Parent Tax and the Blueberry Whiskey Sour
Tagged: blueberry whiskey sour, cocktail, cocktails
A telltale sign that spring is in the air is when my daily cocktail switches from an old fashioned to a whiskey sour. Stouts and porters melt away as quickly as the snow with the onset of warm weather and domestic light/lite beers become the go-to when I’m feeling especially lazy. When I posted this blueberry whiskey sour to my personal Facebook page, quite a few people reached out to me for the recipe and how to make....
Candy Canes and Cocktails – The Festive White Russian
Tagged: christmas, cocktail, the big lebowski, the dude, white russian
I don’t know what it is about the Christmas season but it always brings about a craving for White Russians. And when I say “White Russian,” I don’t mean the kind that subliminally influenced me to write this article. I mean the cocktail. You know, the one that found a permanent spot in pop culture lore via its inclusion in the cult classic, The Big Lebowski, as The Dude’s favorite cocktail. Lovingly portrayed by Jeff Bridges in only a...
Getting B!tch Slapped In St. Maarten
Tagged: beach bar, bitch slap, blue bitch bar, boardwalk, boardwalk bar, caribbean, cocktail, phillipsburg, st. maarten
Every beach bar has its signature drink and at St. Maarten’s Blue Bitch Bar, overlooking the beach and boardwalk in Phillipsburg, it’s the appropriately named Bitch Slap. I’m pretty sure the shot, which Marlene confirms in the video, includes Blue Curacao, Triple Sec and some kind of rum (background noise from the peanut gallery drowned out most of her description). I’ve conducted an exhaustive search online for about two minutes...
Tom Cruise at a Beach Bar – Then and Now
Tagged: beach bar, cocktail, cruise bar, dragon bay beach, jamaica, port antonio, tom cruise
I don’t know if Tom Cruise slinging drinks at a beach bar in the movie “Cocktail” was the inspiration for me to one day own my own beach bar but it would make a pretty cool story for the grand kids some day. The beach bar scenes were filmed at Dragon Bay Beach, Port Antonio in Jamaica. The beach bar is now called, what else, Cruise Bar. You can view a current photo of the beach bar here and here. View from Port...
