22 December 2006
Jen’s firm held its holiday party last night, at the St. Regis Hotel in midtown Manhattan. And it was a rollicking time, with an open bar, passed hors d’œuvres, a long buffet table, and the annual talent-show face-off between the attorneys and the support staff. Which is less painful to watch than it sounds.
I took [...]
Posted in At the bar by: Michael Dietsch
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11 December 2006
It’s Mixology Monday time again, this month hosted by Brenda at The Spirit World. Brenda chose the theme festive drinks for this iteration. Sounds great to me! Let’s get festive!
I chose a drink that I expect a few others will do this time as well: eggnog. And that’s okay, because it seems that just about [...]
Posted in Bourbon, Mixology, Mixology Monday, Rum by: Michael Dietsch
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5 December 2006
If you read any cocktail blogs other than this one (and, by God, you really should), you already know this is Repeal Day, the seventy-third anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
To celebrate, I dove into a vintage cocktail book, Robert Vermeire’s Cocktails: How to Mix Them, which first appeared in print in Great Britain in [...]
Posted in Cocktail recipes, Scotch by: Michael Dietsch
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