Recovery Period

SeanMike | October 30, 2008

First off, before I forget: I’m hosting Thursday Drink Night tonight.  We’re starting at 7 PM EDT and the theme is “Irish Whiskey”.  Get out that Jameson’s, the Bushmill’s, Powers, Tullamore Dew, and come up with a drink – preferably with as little fruit juice as possible – for us to try out.
With the help [...]

A Fall Sipper and Happy Halloween!

Marshall | October 27, 2008

Last Sunday, October 19th to be exact, I attended the fall pot-luck picnic with the kind and generous folks on DonRockwell.com at the Fort Hunt Park in Alexandria, Virginia.  This was the first event I’ve attended with these folks, though SeanMike has been to several events.  Prior to this picnic, he told me that at [...]

Tabard Inn Recipes

SeanMike | October 22, 2008

Phil Greene of the Museum of the American Cocktail sent around these recipes a bit ago and I made sure it was okay with him to post them.  They’re the recipes of the drinks we tried last Tuesday night at the Tabard Inn and the Great Drinks from Great Hotel Bars seminar.  We had all [...]

Getting caught up

Marshall | October 21, 2008

It seems to have been a really busy, if inebriating, week and a half for us around here in the Den.  You have read SeanMike’s post recapping the last few events and I wanted to follow up with some of my own observations and recollections.  I’m going to try my best not to re-hash what [...]

It’s a hard knock life

SeanMike | October 15, 2008

Actually, it’s really NOT a hard knock life, but sometimes it seems like it.
One of the funny things about looking over the past year is not just the stupid things I’ve said and then keep telling people “Hey, look at this dumb thing I said over a year ago!”  Instead, it’s how much things have [...]