I woke up this morning in the mood for something sweet, like pancakes or a waffle. I also needed my standard eggs. The problem is that I would have to get dressed and go outside. You all know how I feel about outside. What to do? The Sherry Flip was [...]

Picon Punch! The national drink of the Basques! Brought to the national limelight by San Francisco! My first drink that features the Amer Boudreau batch!
From Ted Haigh’s recipe:
2 1/2 oz Amer Boudreau
1 oz Brandy (I used Leptano)
1 teaspoon grenadine
Soda water
Grenadine and Amer Boudreau in a glass, fill with soda water, top off with [...]

Tuesday morning, I hear a crash in the kitchen. It doesn’t sound too bad, but when I get out there, I discover our youngest cat and spawn from Hell, Festy, knocked over my bottle of Green Chartreuse. A bottle costs about $50 and the thing was about 1/3 full. So the little [...]

So I got an Oregon 450. A couple of nights ago, I go online to buy a city map for it. Great! Garmin allows you to buy the maps online and download it for instant installation! Awesome!
Not so much. I go through the process and I get an error at [...]

Back in November, under orders from my friend Sean, I purchased Ted Haigh’s Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. In it, there is a recipe for the Brooklyn cocktail. Now, I have a very personal relationship with the borough of Brooklyn. I love the Dodgers, and I never really understood why. I [...]

Gov Christie calls S-L columnist thin-skinned for inquiring about his ‘confrontational tone’

Wow, imagine that. A politician who’s worried about solving problems and not about a reelection. By the way, congrats, Rand Paul!

Here is a history of my relationship with alcohol.
My first drink came at age 17. It was a Long Island Ice Tea purchased by a girlfriend who was of age. I didn’t abuse her legal powers, though. Maybe a glass of wine here and there, another Long Island once in a while, [...]