I’ll avoid all the obvious XL jokes in this post, because we’re one scant week away from June’s Mixology Monday, which — in case you couldn’t figure it out from the headline — takes place on Monday, June 15. Hosting this round of MxMo is RumDood over at, yep, RumDood.com. And as you might expect… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Mixology Monday
30/Mo…uh….wait, make that Mx30 … damn!
Chuck Taggart is a mighty bitter man. Oh, sure, he’s nice enough on the outside, and chatty and friendly and all that, but when it comes right down to it, “bitter” pretty much describes his state of mind. Today, anyway — because once again it’s Mixology Monday (chapter 39, for those keeping score), and Mr.… Continue Reading
Mixology Monday takes a bitter path
We’re about a week and a half away from the next round of Mixology Monday, this time hosted by the inimitable Chuck Taggart at The Gumbo Pages on Monday, May 18. Chuck has chosen a theme that’s near and dear to many cocktail enthusiasts: Amaro. That’s right, it’s time to break out your bottles of… Continue Reading
MxMo First Timer: Finally, the Corpse Reviver No. 2
Where to begin? No, really – where to begin? That’s the whole point behind this month’s Mixology Monday, hosted by Pink Lady and her bevy of shaker-wielding cohorts at LUPEC-Boston, who have chosen as the theme The First Time. OK, stop sniggering and/or blushing, and for god’s sake don’t start pounding out the damn Foreigner… Continue Reading
MxMo Hard Times: Drink Like a King(sley)
Within the last 24 hours I’ve learned of two active participants in the cocktail blogosphere who are now, um, on unscheduled sabbatical as a result of the global economic crap-tsunami (and that’s not counting the geniuses like me who thought it wise to quit a job just before the financial sector went into a tailspin).… Continue Reading
