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Our Cocktail Tour with Tanqueray and Angus Winchester
Earlier this year, I received some exciting news: a cocktail I had entered in the amateur category of Tanqueray’s “Best T&T Contest” had been chosen the overall grand-prize winner from a field of several hundred entries! The rules of the … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drinks, Travel
Tagged angus winchester, beverages, booze, chris, cocktail safari, cocktails, drinks, gin, little branch, manhattan, milk & honey, oh god my liver, pdt, pegu club, speakeasy, the dutch, Travel, vacation
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8 Great Manhattans – Delicious Drink Recipes
The Manhattan. One of the quintessential cocktails, it was invented by a British lady, uses what was at the time the great American spirit as its base, and is named after one of the most international islands on the planet. … Continue reading
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Tagged amaretto, bitters, booze, bourbon, calvados, campari, cherry heering, cocktails, cognac, drinks, manhattan, orange bitters, recipe, rye, scotch, vermouth
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Books – Hubert Selby Jr.’s “Requiem for a Dream”
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Hubert Selbey Jr.’s Requiem for a Dream is a hard book to read … not due so much to its sensitive subject matter, which is … Continue reading
Busy Week
Sorry for the lack of updates. I had a friend in town, and I’m trying to get ready for my taxes. Next week should be a bit lighter, and then I’m going to try and do some updates from Hawaii … Continue reading
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Tagged empire state building, manhattan, new york, Photography
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Books – Randy Kennedy’s “Subwayland”
Subwayland: Adventures in the World Beneath New York by Randy Kennedy My review rating: 4 of 5 stars If you live in New York City, which I do, the subway is probably a substantial part of your life. Even if … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, brooklyn, essays, manhattan, new york, non-fiction, review, subway
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Cocktail Recipes
I like making drinks … not just like “Jack and Coke” or “Seven and Seven” or “gin and more gin” (my martini recipe) … but trying my hand at more complex cocktails. Charlotte (my fiancée) and I are fans of … Continue reading
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Tagged booze, cocktails, drinks, gin, ginger, lemon, manhattan, recipe, rye, simple syrup
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‘Twixt Brooklyn and Manhattan at Midnight
The nice thing about living in New York City as opposed to a smaller town is that there’s a near-infinite number of things to do at any given time. Sometimes, though, one forgets to take advantage of these things and … Continue reading
