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Books and booze. Mostly in DC and Virginia, but I get around.

Month: January 2018

Suds and Spirits at District Space

On the lookout for weekend plans, an acquaintance reached out over Instagram (I take pictures too folks) to inform me that the pros from the 1 Ounce or 2 Cocktail Club had set up residence at District Space to sling cocktails incorporating beer from the Flying Dog Brewery. She had me at beer! The late… Read More Suds and Spirits at District Space

January 21, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

High Art at the Columbia Room

It was on a freakishly balmy early January evening in Blagden Alley that we headed to the Columbia Room to sip through their fall tasting menu; temperature wise, it was eerily reminiscent of the last time I’d visited the bar in August. But we cast off our global warming concerns and threw ourselves into the 5-cocktail… Read More High Art at the Columbia Room

January 18, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

Christmas Cocktails Came Late This Year

My little Christmas cocktail party was all set – early December Saturday reserved, tons of alcohol procured, and a dozen homemade ingredients in the preparion process. But one winter morning I woke up with a horrible fever, and my holiday season was transformed into an fierce battle between my immune system and a hellspawn virus.… Read More Christmas Cocktails Came Late This Year

January 14, 2018April 17, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

Paris je t’aime

“There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.” – Vincent van Gogh Upon returning from my week-long trip to Paris, I felt silly telling friends how wonderful it was. The last… Read More Paris je t’aime

January 1, 2018January 21, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

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“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead.” Sipping the "Jungle Bird" with Blackwell rum, Campari, lime, and pineapple.
"I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.” Brunchin' with the "Vive la Revolution" with Bluecoat Gin, Tariquet Armagnac, Sparkling Wine, and Lemon Tarragon.
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." Seemed like a good night to slug some shots of @belleisleshine moonshine with @willwitherow.
"Wandering through its streets can be dreamlike and otherworldly, its alleyways and shortcuts both fragrant and mysterious, yet as haunted as time turned in on itself." The fancy Charleston bar crawl continues, thanks to the welcoming and talented folks @thedewberrycharleston @cocktailclubchs @eatatfig @proofonking
"Memory in these incomparable streets, in mosaics of pain and sweetness, was clear to me now, a unity at last." Drinking with "Annabelle Lee" with Sloe gin, lemon, rhubarb, burned sugar, and spiced cream ice cube @gin_joint.
"Drunken men are apt to lose their hats, cloaks, or rapiers, nor to know what they spent." A "Gunpowder Bee's Knees" with Drumshanbo Gunpowder gin, honey, and lemon.
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” "Seize The Moment" with Tequila Reposado, Pineapple, Lemon, and Averna.
“Like a great fool, I went ashore with them, and they gave me some cursed stuff they called gin - such blasphemy I never heard!..Yet the foolish, idiot-people of the island think it very good, because it makes them mad-drunk, and they believe Heaven sent it; but it made me believe the devil had got amongst them.” Had a wonderful time learning about all things gin from gentleman and scholar @mixellany2, master distiller @sipsmith (my favorite gin). Thanks so much for the invite @leftdoordc!
“I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one.” A "Zombie" with Cruzan rums, homemade grenadine, Maggie’s Farm Rums falernum, Vieux Carre absinthe, grapefruit and lime juice, cinnamon simple syrup, and Angostura bitters.
"People who'd never been there thought of it as a graveyard of abandoned steel mills, but it was a beautiful city, and it would be good to have it back." Enjoying the ambiance and the "St. Lillet" with @wiglewhiskey genever, Lillet Blanc, St. Germain, and lime at the speakeasy social lounge in the @omniwilliampennhotel
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