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Civilized Drinking

Ti and Lally pay a visit to Ella and Dot­tie Bren­nan (and Mag­no­lia the dog) to chat about New Orleans and civ­i­lized drinking.

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While New Orleans is cel­e­brat­ing its love of a fine cock­tail this week, we thought we’d share a visit with the first fam­ily of the cock­tail revolution.

| Posted on May 28th, 2010 | Tagged with , , , ,

7 Comments on “Civilized Drinking”

  1. Allison said:

    November 5th, 2008 @ 7:40 pm

    Ella and Dot­tie are adorable! And your site looks great. Con­grat­u­la­tions! Now that the elec­tion is finally over and we have a new pres­i­dent elect, ya’ll need to cre­ate a cock­tail recipe in his honor. After two years of cam­paign­ing and the work that’s ahead for him, I’m sure Obama could use a drink!

  2. Lasca said:

    November 6th, 2008 @ 2:05 pm

    I think the Obama cock­tail should be a take on the clas­sic Black Russ­ian. Instead of two parts vodka and one part Kalhua, it should be one part vodka and one part Star­bucks cof­fee liqueur.

  3. Annie said:

    November 6th, 2008 @ 3:58 pm

    The accents alone are intox­i­cat­ing! Would like to hear more from Mag­no­lia, though. ;)

  4. Malika Robinson said:

    November 10th, 2008 @ 2:59 am

    I love these ladies! You can never run out of top­ics of inter­est with this whole site now that I think it through. Cant wait to see the next ones.

  5. Clare said:

    November 11th, 2008 @ 10:46 am

    This clan exudes a true joy for life and this site shows it! Whether for two or twenty, make a spe­cial cock­tail and it’s instantly mem­o­rable and great fun.
    My friends now ask: “When is your next party?”
    Thanks Cock­tail Chicks!!

  6. LB said:

    November 14th, 2008 @ 11:55 pm

    I want to hang out with them! Please pro­vide more clips with these great ladies.

  7. Mrs. Spices said:

    November 26th, 2008 @ 8:04 pm

    Con­grat­u­la­tions Ladies

    Thank you for this won­der­ful treasury…the deli­cious, drink­able stuff of legends.

    Civ­i­lized drink­ing goes back many gen­er­a­tions in my fam­ily, with our own ‘grand dames’ as well.
    Their legacy was passed to me the Thanks­giv­ing i was 25 years old. My Mother took me to the old Piano Bar at the Lenox Hotel in Boston the week after Thanks­giv­ing. We sat down to the long-gone sing-along of hol­i­day clas­sics, my Mother pro­ceeded to order each of us a Crown Royal Man­hat­tan. After my first deli­cious sip of this expertly made drink, I asked why this cock­tail.
    My Mother informed me that now that I was 25 I could finally fully appre­ci­ate a Man­hat­tan.
    But I won­dered, I turned 25 sev­eral months ago, why did you wait til now to order me one? With out miss­ing a beat she explained that one, no mat­ter one’s age, could enjoy a Man­hat­tan until after Thanks­giv­ing. (For the record, they can be enjoyed through Memo­r­ial Day.)I have con­cluded through my own research that she was right.
    Please look for me the day after tomor­row at The Audobon Bar at the Ari­zona Inn. Guess what I will be sipping.

    I give thanks this year for all of the remark­able women who taught each of us about the deli­cious things in life. I raise my glass to them all, and to you.
    Cheers
    JE

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