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What I’m Drinking Right Now: Margarita’s From the Trolley
The missus had her Discovery Park (for those not in Seattle, Discovery Park’s the biggest park here, and she directs the summer camp, the nature preschool, and about everything else out there) staff of...
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Cocktail Talk: Pearls Are a Nuisance, Take 2
You can read a little Raymond Chandler screed below, as well as more about the book this quote is take from, or you can just slip down a little less and get straight to the goods. This is from the...
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Bring Your Tequila to the Garden
Okay, I could talk here about how tequila has a bad (as in tough, not un-tasty) reputation (and has nothing to say about its bad reputation), and how thinking this is sure to make your summer less...
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It’s Margarita Time for Those Living the Good Life
My latest article on the Good Life Report, The Mysteries of the Margarita, starts by saying: The Margarita may just be the most curious of the super-popular cocktails (and by “super-popular” I mean...
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What I’m Drinking: The Shoreditch Sombrero
I don’t want you to think I’m getting routine in my drink making and testing and making some more. But I just couldn’t resist conjuring up another mighty mix that maximized the potential of the Deluxe...
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What I’m Drinking (Soon): The Bruja Smash
The Ginger Bliss and the Violet Fizz Rob Roy release party is only 4 days away (it’s happening, if you’ve been in the outback, on 10/8, from 2 to 4), and I’m already twitching with excitement about...
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What I’m Drinking: The Cactus Berry
It seems like summer is upon us (at least everywhere outside of my little corner of the northwest, as it’s, oh, 50 degrees and cloudy here. Which might lead you to think I’m complaining. But I’m not....
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Shot Week, Day 3, The Diablita
As anyone knows, a week on this blog equals, usually, three posts (sue me if that seems wrong—my lawyers are at the bar). Which means, sadly, Shot Week is already coming to an end. Be sure you read...
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What I’m Drinking: The Saguaro Steamer
Tequila is sometimes given the seasonal shaft. Folks can tend to think of it (except those true tequila fanatics I suppose) only in the hotter months, and only in chilly Margaritas and the occasional...
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What I’m Drinking: Up North, Down South
This border-busting concoction combines a couple of ingredients that are from fairly different points on the compass: tequila (that’s the southern one), and Washington State’s own Skip Rock...
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Get Your Chemistry Drinking on With Uncommon Goods Molecular Mixology Kit
I recently received the Uncommon Goods’ Molecular Mixology Cocktail Kit in the mail – without even ordering it! I know, I’m lucky (and trying not to be smarmy about, too). It’s an interesting combo kit...
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What I’m Drinking: The National Arms
This tequila champion takes its name from a quote from General Ignacio Zaragoza, who commanded the forces at the battle of Puebla (where he, in a massive upset, won the day, and that winning is what is...
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What I’m Drinking: Cowboy Healer
This refreshing relative of the Diablo cocktail is sure to become a summertime favorite, whether you’re wearing your 10-gallon hat and chaps (and maybe little else – it is summer after all, and very...
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What I’m Drinking: The Italian Cactus Berry
You know this, I know this, everybody knows this – I believe good drinks should have good names, and when creating drinks you need to create names too. Okay, that’s out of the way. But here, really,...
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What I’m Drinking: Skull Sweets with Padre Azul Reposado Tequila
When a bottle shows up at your door wearing a sort-of a leather sheath, stitched up the back like a very cool (and very tough) boot, and having a grinning bronzed skull bottle topper, first, you very...
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What I’m Drinking: Four Quartets
“And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flames are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one.” It is a wild historical fact...
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What I’m Drinking: The Margarita with Brovo Spirits Orange Curaçao
Holy where-does-the-time-go! It was eleven years now that I wrote on this very blog (you can pat me on the back for my longevity later) about drinking Margaritas via a trolley in my backyard. ELEVEN...
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What I’m Drinking: The El Diablo-esque
It’s funny, in a curious way, because it’s January, and January is known as a bit of a cold-hearted month for a number of reasons; one, cause it’s cold! But, the curiously funny thing is, that for the...
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What I’m Drinking: Work By Lamplight
I must admit (or partially at least), I stole this title from Ed (the best poet in the world) Skoog. Or think I did, as I had his latest book Travelers Leaving for the City next to me when I was trying...
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Cocktail Talk: My Little Gypsy Cheat-heart
I recently (finally!) picked up the sixth collection of Day Keene stories from the glory days of pulp magazines, a collection called Homicide House and Other Stories. Like past volumes, it’s a pulp-y...
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