#WeekendCocktailMoment: Gnomes Water Rebellion - It's a political cocktail!
From Esquire, an unusually different variation of the summer cocktail - and has the most hilarious name: Gnomes Water Rebellion. Personally I suspect the inventor/mixologist might have not been...
View ArticleNot Your Mama's Sangria! #WeekendCocktailMoment
Saucy Sangria One 750-ml bottle dry rosé wine 4 ounces brandy 2 ounces maraschino liqueur or dark cherry juice 3 ounces guava/mango or peach nectar or juice ice 8 ounces chilled ginger ale 8 orange...
View Article#WeekendCocktailMoment | Cocktail: Do you like Pina Coladas?
If you like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain If you're not into yoga, if you have half a brain If you like making love at midnight in the dunes on the cape I'm the love that you've looked...
View ArticleMary Cassatt: Some Art Serenity and That Inner Discovery of Beauty
Mary Cassatt, Children in a Garden Fine art is one of the subjects I most love to scribble about. All politics all the time add up to more monster stressors and good ole' anxiety has more room to...
View ArticleMary Cassatt's Incredible Legacy in the Art World - Conclusion
Much had happened during the years Cassatt had absented herself from France. The Impressionistes were emerging as a tour de force, indeed, they had established their own exhibitions in blatant...
View ArticleTea Party Kills Job Creation In North Carolina
Image: North Carolina Film Office Nice going, Tea Party! Looks like you - and hard right multimillionaire Art Pope, who has essentially bought the legislature and state house - have dealt another blow...
View ArticlePeppypolitan, your #WeekendCocktailMoment
The Peppypolitan This drink was born in London's famed Claridge's Hotel in London has one of that city's liveliest bars, and this drink is always in demand. Despite the fact that it seems more of a...
View ArticleRise Above the Snake Line
After the past two weeks in Ferguson, we could really use an event to focus on morality, equality, rights and bringing people together. North Carolina has just what the doctor ordered, as today kicks...
View Article#WeekendCocktailMoment: The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead [I know, isn't that hilarious?] Ingredients Original recipe makes 1 serving 1/4 fluid ounce vodka 1/4 fluid ounce rum 1/4 fluid ounce tequila 1/4 fluid ounce triple sec liqueur 1/4...
View ArticleMarie Dubois's Screen Test for 'Shoot the Piano Player' - Truffaut
This past week I've watched three films directed by Francois Truffaut 1. The 400 Blows 2. Shoot the Piano Player 3. Jules and Jim. Marie Dubois, French actress, had a lead part in 'Shoot the Piano...
View Article#WeekendCocktailMoment ~ The Negroni Cocktail
A tiny bit of background from Mental Floss … the histories of cocktailing can be fascinating. THE NEGRONI Count Camillo Negroni gets credits for creating this aperitif around 1919. As the story goes,...
View ArticleA Bucket of Ice Water
When Homer Simpson joins in, you know you've gone viral. Although the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has raised awareness about the disease and a lot of money, there's so much we still don't know about it -...
View ArticleYour #WeekendCocktailMoment: The Bee's Knees Cocktail
There's something special about a cocktail with a history as tasty as the potent potable. The Bee's Knees came out of Prohibition just in time for the roaring Twenties and infamy. From PBS.org, a bit...
View Article#WeekendCocktailMoment ~ The Classic Sazerac Cocktail
To me this cocktail says late night -- so you don't have far to go to make it to bed before the whole damn house starts spinning. It's a sipper. Though I can easily see Scarlett O'Hara knocking...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus Did Something Really Great #TPC
Image: MTV The twerker sent a homeless teen to accept her award for best video at the Video Music Awards. Instead of twerking her way up the stage to accept her Video of The Year award, Cyrus, 21,...
View ArticleThe King and Queen of comedy, may they both rest well.
The King and Queen of comedy, may they both rest well. #joanrivers #robinwilliams pic.twitter.com/lptqBKzqHo — Fascinating Pictures (@Fascinatingpics) September 4, 2014 The post The King and Queen of...
View ArticleVermont High School Kills Homecoming In Fear of Twerking
When I heard the words "From The Rutland Herald" in the MSNBC early news mentions, I assumed Bernie had made the headlines, or perhaps the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant was up to no good. Instead …...
View ArticleYour #WeekendCocktail Moment: The Green Ghost
Was looking for something a little different for the weekend Cocktail, when this drink turned up and and had a mixology comeback. Meet the Green Ghost. From Serious Eats dot com … The Green Ghost is...
View ArticleWeekend Cocktail Moment: The Vieux Carrè
The Vieux Carre Try the Vieux Carre, a heady blend of Cognac, sweet vermouth, rye and Benedictine, and then mix in a dash of Angostura bitters. There’s a little bit of old fashioned elegance in this...
View ArticleTGIF Cocktail Moment: The Baltimore Bang
A classic outside of Baltimore as well. The Baltimore Bang From Saveur. This stiff take on a whiskey sour is traditionally made with apricot brandy, but to make it even more Baltimorean (and slightly...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....