Category Archives: Drink of the Week
Drink of The Week: Eugene O’Neill’s Gibson
The Gibson The Gibson is as basic as they come, a pure shot of gin to the veins. It’s a perfect choice after a busy day when things may or may not have gone exactly your way, say, when the … Continue reading
Drink of The Week: Moscow Mule
Moscow Mule I’m sitting in the Melrose Bar a couple weeks ago. It’s 8 a.m. and all of a sudden some copper mug rocks off its post and clanks on the floor. My friend grabs his head and says “Ouch.” … Continue reading
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Drink of The Week: Moonshine
Moonshine Madness, Salmon, Idaho style Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I once built a still under my grandparent’s deck. I got a few dribbles of liquid, not much, but enough to have probably caused my frustrations with
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Drink of The Week: Black and Tan
These go down all day long. You can’t beat a straight Guinness on Saint Patrick’s Day, but I’ve always found the black and tan to only up the enjoyment level. Most people, it seems, believe that the black and tan … Continue reading
Raymond Carver’s Bloody Mary
Morning, afternoon or evening—an appropriate option I can’t drink bloody Mary’s very often but when I do I think, Why don’t I swill these more often? One guy who could drink them
Drink of The Week: Lebowski’s White Russian
Chick drink? Kindof. But man they taste good. And Lebowski gave them cool-factor. Who can even speak the words white Russian without visualizing a frustrated Jeff Bridges saying, “Dude!” in the phenomenal cult-classic movie, The Big Lebowski, (1998). I hadn’t … Continue reading
Drink of the Week: Kerouac’s Margarita
Here’s to the weekend The weekend is on us and, if you’re part of sane society,
Drink of The Week: Bukowski’s Boilermaker
If it wasn’t bad for you, I’d be all in. I wouldn’t have been proud to have Charles Bukowski as a son; he tried to smack women, was a raging alcoholic and was as crude as men get. I’ve dropped … Continue reading
Starbucks Via Instant Coffee
Having been raised in Seattle I always root for the hometown boys; that makes me a fan of Olympia Beer, Boeing jets, the Screaming Trees, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, the Sounders and, formerly, Starbucks coffee. My problem with Starbucks,
