I like cherries and I like alcohol. I love cherries in alcohol. Ever since I had the house-made cherries at a bar a few months ago, I’ve been entertaining the thought of making my own. How hard could it be, right?
In the BF’s copy of The Art of the Bar, there’s a simple recipe [...]
Posted on November 4, 2009, 6:48 pm, by nakedsushi, under
cocktails.
Is there a drink that tastes as good as a well made Manhattan? I’ve always thought of the Manhattan as an old man’s drink, but apparently it originated from The Manhattan Club in the 1870s and was made specifically for Winston Churchill’s mother.
I’m no Lady Randolph Churchill, but the BF made me a delicious one [...]
We finally have internet at home now. And it’s SUPER DUPER SUPER FAST. Like, OMG, I’m back in Berkeley with the fat bandwidth fast. Like, I can play SFIV while the BF is doing other stuff online like downloading and it’s still fine fast. It’s more pricey than our usual plan, but [...]
Posted on March 22, 2009, 9:50 pm, by nakedsushi, under
Food.
The BF has been getting into making cocktails recently. Since he’s weaksauce and doesn’t actually like drinking cocktails, I’m the lucky lady that gets to drink his concoctions.
This afternoon, we picked up some ingredients to make a Manhattan. I don’t know why, but I like old-man drinks like Negronis, Manhattans, and vodka sodas.
Using whiskey + [...]