Skip to content
  • About
  • Bars I’ve Reviewed
  • Books I’ve Read
  • Drinks I’ve Made

Hello Cocktails!

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

Author: HelloCocktails

A Boozy Guide to Charleston

Ah, Charleston. Finally shrugging off the frost of a long, cold winter, I was excited to travel down to the Holy City for a wedding in the woods and an extended weekend of polite excess. I’m a long-time and fervent booster of the city, boring all who will listen with over-long attestations to its limitless… Read More A Boozy Guide to Charleston

June 7, 2018June 8, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

A Boozy Guide to Pittsburgh

In my over three decades on Earth, much of it on the East Coast, I’ve never been to Pittsburgh. It’s a particularly shameful oversight for a history/sports nerd like me – after all, the Steel City has been at the cross-roads of so many formative American trends: the explosive growth of heavy industry, the waves… Read More A Boozy Guide to Pittsburgh

April 17, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

Gin School at Left Door

As a budding gin-o-phile, I’ve developed a reputation among my friends for offering long-winded, incoherent, but passionate testimonies to the glories of gin. Armed with half-baked history and indecipherable tasting notes (flowery…but not too flowery, right?), I will compel you to embrace gin as I have, no matter how many conversations/parties I must ruin. Folks, that’s… Read More Gin School at Left Door

March 26, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

A Boozy Guide to Philadelphia

Although I’ve lived up and down the mid-Atlantic my entire life, I’ve only visited the city of Philadelphia on a few fleeting occasions. So, with Philly’s rep sky high and my hankering for good cheesesteaks at a fever pitch, I jumped on Amtrak, put my feet up, and girded myself for battle with the town’s… Read More A Boozy Guide to Philadelphia

March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

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 preparation 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, 2018December 23, 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

Old Testament Cocktails

This week I’m reviewing Richard Elliott Friedman’s new history of the Exodus. While the mention of the Old Testament usually evokes strict moral codes and sober living, the document itself is choc-ful of booze-fueled fun/sin. For those too busy to read all 24 books, Wikipedia provides a great run down of alcohol’s role in scripture. So,… Read More Old Testament Cocktails

November 29, 2017 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

The Sweet Science – Barmini

DC’s favorite laboratory for the cocktailian sciences, Barmini is the epitome of innovation, style, and taste. Ambiance: ***** Decor: ***** Cocktails: ***** Service: ***** Overall: 5 My failure to visit Barmini is a bit of a scarlet letter. I mean, I’ve visited hundreds of other bars including dozens in the DC area – but not one… Read More The Sweet Science – Barmini

October 20, 2017 HelloCocktailsLeave a comment

Posts navigation

Older posts

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Recent Posts

  • A Boozy Guide to Charleston
  • A Boozy Guide to Pittsburgh
  • Gin School at Left Door
  • A Boozy Guide to Philadelphia
  • Suds and Spirits at District Space

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

  • June 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • January 2018
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015

Instagram

"I was delighted to see you again, and forgot for the moment that all happiness is fleeting." So wonderful to see @shinobipaws again after a 2 year hiatus - thanks to @mtdefiance for the opportunityto try their Gin Noveau!
"There was never a moment between us that did not measure the extent of our true connection. To go harder, take more, die first." No trip to NYC would be complete without a visit to the legendary @pdtnyc - thanks to @sambrooks_bar for the amazing hospitality! This is the "Shark" with butter-infused rum, overproof rum, cane syrup, blue curacao, lemon, pineapple, heavy cream, frangelico, and tiki bitters.
"All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer?" Went to a lot of beautiful Brooklyn bars this weekend but the @hoteldelmano really stood out - just a great moody aesthetic that you can get lost in. This is the "99 Roses" with dry gin, orchard pear, ginger, lemon, and rose water.
"I can wade Grief—
“For a moment I had felt elation as on the instant of waking before one remembers.” Drank with the fashionable set @barchinoisdc amd drank a "La Belle Rose" with mezcal, aperol, Genepy des Alpes, lemon, and egg white.
"The first quiet drink of the evening in a quiet bar—that's wonderful." I ventured into @pubandthepeople new basement bar Side Door and was transported to the 1970s (the good parts) - perfect aesthetic and vibe. This is a "Lion's Tale" with rye, lime, and all spice dram.

I’m on Facebook!

I’m on Facebook!

On Instagram Straight Flexin

No Instagram images were found.

Blog at WordPress.com.
Hello Cocktails!
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Hello Cocktails!
    • Join 170 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Hello Cocktails!
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...