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Drinking Holiday – National Pina Colada Day
Posted on July 10, 2012 | No CommentsHistory of the Pina Colada The Pina Colada origins harken back to the 1950′s Puerto Rican luxury beach hotel scene. The name literally means “strained pineapple”. There is some controversy... -
An Excuse to Drink: Happy Mint Julep Day!
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsThe Kentucky Derby may be over, but that’s no reason to stop enjoying the Mint Julep. A “Julep” (possibly from the Arabic julab or Persian gul-ab) was originally a medicinal... -
An Excuse to Drink: Happy Mint Julep Day!
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsThe Kentucky Derby may be over, but that’s no reason to stop enjoying the Mint Julep. A “Julep” (possibly from the Arabic julab or Persian gul-ab) was originally a medicinal... -
An Excuse to Drink – Happy Birthday James Joyce
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No 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 – August 19, 1921: Happy Birthday Gene Roddenberry!
Posted on August 19, 2011 | No CommentsToday we mark what would have been the 90th birthday of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry was born on this date in 1921 in El Paso... -
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: Happy Mint Julep Day!
Posted on May 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe Kentucky Derby may be over, but that’s no reason to stop enjoying the Mint Julep. A “Julep” (possibly from the Arabic julab or Persian gul-ab) was originally a medicinal... -
An Excuse to Drink – April, 1997: Gene Roddenberry’s Ashes Launched Into Space
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsToday we mark the moment when a portion of the mortal remains of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek franchise, finally “slipped the surly bonds of earth” and truly... -
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,...
