I was recently in a conversation regarding Hemingway and rum—specifically, whether or not a mojito is a man’s drink—to which I commented that Papa would have said that a daiquiri is most definitely a man’s drink.
Boy, is it ever.
It seems like all of my posts start this way these days, but I was doing the [...]

My best friend and I have a standing once-a-week date. Being the Betty Crocker type, I make dinner, we drink, we talk and we watch a movie, during which I inevitably fall asleep. While awaiting said friend’s arrival last time around, and finding myself out of beer, I fell to a classic stand-by. Only three [...]

No, your eyes are not deceiving you. This is a new post, after a much-longer-than-expected hiatus. Things got away from me for a while and, sadly, posting was one of the items that was consistently overlooked. I’ve had the time and inclination of late to begin stockpiling photos and drinks for new posts, so never [...]

A penalty shoot-out is the worst way to loose a soccer game. Mano-a-mano with the goalie sounds like a great idea, but PKs are a stressful, unfair way to end two hours of evenly matched football. Especially when your team’s captain, widely regarded as the finest footballer of his generation, does something idiotic in the [...]

A few weeks ago, I received a request from an interested reader, asking for my thoughts on liquor in the home bar. Specifically, what and how should one choose what to buy? And, equally important, how do you keep the cost reasonable?
Well, dear readers, I hate to shatter my image of infallibility, but I am [...]