12 Drinks of Christmas: The Christmas Martini It’s the 12th drink of Christmas! And for the twelfth drink of Christmas, my true love served to me … a Christmas Martini. It’s our final idea for making your holiday parties merry and your nights by the fire bright. We’ve mentioned this drink before, in our review of Founding Farmers. This was the ‘Chief’s Pick.’ We were supposed to give the...
Read More12 Drinks of Christmas: Bonal Martini For the 5th day of Christmas, my true love served to me … a Bonal Martini. It’s the 5th of our 12 ideas for how to make your holiday parties and nights by the fire merry and bright. Sometimes, you just want a simple martini. But even dedicated drinkers of the martini might want to get into the holiday mood. That’s what today’s drink is for. It’s the eggnog...
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12 Drinks of Christmas: The Pinkston For the third drink of Christmas, my true love served to me … the Pinkston. It’s our third of 12 drink ideas to make your holiday parties and quiet nights by the fire merry and bright. The Pinkston is our very slight variation on an old, but little known and-to our minds inexplicably-much disdained classic, the Pink Lady. While it would be perfectly enjoyable anytime, we...
Read MoreDrink of the Week: Bushwick Spice Trade The weather has still been delightfully mild. We were still grilling dinner last week, and I sat outside for lunch two days. I hear it may even be warmer again by the time you’re reading this. And yet, seeing as we’re planning out our Thanksgiving meal as we work on this post, it’s hard to keep resisting the fact that winter is now around the corner. As has been our custom, we...
Read MoreFall Five: Fall Ginger Smash Other fun fall drinks | Rosemary Bourbon Sour | Apple Margarita | Apple Manhattan | Spiced Rum Old Fashion | Pumpkin Pie Shooters A few weekends ago, we spent the weekend at a truly unbelievable house with an even more incredible group of people, saying goodbye to summer and hello to fall together. It was a quiet weekend full of winery visits, walks and rides along the cart paths of a closed golf course...
Read MoreShortly after getting engaged, Brian and I took a trip down to the Big Apple. We had been on a speakeasy kick ever since visiting the Violet Hour in Chicago and then discovering Back Bar right in our very own Union Square. Our tiresome research (okay Brian’s) led us to the Raines Law Room. In true speakeasy fashion we wandered up and down the street searching for the nondescript entrance to our destination. We found the smallest...
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