The Bee's Knees Cocktail Recipe We once made our own limoncello. It was delicious, and not at all complicated to make. And we've never done it again. While not technically difficult, it was a lot of work, in the form of zesting many, many, many lemons....
Where to Drink in DC: Iron Gate for Brunch Veteran's Day 2015 was a happy day for us. We'd moved to DC at the end of that summer, and after a couple of months of settling in, making our way through the government HR and clearance...
Mocktail Week: Mr. M.P. Shrimble Mocktail Recipe There are a lot of good reasons why someone at a party might not be drinking alcohol: they're pregnant, or a recovering alcoholic, or are trying to slow down their consumption, or just don't like the stuff, or suddenly...
Old Fashioned Week: Honey You So Sweet Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe One of the many pleasures of our evening serving old fashioneds on K Street was being introduced to a new distiller in our general area. The guys at Baltimore Whiskey Company were kind enough to...
Croatia Week: Work Avoidance We recently tended bar for a Harvard Kennedy School of Government alumni event held at the Croatian embassy. It was sort of a reunion of participants in Ronald Heifetz's crazily popular class on Adaptive Leadership. We designed custom cocktails for the event, using...
The Blizzard Challenge: what we learned about your home bars During the recent blizzard, we made an offer to our fellow homebound, but thirsty, snowstorm victims: tell us what's in your liquor cabinet, and we'll suggest a drink to make. It was a fun way for us...
12 Drinks of Christmas: Grapefruit & Honey Old Cuban For the second drink of Christmas we serve to you the Grapefruit and Honey Old Cuban. It's our second of 12 drink ideas to make your holiday parties and quiet nights by the fire merry and bright. We...