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  1. Summertime and the Cocktails Are Easy

    Our friends at Greenopia spoke with Cock­tail Chicks cor­re­spon­dent, John Gabal­don — AKA the Graz­ing Gourmet — and came up with some fan­tas­tic Farm­ers’ Mar­ket SUMMER COCKTAILS.  So get your flip-flops ready and set­tle into a deli­cious and green summer.

    Posted by on July 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment

  2. FOR DAD

    It’s Father’s Day, and too many unfunny cards and far too many insin­cere and hideous gifts will be doled out today.  For some rea­son, our soci­ety has deemed it per­fectly accept­able to make Father’s Day some­how less impor­tant than Mother’s Day.  Sure, it’s another commercially-driven hol­i­day spon­sored by Hall­mark, but if you’re a par­ent, these […]

    Posted by Kari Hendler on June 21st, 2009 | 6 Comments

  3. Dads who Don’t Drink, Father’s Day Libations

    My dad, J.R., is a semi-permanent tee­to­taler, mean­ing that it’s pos­si­ble he might have a drink on occa­sion but highly unlikely that he will.  I have seen him tipsy exactly once, when he lipped a cou­ple of flutes of cham­pagne at a wed­ding recep­tion.  Afterward,

    Posted by on June 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment

  4. Madly Entertaining

    We’ve always known Bryan as the multi-talented singer, dancer, actor, etc. (etc., etc., and etc.)  We’ve seen him count­less times on Broad­way and doing his one man show in New Orleans (soon to be in New York, too!).  He is cur­rently star­ring on AMC’s hit TV Show Mad Men as Art Direc­tor Sal­va­tore Romano who’s […]

    Posted by Ti Adelaide Martin on May 7th, 2009 | 2 Comments

  5. Notes on Chris…

    The Mint Julep dates back to the very early 1800’s as a med­i­c­i­nal cock­tail.  In 1820 it became a true cock­tail which spread from the South­ern states across the nation.  It stayed pop­u­lar for about 50 years and then began to slowly fade away as other drinks became known.
    My first taste of a cock­tail was […]

    Posted by Cocktail Chicks on May 1st, 2009 | No Comments

  6. And They’re Off.…..!

    “Civ­i­liza­tion begins with dis­til­la­tion.”  William Faulkner

    Faulkner, from the very begin­ning of his career, drank while he wrote.  He claimed, “I usu­ally write at night.  I always keep my whiskey within reach.”   I con­fess, over the years I have shared this writ­ing rit­ual with him.  It has made for some very inter­est­ing con­ver­sa­tions with net­work standards […]

    Posted by on May 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments

  7. 11 Eco Friendly Ways to Drink It Up (They’re All Green!)

    Happy Earth Day!  Imbib­ing respon­si­bly means that you are of legal age, you don’t drink and drive, AND you choose to drink or make your bev­er­ages from sus­tain­able liquors and ingre­di­ents (that means you’re abid­ing by the law, keep­ing safe and ensur­ing plan­e­tary health– good for you!).  So be safe and be green (here are […]

    Posted by on April 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

  8. 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.

    And there was no “beach” to speak of but an amuse­ment park that rivaled the best we’d ever seen.  

    Posted by Ti Adelaide Martin on April 19th, 2009 | 3 Comments

  9. Greetings From Peepster, er… Easter Island

    Let’s cut to the chase.  Easter is the best hol­i­day ever and here’s why:  It’s all about the  choco­late eggs, marsh­mal­low bun­nies and warmer weather.  Unlike Christ­mas, there is noth­ing even remotely stress­ful about Easter

    Posted by on April 10th, 2009 | 3 Comments

  10. Get Your Irish Up!

    Multi-talented actress and funny lady, Maile Flana­gan, tells us a bit about Irish cock­tails and tra­di­tion.
    St. Patrick’s Day.  One of my favorite days (that and Hal­loween, another story, dif­fer­ent drinks and col­ors).  I love it because it is sim­ple and usu­ally happy, until you start singing “Danny Boy” … but that’s another story.
    I drink Irish […]

    Posted by on March 17th, 2009 | 3 Comments

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