
Don’t Worry Be Happy! Some Words & a Cocktail to Make You Stop Wallowing*
“Happiness is a chimera.” —Schopenhauer When asked once by a journalist if he was happy, French General Charles de Gaulle responded,...

Caravaggio’s Dilemma: Another Effed-Up Artist & the Double-Edged Sword of Genius
Caravaggio was a crazy bastard who lost his parents at an early age and died miserably. But he was also a great and visionary artist, so...

Retro Cocktail for May: Clover Club
This month’s RETRO COCKTAIL was named for the “Clover Club”, an elite Philadelphia men’s club that met in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel....

The Audrey Hepburn: A Classy Cocktail
Cats, cocktails, class, compassion. Talk about the perfect woman. Audrey Hepburn was one classy dame, to employ the parlance of her era....

A New Cocktail for When Fighting the Good Fight is Not Enough
Vincent Van Gogh famously stated, "Indeed, life is a battle." He knew what he was talking about, being the definitive struggling artist...

Basic Black: A Fashionable New Drink That's Never Out of Style
BASIC BLACK ¾ part Tito’s Vodka
¾ part Broker’s London Dry Gin
¾ part Romana Black
½ part Fernet-Branca
splash of Averna Stir...

Lowball: A New Cocktail, & New Lyrics to an Old Song
"The Colonel Bogey March" dates back to 1914 in Great Britain, and was originally about golf. It enjoyed a new life in World War II as an...

Impression Sunrise: The Video
I've been Impressionistified! Inspired by Claude Monet’s painting that gave birth to the name “Impressionism”, its beauty and color is...

An Artistic Cocktail Inspired by Claude Monet's Painting
When the “Impressionists” first came on the scene in the early 1860s, what they were doing wasn’t even considered art by the current...

Día de los Muertos: A Cocktail for the Day of the Dead
In honor of the Day of the Dead, I present you with this new cocktail creation: "Día de los Muertos". Lugubriously jolly, spicy, and...