So this coming Tuesday is the 100-year anniversary of The Big One, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. This coming Tuesday is also the 34th anniversary of me, at which point I can no longer finesse being in my early 30s, and for which I will not be in SF. Which is making me very [...]
…because I am going batshit at work today. My office door has been closed all day to keep the bats out. A few got in anyway. *
So I have been trying to eat more “superfoods”. You know, like, garlic and broccoli and spinach and soy and all those things that each do at least 10 different good things for your body and are all like antioxidentally blessed and lycopentastic and flavonoidally fierce. Then I got a case shoulder bursitis, and booze [...]
Holy crap — have I not posted a cocktail recipe since April?! WTH is wrong with me? ‘Kay, so it’s not Tuesday, but this is an emergency. Lovely Celia, the rustbelt’s finest flamethrower, brought it to my attention that I have never posted my mojito recipe. Double WTH. Triple WTF. Talk about an epic oversight. [...]
Today’s quenching quaffables are inspired by Celia and a particularly friendly pop-up ad. VanJilla (modified1) — Stoli vanilla (no substitutions! see my case here) — bitters — a bunch of ice — a bunch of cherries2, say, 5 — (optional) some mint leaves — (optional) soda water In a rocks glass, muddle up the cherries [...]
I’m home sick from work today. What does this mean for you (and me, 3 minutes after posting this)? It means … The Hot Toddy — 1 cup o’ tea — 1 shot bourbon or whiskey — 1 tsp. honey — ‘garnish’ lemon “Make a cup of hot herbal tea. Add one teaspoon of honey [...]