I’ve written about Darcy O’Neil before. His blog, Art of Drink is the first cocktail blog I ever bookmarked. His posts, seminars & eBook “Fix the Pumps” have contributed greatly to the way I approach making cocktails. Maybe it’s my own proclivity to justify my career by over thinking what I do, or maybe I’m [...]

At Salud, I try and change our drink list every two months. Now, I know this seems a little unconventional compared to most restaurants, but since we’re located on a small island with a strong local clientele I try to keep it fresh and interesting to my two-to-four time a week customers. One downside is [...]

First, the pretty boys wussified our punk rock… Then they came for our monsters… And that is not cool, man. I’m not down with the growing trend to recreate modern Vampires as ethical, empathetic beings. This new breed is rationalized as merely misunderstood, nay, reluctant immortals. Immortal beasts challenged by their instinctual vampiric desires and [...]

Hello there. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I thought that for my first real post in a while I’d throw you guys something that I’m particularly proud of. A picture of my daughter. She’s not only sweet & adorable, but also all consuming. Time, sleep, critical thinking skills… you name it, she’s taken it. [...]

Well, Hurricane Earl has done come and gone and the only setback I really suffered was a night off from work (oh no!) and no power to work on this post. It seems the boys from WAPA have gotten over their fear of the rain and repaired our feeder, so I reckon I don’t have [...]

(Disclaimer: pretty much all of the foreign people from foreign lands that I have ever met have generally been super cool. Except when I was in Sacramento. Those folk are terrifying. Onward.) Tiare blogs about cocktails over at A Mountain Of Crushed Ice and I have often been impressed with the drinks she offers up [...]

Continuing on with my gushfest of all things Tales of the Cocktail related, I want to introduce to you a few of the people that made my New Orleans experience taste so much brighter. First up, the aptly named Chad Doll of Bryants Cocktail Lounge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I’m not sure I remember correctly how [...]

Oh, where to begin… New Orleans is a complex city. They love to flaunt their paradoxical ways in your face like a drag queen Lutheran pastor tickles his flock with a righteous feather boa. (I’ve not seen this happen, but with the incredibly large amount of Midwestern Lutheran youth that are flocking to Bourbon Street [...]