delivered by mail within the borders of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.) Because the package was …
Creating my perfect beverage
Starbucks and Jim Beam Brands Co. are joining forces to take control of my liquor cabinet. Well, the article doesn’t say exactly that, but it sure sounds like that’s their plan: The two companies didn’t disclose yesterday many other details about the new liqueur — including its name — but it will feature the Starbucks …
Drink of the week: Death in the Afternoon
Absinthe may become available again. But not for a while. In the meantime, we must console ourselves with Pernod. Here’s a promising-sounding cocktail with a Hemingway theme: DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON Creator: N/A Ingredients: 1 Champagne 1.5 oz. Pernod Glassware: Champagne Flute Directions: Pour Pernod into a chilled glass and fill up with champagne. (Alameda …
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The soothing chirp of a room full of pagers
Tomorrow night will not be a good night to have a computer or network problem in the Pittsburgh area, as it’s the first Thursday of an even-numbered month, which means it’s Geek Night. The Church Brew Works will be overrun by application developers, network administrators, tech support staffers, and the recruiters who love them. I …
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Drinks of the week: Gimlet and Algebra
Two drinks for this week, one for each of my sisters…. For Laura, whose birthday is today, a classic drink to which she introduced me years ago in San Francisco. GIMLET 1 part Rose’s lime juice 5 parts gin Fil shaker two-thirds full with ice. Put in lime juice, then gin. Stir or shake well. …
In a New York state of mind
Tremble has been on a roll lately. Of course, last night he did a reading at the “Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions” so we shouldn’t expect anything new today or perhaps tomorrow. But there’s much to enjoy with the recent posts. I had the good fortune to be in NYC in September on a …