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Happy National Guacamole Day!
Posted on September 16, 2011 | No CommentsGuacamole Recipes: Tequila-Roquamole based on a recipe from Nigella Lawson Yield: 4-6 Servings 1 cup crumbled Roquefort or Saint Agur blue cheese 1/4 cup sour cream 2 ripe avocados 1/4... -
An Excuse to Drink: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the “Tarzan” Cocktail
Posted on September 1, 2011 | 1 CommentHappy Birthday to Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the famous Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars series, born today in 1875. Burroughs himself submitted the “Tarzan” cocktail... -
An Excuse to Drink – Happy Bloomsday!
Posted on June 16, 2011 | No CommentsThis post originally ran on February 2, 2011, but considering today is Bloomsday, we though it was time for a re-post: Irish novelist and playwright James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was... -
An Excuse To Drink – May 11, 1888: Irving Berlin & The “Syncopation Cocktail”
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No Commentsphoto by Life Magazine via Google Images “They’re fascinating, intoxicating Come along and have a syncopated cocktail with me” - Irving Berlin, lyrics from “A Syncopated Cocktail” May 11, 1888:... -
An Excuse to Drink – Happy Birthday James Joyce
Posted on February 2, 2011 | 7 CommentsOn this date in 1882, Irish novelist and playwright James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born in Rathgar, Ireland (a suburb of Dublin). A major figure in the modernist literary movement,... -
An Excuse to Drink – Happy Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien!
Posted on January 3, 2011 | 2 CommentsToday, J.R.R. Tolkien, scholar, fantasy author and demi-god to geeks everywhere, turns 119 years old! Tolkien, who lived from 1892-1973, is most famous for writing the Middle-Earth works “The Hobbit”... -
An Excuse to Drink – November 30, 1874: Happy Birthday Sir Winston Churchill!
Posted on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment“I’ve taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has out of me” – Sir Winston Churchill It’s time once again to pay homage to one of the the titans of... -
An Excuse to Drink – 1971: Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Opens
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 1 CommentOctober 1, 1970: The Magic Kingdom, the first of the Walt Disney World parks, opens. Built on 27,000 acres near Orlando Florida, the park was constructed after the success of... -
An Excuse to Drink: The Founding of Boston and “Boston” Cocktails
Posted on September 17, 2010 | No CommentsSeptember 17, 1630: The city of Boston is founded by Puritan colonists on the Shawmut Peninsula in present day Massachusetts. To celebrate, here’s a selection of “Boston” themed cocktails! Boston... -
An Excuse to Drink – September 14, 1972: “The Waltons” Premieres
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsToday in 1972, the long-running drama “The Waltons” premiered on CBS. Based on Earl Hamner’s book “Spencer’s Mountain”, the series would run until 1981, but would return with several movie...
