
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....

Marcello & Anita in the Trevi Fountain
In La Dolce Vita, Fellini’s 1960 masterpiece, Marcello Mastroianni’s character, “Marcello Rubini”, is on a wistful quest for love,...

Swedish Fish Martini: Yeah, You Heard That Right
A busy market in Stockholm where fresh Swedish Fish are sold. A martini should have a bite to it. After all, it’s all alcohol—gin (or...

La Strada: A New Cocktail in the "Scaffa Style"
I am really appreciating the artistry involved in the “Scaffa style” of cocktail creation.* No dilution with water from shaking or...

Merry Fucking Christmas: A Cheery Christmas Cocktail
“There’s too much hell and not enough heaven.” —Kevin Kunundrum Ain’t it the truth. Not that I hate the holidays or anything. So with...

The Scaffa Trilogy
Michelangelo Antonioni, the visionary Italian film director, released his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" in the early 1960s....