TotC Countdown: 21 Days
June 24th, 2008 | Published in miscellany | 4 Comments
So. Heatwave. It’s amazing how four 90º+ days can sap both your will to live and your will to drink. I’ve been subsisting on very cold water and the occasional very cold beer, so there (sadly) hasn’t been much to blog about. That will change this week, but in the mean time I’m here to remind everyone that we are mere weeks away from Tales of the Cocktail 2008!
If you haven’t been keeping up with the Tales Blog, there are a whole passel of bloggers converging on Tales this year and we’ve been working hard to provide sneak previews of the great panels and events that are scheduled. I’ve managed to work out a pretty open schedule for my time, so I thought I’d post the places I’m most likely to be; I’m really looking forward to meeting everyone, so please say hi if you see me (I have a long list of people who I am hoping to run into, though I’ll probably wind up stuttering and looking like an idiot once I do).
We’ll be arriving on Wednesday after a brief visit with a friend in Texas, but I’ve worked out a rough itinerary—meaning these are the places I want to be when I’m not touring cemeteries or listening to jazz (or staggering around town drinking).
Wednesday:
4:30pm–6pm - Cocktail Blogger ReceptionThursday:
10:30 AM–12:00 PM - How to Taste Like a Professional
10:30 AM–12:00 PM - To Have and Have Another: The Hemingway Bartender’s Companion
12:00 PM–2:00 PM - Bourbon, Blues and Bluegrass
12:30 PM–2:00 PM - Molecular Mixology
2:30 PM–4:00 PM - Artisan Still Design and ConstructionWe won’t be attending any of the Spirited Dinners since our diet means we can’t partake of anything on the menus. If anyone’s interested in meeting up for dinner on Thursday, we’re game!
Friday:
10:30 AM–12:00 PM - Amore Amari: A Very Bitter History of Bitter Spirits in Apertif Service and Cocktails
10:30 AM–12:00 PM - Jerry’s Kids: The Life, Drinks and Legacy of Professor Jerry Thomas
4:30 PM–6:00 PM - Essential Guide to American Whiskey
4:30 PM–6:00 PM - Rye Nation
8:00 PM–11:00 PM - Rum and All That JazzSaturday:
10:30 AM–12:00 PM - Potions of the Caribbean: Lost Cocktails from America’s Post War Playground
4:30 PM–6:00 PM - Making Your Own Cocktail Ingredients
6:00 PM–9:00 PM - Tales of the Cocktail Tiki Block PartySunday*:
10:30 AM–12:00 PM - The Gentelman’s Companion: The Life and Times of Charles H. Baker, Jr.
12:30 PM–2:00 PM - The Flowing Bowl*Also happens to be my birthday. Hopefully I won’t be so hungover that I can’t enjoy it.
June 25th, 2008at 4:52 pm(#)
Hey Marleigh cheers for the great drinks.
I am going to Tiki Ti for the first time finally.
What should be my first drink?!
Also trid your Dark and stormy but with Cachaca instead of Dark sea rum. Taste pretty good, too. But not Dark any more.
Cheers.
June 25th, 2008at 5:48 pm(#)
Owen,
Cheers!
Well if you go on Wednesday I’d say start with a Ray’s Mistake—it’s their signature drink and it’s half price on Wednesdays. You should definitely order an Ooga Booga or a Blood & Sand, but my favorites are the Zombie, Missionary’s Downfall and Suffering Bastard.
Hope you like it!
June 27th, 2008at 3:53 pm(#)
Like you Marleigh, I’m torn between several sessions on some time slots - it’s going to be a tough call. Can’t believe how soon it is now, only seems like last week I was working out whether I could go. See you there!
July 6th, 2008at 4:47 pm(#)
[...] an effort to organise all the plans currently flying around my head I thought I’d take Darcy, Marleigh and Gabriel’s lead and post up a schedule of where I’m likely to be over the two weeks [...]