Winston Churchill’s Birthday

Marshall | November 29, 2007

This friday, November 30th, is the birthday of Sir Winston Churchill.  To celebrate I’ll be smoking a cigar and having a drink in his honor.  Check back Saturday morning for a report on my cigar and drink. Cheers, M

Sometimes, when you get bored

SeanMike | November 28, 2007

And you’re on a cleaning rampage like I was, you think, hey, let’s catalogue ye olde bar. I even zoomed in a bit, but you don’t need all THOSE pictures.  This is the top left. This is the top right. Bottom right. And bottom left. While I was at it, I took the time to [...]

Back from my coma . . .

Marshall | November 28, 2007

Well, it has been a while since I posted . . . damn work . . . and then Thanksgiving creeping up on me filling by blood stream with ham and turkey and sweets . . . ummmmm turkey . . . Anyway, I hope all of ya’ll out there had a great Thanksgiving and [...]

Winter drinks

SeanMike | November 28, 2007

Even the Washington Post is getting into winter drinks right about now.  I’ve had a winter drink on my mind for a while now. I knew from the get-go what I wanted to combine – bourbon and vanilla.  A lot of bourbons have a vanilla taste to them, and bourbon is one of my favorite [...]

martini madness

SeanMike | November 25, 2007

One of the random things that happened this weekend at my parents was that my mom really wanted to try a “real” martini.  After a few missteps, we ended up with a bottle of Bombay gin, a bottle of Noilly Prat dry vermouth, some cheap (not Martini & Rossi, but something else) sweet vermouth, a [...]