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The eighteenth 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 return to our beloved Martini, but we’ll swap out the olive garnish with cocktail onions, magically transforming it into a Gibson. Recipe:…
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The seventeenth 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 have a look at the luxurious lemon bubbly brunch libation, the French 75. Recipe: Add the gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup…
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The following is a brief status report on my mission to befriend crows. For context, you can find my original plan statement here. It has been approximately three weeks since I installed the Crow Plate Pole in my yard, gave it the awkward name of “Crow Plate Pole”, threw some peanuts on the Crow Plate…
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The sixteenth 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 partake in this pleasant patio crusher from across the pond, the Pimm’s Cup. Recipe: Add the Pimm’s, lemon juice, and simple syrup…
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My younger brother Chris introduced me to Crooked Fingers’ first album over twenty years ago, describing it as the “dude from Archers of Loaf (Eric Bachmann) making great songs about drunks and vagabonds and down n’ outs.” Chris and I were deeply into our own vagabond-ulation phase at the time. Seduced by Charles Bukowski’s poetic…
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The fifteenth 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 sip on our first cognac-based cocktail in the collection, the simple, splendid Sidecar. Recipe: Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.…
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“A boy and his robot best buddy devise an elaborate plan to befriend the neighborhood crow. Adventures ensue as the three all discover the value of trust and camaraderie and the true spirit of brotherhood.“ Sounds like a pretty good modern children’s fable, yeah? Well you’re wrong again, pal, because this is no fable. It’s…
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First of all, I’d like to apologize for having such a kickass title for a blog post which is ultimately going to be a big let down. I’m simply going to tell you about the nightmare that I had last night. That’s it. “But, Bones,” you may be thinking. “I thought you hate when people…
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This Sunday is the Daytona 500 and the 25th anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt. No. 3. The Man in Black. The Intimidator. He died on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001. I was at that race. Up there in one of the top rows in the backstretch grandstands,…
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The fourteenth 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 take a look at the pink pinnacle of alcoholic allure that permeated nineties nightclubs, the Cosmopolitan. Recipe: Pour all ingredients into a…