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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 – Campari cocktails, stuffed crispy olives and a dose of Deco glamour
Spring cleaning does have its benefits – I’ve recently inherited a feather cape from my mother in law who is heavily into organizing the cupboards.
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Tagged Campari, cocktail, cruise ship, Deco, deep fried olives, feather cape, olive, orange, Spring cleaning
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The Wednesday Tipple – Because apparently we’re all Wild Irish Roses on St Patrick’s Day
This is the time of year when people who were born and raised in Michigan by parents who were also born and raised in Michigan claim to be Irish.
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Tagged Accent, cocktail, grenadine, Housing Works, Irish, lemon, shuffle, soda, st patrick's day, whiskey, Wild irish Rose
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The Wednesday Tipple – Cats, Dogs and Gin Bulldog Cocktails
Because apparently there aren’t enough stray cats already in New York, a charity has decided to import them from the streets of Puerto Rico, where they were probably happily sleeping in the sun and catching mice until netted and captured.
This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Profiteroles,Oscars and an unlikely celebrity haunting
As the Oscars approach, we naturally become more concerned with movies and their stars. Some of us, more literally than others.
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Tagged chocolate, cocktail, ghost, ice cream, oscars, party, profiteroles, Susan Sarandon
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Pink Drinks for Valentines Day
I’m pretty much suggesting a re-appropriation of the celebration of romantic love for the purposes of celebrating really great girlfriends. I just think we’d have more fun.
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Tagged champagne, cocktail, cosmopolitan, French martini, kir royal, martini, Orange pomitini, pomitini, rum, valentine's, vodka
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The Wednesday Tipple – Satan’s Whiskers, roasted pumpkin seeds and a lot of dogs in costumes
It was a fancy dress parade for dogs. In Tompkins Square park.
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Tagged cocktail, dogs in fancy dress, halloween, orange, Parade, satan's whiskers, vintage
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The Wednesday Tipple – Pumpkin Beer (and cocktail) with Roasted Spiced Chickpeas
I’d never heard of Pumpkin beer until I came to New York and bought a selection of Autumnal bottles because I loved the Halloween themed labels. Yes, I am a marketer’s dream.
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Tagged chick peas, cocktail, crunch, pumpkin, pumpkin beer, sugar spice
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The Wednesday Tipple – Apple-tinis with rosemary lavender vodka
We drove towards the quilt shop, past Amish guys in buggies and women scooting along on over-sized scooters, their bonnet strings flying out behind them, past market gardens and farm stands and red roofed barns and home made ginger ale stalls. We’re … Continue reading
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Tagged amish, apple, cocktail, lavender, rosemary, sweetcorn, vegetarian, vodka
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