“Mankind, which in Homer’s time was an object of contemplation for the Olympian gods, now is one for itself. Its self-alienation has reached such a degree that it can experience its own destruction as an aesthetic pleasure of the first order.” — Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”
Archive for July, 2009
Algonquin
July 20th, 2009 | by Marleigh | published in liqueur, recipes, rye, whisk(e)y
A drink that waited a month to go live—I could blame my procrastination on the wedding or Tales or any number of things but this cocktail—or more to the point, its namesake—is a bit intimidating to write about.
MIA
July 13th, 2009 | by Marleigh | published in miscellany, tales of the cocktail
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?
