I have never used a better wine glass! It's remarkable.
Recently, I was invited to a tasting of about 25 exceptional wines (think 1982 Chateau d'Yquem out of Magnum). The purpose of the tasting was to introduce the new... Read More
I have never used a better wine glass! It's remarkable!
Recently, I was invited to a tasting of about 25 exceptional wines (think 1982 Chateau d'Yquem out of Magnum). The purpose of the tasting was to introduce the new... Read More
“I used to be a teacher. I liked being in the classroom but the lifestyle of a teacher didn’t fit me. Grading and planning and stressing all the time took its toll. Behind the... Read More
One hundred years ago in 1922, the photographer, Man Ray, visited Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas at 24 rue de Fleurus in order to photograph them in their famous salon. Here they are re-imagined from... Read More
American journalist, documentarian, and scientific researcher, Hamilton Morris is the creator and director of the television series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, in which he investigates... Read More
Jimmy’s Corner is one of the last great dive bars, a genuine relic from the 1970’s, how Times Square used to be before they scrubbed the life out of it. Jimmy Glenn began his training as a... Read More
A Bar Story: Johnny K was born in a little Kentucky town severely edited. He had no arms from the elbows and no legs from the knees. The ancient prosthetics, by our whizzbang standards,... Read More
Hemingway enjoyed having Daiquiris at La Floridita in Havana with his favorite barman, the legendary Constante Ribalaigua who learned bar keeping at the age off 16 and by 1918 had... Read More
“Mario Suazo Is the Mayor of the French Quarter At Napoleon House, the veteran bartender can make you a signature Pimm’s Cup in 15 seconds flat.” So says Robert Simonson. Since 2001,... Read More
Ten-year-old Ruby Jacobs ran as fast as his feet would carry him along the surf at Coney Island Beach. Running after him was a local cop who had busted Ruby for illegally selling 5-cent ice cream... Read More
Dale DeGroff having a beer with Simon Deburka, barman at Swift’s as well as some of the haunts that lurk about. Swift’s is one of the best Irish pubs in Manhattan: est in 1995 by Danny McDonald... Read More