On July 26th, our friends at Master of Malt announced a a new contest on their blog called “Guess That Booze!” (all of the contest details are listed in the screen capture above). Since five people came pretty damn close to listing all of the ingredients and guessing what […]
On November 3rd, I received the following email from a Public Relations Representative for The Baddish Group (a NY based PR firm):
Here are some fact and figures about the Cruise Industry from the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association: The industry forecasts 16 million passengers in 2011, a 6.6% increase over 2010. • In 2010 a record of 15 million passengers are forecasted to have cruised, with 11.1 million originating in North America. […]
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” – Ernest Hemingway If Ernest Hemingway were still alive, today would be his 112th birthday. After consulting the interwebz, I found out that one of Hemingway’s favorite drinks was called the Papa […]
Our story begins with a “Do you two have any dinner plans for Saturday night?” text between Mrs. G-LO and Mrs. Alemonger. That text lead to even more texts, IMs, and phone calls as we secured babysitters, decided on a dining destination, and finalized the evening’s itinerary. Here […]
Here’s a little flowchart to hold you over until Season 5 of Mad Men starts in the Fall (hopefully!). Thanks to The Oatmeal for creating it and to @Feliciafied for posting the link on Twitter. Enjoy!
On July 9th, 1816, Argentina declared its independence from Spain. Since I’m not much of a historian, I’ll skip all the details and send you to the Wikipedia if you’d like more information about this event (click here). So the question is, what does Fernet-Branca and Pepsi Cola […]
In the June 6, 2011 edition of Bloomsberg Businessweek, there was yet another “Business and Drinking” related article in the Etc. section of the magazine that caught my eye. The title of this article is “The Slosh Pit”, and it deals with co-worker behavior at an after work […]
As you are well aware, the “It’s just the booze dancing…” crew is actively searching for the Great Summer Beer of 2011. Summer and cold beer go hand in hand. It quenches, it relaxes, and it tastes delicious. But what if you’re having a party and want to mix […]
For post #251, I thought it would be fun to look back at the first 250 posts and do a best/worst list in various categories. Here goes… Shortest and Lamest Posts: Whisky Education and Something To Look Forward To… Funniest Posts: Esquire Rule No. 706 and My, that’s a […]