
Three New Cocktails for the New Year!
KEVIN'S COCKTAILS will be going on hiatus (as I will be immersed in writing my newest novel). But I want to leave you with three...

The Planet Pluto: A Cocktail About Never Giving Up
When I was a small boy of four or five, my parents took me to the annual Easter Egg Hunt. It was quite the event in our little town, as...

The Tree Falls: An Intrinsically Good Cocktail & a Damn Good Art Essay
It's a sad fact that some art galleries depend upon a rich clientele to keep going. It's also a fact that other galleries charge their...

Strawberry Fields For a While: Time is Fleeting
“Nothing lasts forever, not even diamonds,” a great philosopher once said. Which got me to thinking about the ephemeral nature of all...

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,...

11:11, or What the Bleep Do You Know? Not Much!
Life is undeniably difficult at times. The world out there is often oblivious to our wants and needs, and unyielding in throwing us a...

A Drink For Jack Morgan on the Event of His Birthday: To Die Penniless Looking at Stars
The flag flies often at half mast. Last time it stayed like that for fifty years. In America we just keep it there because tragedy is...

Haute Couture: A New Designer Cocktail
“The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering." —Adrienne Monnier “Every day is my fashion show and the world is my...

Mickey Mantle On Deck: A New Cocktail
As a break from political turmoil, I recall the pure thrill and beauty of sports, this realm where we push ourselves to the limits of...

Buyer's Remorse: Are We Feeling Great Yet?
We are apparently living inside someone's satire. With this in mind, here is a bitterly refreshing drink with which to wash down those...