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Melon Liqueur Archive
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An Excuse To Drink – April 3, 1973: 40th Anniversary Of The First Mobile Phone Call
Posted on April 3, 2013 | No CommentsOn this date 40 years ago, Martin Cooper, a division manager at Motorola, used a prototype cell phone (weighing in at over 2 pounds) to call Joel Engel, his counterpart... -
An Excuse To Drink – January 3, 1993: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Premieres
Posted on January 3, 2013 | No CommentsAlright Gen-Xer’s, it’s time to break out the Geritol and slink off somewhere to feel old! On this date, back in 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premiered. Featuring the... -
An Excuse To Drink – Happy Birthday Lisbeth Salander!
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsReady for another fictional character birthday? Today we’re celebrating the August 30, 1978 “birth” of Lisbeth Salander, heroine of Stieg Larsson’s thrilling “Millenium Trilogy”. To get you in the mood,... -
An Excuse To Drink – 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic
Posted on April 15, 2012 | No CommentsCue the Celine Dion music…or on second thought…please don’t. Today in 1912, the passenger liner RMS Titanic, sank after striking an iceberg at 11:40 PM, the previous night. The Titanic... -
A (Future) Excuse To Drink – It’s First Contact Day!
Posted on April 5, 2012 | No CommentsThat’s right Trek fans, today in 2063, Zephraim Cochrane will make his historic (or future?) of humanities first warp-capable spacecraft the Phoenix. During the flight, he will gain the... -
An Excuse to Drink – Happy Birthday Christopher Walken!
Posted on March 31, 2012 | No CommentsBreak out the cowbell everyone, today we’re sending out birthday wishes to iconic actor Christopher Walken! Born Ronald Walken on March 31, 1943 in Astoria, Queens, New York to Paul... -
An Excuse to Drink – Happy Birthday Eddie Van Halen
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsHappy birthday to rock-guitar legend Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, born today in 1955 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Eddie and brother Alex would go on to form the hard rock band... -
This Just In – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Cocktails
Posted on January 10, 2012 | No CommentsThe much anticipated movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has wowed us all with Stieg Larsson’s thrilling Swedish mystery, so here are several cocktails, inspired by this electrifying flick.... -
December 7, 2011 – National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsToday we mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and remember those who lost their lives during the Japanese sneak attack that began at 7:55am this morning... -
Enjoy These Super-Hero Cocktails for “National Comic Book Day”
Posted on May 7, 2011 | No CommentsJustice League Cocktail Flight: Aquaman recipe adapted from BarTV.com 1 part aquavit 1 part gin 1 dash Martini & Rossi Extra Dry vermouth Glass: Cocktail Garnish: Lemon Twist Stir with...
