Christmas in Chicago with my family, boyfriend and dog. We will all need to keep warm, so “How is Adam Getting His Drink On?” will be “DRINK DECEMBER!” until the New Year. Here’s the shots in the arm we’ll be drinking. Join us? “Hanukkah Sparklers” YOU’LL NEED: One package berry blue Jell-O 3/4 cup water [...]

Christmas in Chicago with my family, boyfriend and dog. We will all need to keep warm, so “How is Adam Getting His Drink On?” will be “DRINK DECEMBER!” until the New Year. Here’s the shots in the arm we’ll be drinking. Join us? “Partridge in a Snowy Pear Tree” This shot is pure frosting. YOU’LL [...]

Christmas in Chicago with my family, boyfriend and dog. We will all need to keep warm, so “How is Adam Getting His Drink On?” will be “DRINK DECEMBER!” until the New Year. Here’s the shots in the arm we’ll be drinking. Join us? “Christmas Cookie” YOU’LL NEED: 1/2 oz. Kahlua 1/2 oz. Bailey’s 1/2 oz. [...]

Christmas in Chicago with my family, boyfriend and dog. We will all need to keep warm, so “How is Adam Getting His Drink On?” will be “DRINK DECEMBER!” until the New Year. Here’s the shots in the arm we’ll be drinking. Join us? “Kris Kringle” This shot is gonna be like a root beer float. [...]

Christmas in Chicago with my family, boyfriend and dog. We will all need to keep warm, so “How is Adam Getting His Drink On?” will be “DRINK DECEMBER!” until the New Year. Here’s the shots in the arm we’ll be drinking. Join us? “Drunk Cherries” YOU’LL NEED: Jar of Maraschino Cherries Vodka or Rum TO [...]

“THE HOT TODDY” A favorite of bawdy moms and homebody gays (two thumbs pointing inward), The Hot Toddy could be also referred to as “Mama’s Little Chill Pill.” Chamomile tea with a finger or two of bourbon, this and a bottle glass of white wine is the best way to disguise or explain away a [...]

SAGE HEAVEN at Hollywood Roosevelt’s Library Bar My previous rendezvous to the Library Bar have always been in the spirit of social curiosity.  My fascination with their drink-making process, no set menu, just tell the bartender your favorite tastes and he creates something on the spot, had before only been born out of an almost [...]

“THE MINT JULEP” at The Thirsty Crow The most common sight at Silverlake’s Thirsty Crow Bar has to be a revolving door of hipsters grumbling about “stupid hipsters” going in, and giggling dribbly customers coming out.  I’m of the school of practice what you preach.  If you say you hate hipsters, don’t use hipster products: [...]

Tonight marks the Twitteringly anticipated re-opening of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Screenings.  Over here in LA, you can feel the collective squirm build up in us over the past few months, waiting for day.  For LA movie people, the first day of Hollywood Forever is the official start of Summer. And hotchachacha, do they have [...]

The “1-Up” AKA “Super Mario Bros. Shot” is a half shot of Midori melon liqueur and a half shot of Malibu Rum.  Got this from the fabulous Drunken Moogle. Not a barn burner, but damn is it fun on a hot pre-summer day like today where all I want to do is play retro video [...]

Of all of Johnnie Walker’s Scotch Whiskeys, Red is the cheapest, and considered to be the least fine of the batch.  I am starting today’s “Drink On” with Red because I quite enjoy a glass of Red.  It’s fiery, it burns and when I drink Black, I feel like it’s a semi-special occasion. However, that’s [...]

The daylight is longer, and unless you have an iPhone or a stupid work computer, your clocks are all caught up with Daylight Savings Time.  Yes, it is a bitch the day it happens.  All that confusion, plus you lose an hour.  But I welcome it!  It’s all about the electrical Spring/early Summer moment when [...]

William Schmidt wanted to be an individual. Hard for a man named William to be distinguishable, even in the 1890′s.  This is why William went by the moniker William “The Only William” Schmidt. This is just the kind of turn of the (other) century nonsense I love. Schmidt was a connoisseur of Lady Liquor, and [...]

I was recently diagnosed with cataracts.  That’s right, cataracts on a 27 year old.  Tsk-tsk, as if I needed more things to feel old about.  Apparently, a simple surgery will take care of both the cataracts, as well as making possible for me to see clearly without glasses or contacts.  So…I suppose this is, in [...]

Marcus and I returned to the Roosevelt Hotel’s Library Bar this weekend, Golden Globes evening to be exact.  We abstained from watching the Globes, which unsurprisingly turned out to be an unimpressive affair where we saw a bunch of celebrities showcase what little senses of humor they have about the blah movies they make. As [...]