Got your history caps on? Today’s cocktail comes with a real charge! Unlike the seemingly arbitrary assignment of some holidays (yes, PB&J Day, I’m looking at you), National Battery Day makes perfect sense as it falls on February 18th, the…
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Slow, Southern Style
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I’m sure you’ve heard the edict that proclaims white shoes after Labor Day a fashion sin so large you’ll shame 4 generations back if you break it? Frankly, I think white shoes at any time of the year only forgivable…
Slip Into Something More Raspberry
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What, no one decided to take up the Quest cocktail challenge? That’s too bad! Maybe this week’s cocktail will be better suited for you, then, and we’ll keep it short and sweet, to boot! It’s the holidays, after all, and…
Have Your Dessert (Cocktail) First!
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Not that I’d know anything about testing out a super-indulgent cocktail recipe before supper. And if I were to do such a thing, it’s only be to take advantage of the light. Let’s get down to the business of the…
50 Shots of America–Wyoming
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Dude, we’re up to the 44th state of the Union: Wyoming! And no, I haven’t confused my states, I know we’ve already done California. I’m not talking surfing, here, I’m talking ranching! Dude ranches, specifically, the first of which was…
50 Shots of America–Mississippi
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Entering the Union on December 12, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state to sign on the dotted line. Thinking of the Magnolia State brings to mind images of plantation homes, cotton fields and the eponymous river. So very strong before…
50 Shots of America–Ohio
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Ohio is the 17th state admitted to the Union but it wasn’t quite so simple as it sounds. It wasn’t until 1953 that they were official declared the 17th state retroactively. As part of the Northwest Territory, an area became…
50 Shots of America–Pennsylvania
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You’d think (or at least I would) that Pennsylvania would have been the first to ratify the Constitution, seeing as how much time our forefathers spent doing big things in Philadelphia and all during those early colony days. Instead, they…