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  1. Weird Wine of the Week

    There are about as many ways to make wine as there are to skin a cat. In our new Weird Wine of the Week (WWOW) fea­ture we’ll explore some wines that are a bit off of the beaten path and made in a not-so-traditional fash­ion.  We’ll also get to know some of the pas­sion­ate, mad […]

    Posted by on January 13th, 2011 | No Comments

  2. Champagne Wishes and Holiday Dreams

    The hol­i­days have now washed over us and that can only mean one thing: the cham­pagne flowed.  Whether we toasted with fam­ily, rang in the New Year with friends, or stole away for an inti­mate party for two, good bub­bly always brings a unique touch of class and sexy fun to any gathering.

    Posted by on January 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment

  3. Light drinkers and heavy food.…

    Swiz­zle Stick Bar Chef, Lu Brow, received a ques­tion recently from our friends and cock­tail enthu­si­asts, Kerry Keach and Lance Win­ters of Los Ange­les, CA regard­ing hol­i­day enter­tain­ing. Hey, can you rec­om­mend a cock­tail for a hol­i­day gath­er­ing?  It can’t be any­thing too strong in alco­hol fla­vor.  Our friend, Sophie, put us in charge of […]

    Posted by Cocktail Chicks on December 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

  4. Tikifying Your Holidays

    Kari Hendler tells you how to Tik­ify your hol­i­days. It’s time to bring that happy Tiki state of mind we love into the two most unbudg­ingly tra­di­tional hol­i­days we know: Christ­mas and Hanukkah.

    Posted by Kari Hendler on December 14th, 2010 | 9 Comments

  5. Liquid history Of New Orleans: Chapter Tiki !

    Just say Pontchar­train Beach and most peo­ple my age who grew up in New Orleans will grin like a overgrown kid.

    Posted by Ti Adelaide Martin on December 11th, 2010 | 3 Comments

  6. La Dolce Vita

    Life is sweet when you are hav­ing a Puc­cini at the Excel­sior Hotel in Rome on the Via Veneto. This area was immor­tal­ized in the 1960 Fred­erico Fellini film La Dolce Vita. If you are look­ing to take a leisurely stroll stop­ping for cock­tails along the way this is the street for you.

    Posted by on November 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment

  7. What will you have with your cocktail?

    Cock­tail cor­re­spon­dent Stacey Sala­m­one vis­ited pic­turesque Nemi, a small town out­side of Rome, which is on the edge of a vol­canic lake. Nemi has the old world feel of a medieval village. No cock­tails here but really would have loved one or a good bot­tle of wine, and a whole day to try every item in this […]

    Posted by on October 7th, 2010 | No Comments

  8. Friends

    This bar is where the locals gather, cof­fee in the morn­ing and cock­tails in the evening, Friends Cafe is in the Trilussa neigh­bor­hood of Rome. A Friends mar­tini is a won­der­ful night cap, accord­ing to cock­tail cor­re­spon­dent Stacey Sala­m­one, because every­thing is bet­ter with Nutella.

    Posted by on October 5th, 2010 | No Comments

  9. A Grand Combination

    Life is good when you can enjoy some of your favorite pas­times together. Cock­tail cor­re­spon­dent Stacey Sala­m­one stum­bled across this fab­u­lous book­store with a bar. Bibli is in the Traste­vere neigh­bor­hood of Rome. It is a charm­ing lit­tle place with a very accom­mo­dat­ing staff and unique selec­tion of books as well as cock­tails. She rec­om­mends the […]

    Posted by on October 3rd, 2010 | 2 Comments

  10. Cocktails at the Hassler Hotel

    Cock­tail cor­re­spon­dent Stacey Sala­m­one returns to Rome. The Has­sler Hotel is a beau­ti­ful old world hotel at the top of the Span­ish Steps . Cock­tails at the Has­sler Bar are like a jour­ney back in time. The decor is ele­gant. The staff still where white coats. The cock­tails are made from the best ingre­di­ents. And, […]

    Posted by on October 1st, 2010 | 7 Comments

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