“Thus the great civilizer sends out its emissaries, sooner or later, to every sandy cape and light-house of the New World which the census-taker visits, and summons the savage there to surrender.” – Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod There’s something about the last days of August that bring me low. Sure, it’s oppressively hot and humid, but… Read More A Boozy Guide to Cape Cod (and Thereabouts)
This weekend, eager to take advantage of the rare sunshine, I journeyed to Nelson County, VA to enjoy the outdoors and hard alcohol. Nelson is a gorgeous area and home to green mountains like The Priest, Three Ridges, and several other mountains and trails I’m too chickenshit to hike. But even an soft urban hiker… Read More Charlottesville Cocktail Crawl – VA Distillery
After an inexcusable 3-week absence, I headed back to Petworth Citizen’s beautiful Reading Room for Graham Greene weekend, the latest installment in the bar’s awesome Literary Cocktail series. Frankly, I was surprised to be let back in after that display of disloyalty! Determined to repair my tarnished reputation, I launched into Chantal Tseng’s great menu… Read More Power and Glory at Petworth Citizen
March is good for two things – St. Patrick’s Day and college basketball. Now, I’m the impatient sort of nominally Irish-American, so I spend the first two weeks of March counting the days until the ritual of heavy drinking, debauchery, and cultural celebration commences. But it dawned on me recently – in this go-get ’em, fast-paced world of… Read More St. Patrick’s Day Comes Early at Jack Rose
For the past few years I’ve been lucky enough to support the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, the preeminent research and advocacy group fighting ovarian cancer. Helping others and pitching in to fight this horrible disease is satisfaction enough, but there’s also the annual “Turn Up the Heat” gala/fundraiser to sweeten the deal. The gala brings together… Read More Cocktails for a Cause
“Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by that rush of water. And still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. Every time you see a flood like… Read More A Great River at Petworth Citizen
From the folks behind Dead Rabbit, Green River offers impossibly classy company, sweeping views of the Second City, and solid drinks. Ambiance: ****1/2 Decor: ****1/2 Service: **** Cocktails: **** Overall Rating: 4.25 After a marvelous night at Lost Lake, I did some more asking around for nice cocktail spots in Chicago. I eventually heard about GreenRiver,… Read More Chicago Cocktails – GreenRiver
The best tiki bar you’ll ever drink at, Lost Lake is one of the better bar experiences I’ve ever had with awesome service, kitschy/cool décor, and money cocktails. Ambiance: ***** Decor: ***** Service: ***** Cocktails: ***** Overall Rating: 5 This week I was lucky enough to visit the fair city on the lake, Chicago. After the… Read More Chicago Cocktails – Lost Lake
During many of my cocktail jaunts, I often think how cool it would be to experience, first-hand, the behind-the-scenes mechanics of a bar or cocktail joint (hint hint, bars). So I was ultra-pumped last week when Copperwood Tavern’s bartender Will Witherow reached out and offered to let me hang out with him and his team for an evening of bar… Read More Behind the Bar at Copperwood
As we march forward into 2016, it’s important we don’t abandon those customs that made 2015 fun. For me, one of these customs is attending the “Literary Cocktails” events at Petworth Citizen’s Reading Room, which this week tackled famed sci-fi author Ray Bradbury. I read so many of his stories when I was on a… Read More Martian Cocktails at Petworth Citizen
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