Old Fashioned Week: The Traditional Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe We've been on something of an old fashioned kick recently. As we've mentioned before, while we tend to think nowadays of the old fashioned as a whiskey drink, it doesn't have to be. Old fashioneds are the original...
Derby Day Cocktail Recipe: Bourbon Daisy Welcome to the Friday of an aggressive week of 'days.' This week, we’ve already covered the fact that it’s Mother’s Day (make this perfect cocktail for your mom), and Cinco de Mayo, and Kentucky Derby week. If you're still recovering...
Cinco dey Mayo Cocktail Recipe: Michelada Numero 5 I can't say that this is factually true, but the Michelada feels like it might have been the ultimately happy result of a moment or two of poor impulse control. I imagine a day so hot that even...
Derby Day Cocktail Recipe: Mint Julep This week, we've already covered the fact that it's Mother's Day, and Cinco de Mayo. It seems it's also Kentucky Derby week. How do we not get a day off? Don't three minors equal a major? We might be working...
Cinco de Mayo Cocktail Recipe: St. Rita May 5th is just around the corner. We all know what that means. It's time for residents of the USA to celebrate Mexican ...
Cocktail Recipe: Mom Look What I Made! Have you heard that Mother's Day is this coming Sunday? I have. All of the podcasts I listen to keep telling me that Mother's Day has snuck up on me. At first I dismissed them because Mother's Day was...
Where We've Been Drinking: barmini Having been impressed by the creativity, flair, and good taste of the cocktails at a couple of Jose Andres' restaurants (Zaytinya and, just yesterday, Jaleo), we thought it's high time we visit the source, Andres' cocktail lab barmini. So when our...
Where We've Been Drinking: Jaleo It seems like when friends come to town we find ourselves at Jaleo. It's convenient to downtown and all of the touristy stuff. It has outdoor seating. Tapas is always fun. And the drinks are good. We ended up at Jaleo...
Boundary Road on H Street We can't decide what we think about H Street. Sometimes it reminds us of the Boston neighborhood of Allston, in all its insane hipster glory. Sometimes it reminds us of our own beloved Boston neighborhood of Union Square, Somerville, with its...
Where We've Been Drinking: Murray Hill Cocktail Club at Jos. A. Magnus & Co Just about everyone who hears that we blog about cocktails immediately asks, "So have you been to Magnus?" We always have had to shake our heads in shame, "No." Until this past...