Category Archives: The Wednesday Tipple
The Wednesday Tipple – Cherry Mojito
Do you ever find yourself looking at an apple and thinking: you’re too perfect to be a real apple, you look like the apple in Snow White? Or at a pineapple and thinking: should I eat you, or would Chiquita … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry, cocktail, cocktail party, crossing Delancy, drink, lime, mint, old time romance, party, romance, romantic comedy, rum, summer, writing
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The Wednesday Tipple – Lillet Grapefruit Gin Cooler – and forgetfulness
Sometimes we drink to help us forget, and sometimes, we forget before we even drink.
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Tagged Bob, cocktail, dinner party, entertaining, gin, grapefruit, ice, lillet, summer
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The Wednesday Tipple – lemonade with thyme lemon syrup and patriotic ice cubes, and teenage oppression at the Liberty Bell
Jon and I arrived in Philadelphia on a sunny Saturday. We sat on the top deck of the tour bus digesting our cheesesteak sandwiches, and watched selected highlights of the city glide past in the sunshine.
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Tagged 4th July, Americana, blueberries, cocktail, lemon juice, lemonade, lemons, picnic food, raspberries, soda water, tipple
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The Wednesday Tipple – Elderflower Gin Jellies (and homemade elderflower cordial)
In retrospect, it may not have been a good idea to open a bar tab at the hotel for my sister and I when we were kids.
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Tagged bbq, cocktail, elderflower, Fairies, gin, granita, hot day, lemon, Sarah, tipple, tonic, Victoriana
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The Wednesday Tipple – A Russian Scientist lives up to a radiation stereotype, and we all eat hot peppered walnuts to calm our nerves
I mentioned that I once had an exceedingly dull job working the day shift in a hotel bar. “Sure, we reused the lemon garnishes†I told a group of appalled New Yorkers. “And we were supposed to tip any un-eaten … Continue reading
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Tagged martini, olives, pepper, radiation, Russain Scientist, stereotype, sugar, walnuts
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The Wednesday Tipple – sage advice for Submarine owners and a seriously stiff drink
Ingyin and Yosi, back for the summer from their 2nd year at NYU Abu Dhabi are now clearly masters of their new terrain. They know where to buy the best chocolate covered dates, they consider 104 and 80% humidity “pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Dhabi, beach, bitters, camel, cocktail, gin, hot, stiff drink, submarines, summer
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The Wednesday Tipple – Salty Dogs, Fleet Week and Other Nautical Musings
It’s fleet week here in NYC, which means that enormous ships are floating along side Manhattan like pods on a space ship, and bars up and down the west side are filled with men in uniforms and the gals and … Continue reading
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Tagged cocktail, fleet week, grapefruit, nautical, Salty Dog, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Criminal Intent, Karma, and Bourbon with Spiced Apple
The thought of not being able to watch the Olympics on the BBC is making me consider turning to a life of download crime. Considering, mind, I’m not actually admitting to anything, just to be absolutely clear here.
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Tagged apple, bourbon, drink, ginger, Kim, New York, olympics, spice
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