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National Honey Month
Posted on September 28, 2012 | No CommentsThere’s a few more days to celebrate National Honey Month, so send it off in style with these cocktails from Tinika Green, the beverage director at Blue Smoke in NYC featuring... -
Summer’s here! Beat the Heat with Two Refreshing Purity Cocktails
Posted on June 21, 2012 | No CommentsPerfect Summer Cocktails: The Cool as a Cucumber & The South Side It’s just about summer – time to head outdoors, whether it’s for a July 4th BBQ, a day... -
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 – October 13: The Feast of Edward The Confessor
Posted on October 13, 2011 | No CommentsToday, we’re celebrating the “Feast Day” Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, King of England, which marked the “final translation” of his body to a chapel east of the sanctuary... -
An Excuse To Drink – June 29, 1613: The Globe Theatre Destroyed By Fire
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsWelcome to another installment of “An Excuse to Drink”, where we take a completely random, historical events and try to pair them with a cocktail, even if that drink bears... -
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 – Preakness Cocktails: The Southside
Posted on May 21, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s time for the running of the 136th Preakness, the second race in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. While most people will kick back with the Black-Eyed Susan, the... -
An Excuse to Drink: Cocktails for the Kentucky Derby
Posted on May 7, 2011 | No CommentsYes, horse racing fans, today is the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby. Now normally, this means throwing back the ubiquitous Mint Julep, and by all means if that is... -
An Excuse to Drink – January 29, 1595: Romeo & Juliet First Performed?
Posted on January 29, 2011 | 1 CommentToday in 1595, William Shakespeare’s tale of “star-cross’d lovers” from feuding families, and their resulting deaths, (probably) had its first performance. It ranks with Hamlet as one of the Bard’s...
