Posted in Spirits on Sep 14th, 2010
I guess it was really only a matter of time before I got to my favorite cocktail. After taking this weekly piece around the world via Charles Lindbergh’s plane (the Aviation), or hopping a boat to Cuba (the El Presidente), whirling through the streets of Paris on a motorcycle (the Sidecar) or drifting through New […]
Posted in Spirits on Jul 13th, 2010
As the Gulf Coast wakes up to another morning of promises from their good friend, BP, the world waits to see if their latest containment cap scheme will finally stop the gushing oil. After 83 days of being pounded by black crude, the Louisiana Bayou has been sent through the ringer. Add to that, the […]
Posted in Spirits on Jun 22nd, 2010
Spin the bottle? No, baby, spin the bar! Why play childish games when we can ride the booze carousel? The Hotel Monteleone in downtown New Orleans, not only has a revolving bar, but is the place to get down to some serious libation business. Today, it’s the home to Tales of the Cocktail, the five […]
Posted in Spirits on Jun 15th, 2010
Originally created in Florence at the Baglioni Hotel in the 1920’s, the Negroni was the regular drink of a bar customer named Camillo Negroni. Italians are nuts about bitters and Camillo couldn’t get enough of the mouth-watering sensation of Campari. So much so, that his name lives on in bars around the world. Campari is […]
