Cool, low key New Year’s party

So we had planned a quiet New Year’s Eve this year — we’d just gotten back from Mexico and were...

The booze test

I shouldn’t be surprised by this result. If I’d read a little slower, I would have scored perfect. 98%ALCOHOLIC

$4 Martinis tonight

Woohoo! I got a reprieve today — a server crashed, and we just redirected traffic off it. The owner doesn’t...

Hannah’s Tapas Bar Specials

Been spending the occasional evening at Hannah’s tapas bar, in the basement of the Waterloo Hotel. It’s a great place...

The secret recipe of the Mai Tai

Here’s an interesting essay on the Mai Tai. It explains how a drink with such a closely guarded secret recipe...

No, I asked for a Mai Tai

A while ago I wrote about the myth of the Velvet Hammer, a drink whose recipe is so contested that...

Cool house party

Went to a pretty swell party Saturday night. It was a house party — a good old fashioned house party,...

Ahm Nae Cheap

R and I were buying booze for a friend’s birthday over the weekend, and we came up with a bit...

SpamRock 2005

Having problems staying awake today. I think it’s from all the partying last night — rather, all the party planning,...

SpamRock 2005

Sent out the SpamRock invites tonight. Thought I’d better get a move on, since I’m cutting it a little close...