Thanksgiving cocktails for a stay-at-home celebration

Thanksgiving is often one of the busiest eating holidays of the year. Families gather or go out, and there are carbohydrates as far as the eye…

The Thanksgiving story we know, and the Thanksgiving story we don’t

Here we are, coming up on Thanksgiving 2020, our national day of giving thanks. This year sandwiched as we are, between a very difficult past eight…

Looks still matter; masks or not

Despite everything going on in the world, inside it still felt like a bar. And take it from a bartender, bars feel a certain way: good…

Barfly Podcast Season 2: Episode 18: Diane Mina: Agassi, Vegas, Tiburon and Bloody Mary’s

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Shaken not stirred: the late Sean Connery’s 3 James Bond cocktails

With the passing of Sir Sean Connery, bartenders everywhere will be called upon, once again, to make a slew of James Bond martinis; shaken not stirred,…

Masks are about respecting others, not protecting yourself

The people at sitting the table had not been wearing masks from the moment they sat down. In fact, the very first thing they did upon…

What does it mean when some go unmasked, while others must wear one?

I couldn’t really hear what the waiter said when he went to the table. He was more than six feet away and he was masked. So,…

Barfly Podcast Season 2: Episode 17: Talking Bloody Mary’s with Diane Mina

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It’s pumpkin pie spice season again. Good Grief!

Yes, it’s that time of the year: pumpkin time. And while we might all be grieving the loss of the Great Pumpkin (the fabled Peanut’s Halloween…

Does this dress make me look like a devil?

In my long bartending career, I could never have foreseen such a situation. Yet, foreseen, or not, there I was, standing on the back patio of…