We Hate This Vodka...
Over the Mother's Day weekend, I was walking around with my mother and since I knew people were going to be coming over Saturday night, I thought, maybe I should have some wine in the house, maybe my...
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Happy Manicure!
On the way to Miami, I ran into someone I went to high school with, and it turns out, she also works in a bar---only she does manicures! So, last night, I decided to try the happy hour at Beauty Bar....
View ArticleServe Safe
Yesterday I had one of those days that a lot of people seem to have---12 hour days at the office. I had to be at the bar early for Serve Safe Training. Actually from 11 am to 3 pm and then my shift...
View ArticleMagazine Lady
It was one of those slower nights when Magazine Lady came in. She's always got a stack of beauty mags and real estate mags and orders a diet coke or a coffee. She tips well enough and her mystery...
View Articlesigning off again
i leave for a wedding and then yoga teacher training where i'll be using my flask as a water bottle! 12 days of no booze, talk about vacation from work related things!!
View ArticleSweetness
Notes from a Writer, Bartender, Yogi...I'm in the nail salon after yoga class with TJ's Ragunath and it just so happens that I strike up a conversation with the woman who is across from me as we wait...
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Fette Sau!
Since reading and article in Edible Brooklyn in the fall, my beau, Mr. Gin (or last night, Mr. Beer) has been wanting to go to Fette Sau. Since we were in Billyburg, we thought maybe this was the...
View ArticlePink and Purple Drinks
This week the drinks people asked for came in colors---I had no idea what a purple rain was until a woman came in the bar asking for one. She said she had had it in Jamaica. Thanks to the trusty...
View ArticleWhat Else Do You Do?
This is the question that I get a lot. Perhaps it's the flower or the artsy glasses that gives me away. So in the spirit of what else, I'm excited to say that I was a runner-up in this year's Lilith...
View ArticleMagazine Lady (the reprise)
I'm back to working on more bar essay/fiction after focusing my energy on yoga poems...and this comes after my craziest night tending since I started. It's not even close to done, but it's a start to a...
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Coincidences or Not
A few summers ago I was vacationing in the Pacific Northwest. While rummaging through a vintage store in a small coastal town, I found some old decanter bottles with ornate medallions that said what...
View ArticleOff and On
For a while, I thought I was done with this blog---perhaps in the way that you drink something and then all the sudden, you've moved on to the next thing. I think of my progression from Jack Daniels to...
View ArticleBack in Action
After a long hiatus, Bathtub Gin is back. Re-inspired with new recipes and ideas thanks to Jacques, our fantastic Kimpton master mixologist, I've decided to keep up this blog with cocktail musings at...
View ArticleBasil Devil
"So, I get the orange and the grapefruit," she says, "but the avocado?""It's for a margarita," I tell the woman drinking a Jack and Diet. "It's avocado, jalapeno, and honey."I love that someone has...
View ArticleFinding Balance
The classic cocktail was originally comprised of a base spirit, a bitter, and a sweet. Quite a bit like life. After practicing yoga for years, I’ve come to let go of the idea of smoothing out all the...
View ArticleDante's Sweet Number
Last night one of my regulars came in---the one who inspired the Basil Devil, but since we didn't have the micro basil anymore, I created this little hot and sweet number. I'm calling it: Dante's Sweet...
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Ohio Lady (sans the sauce!)
Memorial Day in Ohio, I'd be remiss if I didn't share an Ohio treat here---and this one doesn't have the sauce :)Here's a mock-tail inspired by the homemade lemon shakes at the Canfield Fair (the Labor...
View ArticleLook it Up Dear
Many of us from my generation remember when "Look it up dear," meant going to the dictionary or the encyclopedia rather than "googling it." Growing up, I was (and still am) a huge fan of Scrabble and...
View ArticleTender
The word tender is embedded in the word bartender. Tender means to give, whether it be a monetary transaction or an emotional one. Which is what one of my regulars reminded me of, actually, two of my...
View Articlethe mixologist returns
Just returned from assisting a yoga teacher training and will be incorporating some of what I learned there to my mixology (I'm missing the wonderful basil lemonade already...)so for now, find me here...
View ArticleFreeze Your Bourbon!
Normally I hate it when people ask me to make a frozen drink, the most common being margaritas. Why in the middle of the city in an upscale tavern would a frozen drink ever appear? I'm not disputing...
View ArticleMock-tails or Mixers?!
Summertime means lemonade and so here are two varieties---and if you like, you can add gin or vodka (in my order of preference), though honestly, I prefer these pre-spike :)Basil Lemonadeboil one tea...
View ArticleAdventures in Drinking from the Heart
Just got back from an amazing trip home to Ohio and was mighty happy that mixology is alive and well in the heartland. The cocktail menu at L'Albatros had a fantastic vodka drink which they kindly...
View ArticleBouncer
Somehow I knew all this yoga would come in handy. Not only just to perform acrobatic feats to get the good stuff on the top shelf since they still haven't bought my step stool. And not just for my big...
View ArticleDairy
Normally I'm not a fan of any kind of dairy in my alcohol. Something about it always seem wrong. Maybe it was college when cement mixers, mind erasers, and bj shots were common. The exception was the...
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