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The twenty-fourth entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s visit the venerable Scottish variation of the Manhattan, the Rob Roy. Recipe: Add the Scotch, vermouth, and bitters to a mixing glass…
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The twenty-third entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s sample that sweet and smoky Scotch sipper savored by Sinatra, the Rusty Nail. Recipe: Pour ingredients into a chilled rocks glass with…
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The following is the third status report on my mission to befriend crows. If you need a refresher, you can find the previous posts here: It’s been about a month since my last report. A report that concluded on a happy note with the arrival of two crows! Also some exciting new upgrades to the…
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One of my primary pet peeves is being forced to listen to someone recount their prior night’s dream. So it would sure be rather hypocritical if I were to recount my own prior night’s dream, wouldn’t it? Or even worse, write a whole series of posts about my dreams. Which is just what I decided…
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The twenty-second entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s explore the ice cold Southern concoction in a silver cup, the Mint Julep. Recipe: Give the mint leaves a soft slap in…
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The twenty-first entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s dip into that decadent dessert drink downed daily by The Dude, the White Russian. Recipe: Add the vodka and Kahlua to an…
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To fully appreciate a discussion around My Effin’ Life, the auto-biography of legendary RUSH vocalist/bassist/keyboardist, and all around good/Canadian guy, Geddy Lee, it’s helpful to be a long time fan of RUSH. If you’re not, might I kindly recommend that you take a break from reading, go listen to RUSH’s mammoth discography religiously for somewhere…
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The twentieth entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s get back to basics with the soft, satiny sour served under a splash of soda, the Gin Fizz. Recipe: Add the gin,…
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The following is the second status report on my mission to befriend crows. For context, you can find the previous posts here: It’s been 3 weeks or so since I posted my last Courting Crows report and we left things in quite the cliffhanger, didn’t we? With me fighting the good fight, performing my daily…
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The nineteenth entry in the series where my wife Sabrina and I journey through the wide wonderful world of classic cocktails by crafting and drinking recipes together at our home bar. Today let’s explore the much adored drink with a simple recipe but a fascinatingly complex taste, the Last Word. Recipe: Add all ingredients into…