The couple came sweeping into the room like they were Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, or even Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds — only they weren’t. But just try telling them that. Festivals brin…
Often in the world of cocktails, people will get caught up in the main ingredient and then skimp on the accoutrements. By now we know that the perfect garnish might be the difference between a grea…
On Sept. 2, the Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) will complete its departure from the largest liquor market in the United States: California. The withdrawal of one of California’s largest …
Recently, I received an email from a reader: “I loved your July 27 column on the multitasking Lothario who spent half the night — and a considerable sum —juggling two concurrent dates, without gain…
National Tequila Day was July 24. Tequila is the second-bestselling spirit on the United States market — again — according to the Spirits Business publication. Vodka still dominates the market, but…
The two women had been at the bar for nearly an hour. They had enjoyed drinks and appetizers. They weren’t in any rush, and we weren’t there to rush them. But things do progress. Nothing is ever st…
The man in front of me had just rendered his own “War and Peace” in the form of a food order that covered the front and back of the little notebook I was holding. “Oh wait,” he said. “N…
I’m not sure where he came from or how he got there; all I knew was that he was there now. I was shaking the Manhattan with one hand and stirring a martini with the other. We have two hands for a r…
“What are you guys doing here?” asked someone who appeared to be the bellhop. And he didn’t say it in the way that one would expect from someone attempting to be hospitable. But we were seven days …
Spring brings with it a sense of hope, new beginnings and spaghetti straps. Maybe not in that order. But certainly it was the case on this Wednesday night. When you observe humanity in the abstract…