The Bum has one thing in common with the U.S. Congress: neither of us can get anything done. But the denizens of the Washington, D.C., cocktail circuit appear to have the opposite problem. They’re addicted not to alcohol, but to accomplishment. Exhibit A: Eric Felten, author of the book How’s Your Drink? Cocktails, Culture, and [...]
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“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern,” wrote Samuel Johnson over two centuries ago. A recent trip to Dr. Johnson’s home port suggests that if he were alive today, he’d be wearing an aloha shirt: London now has more good [...]
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Recently the Beachbum was invited to co-judge the first annual “Battle For The World’s Best Mai Tai,” held at the Royal Kona Resort on Hawaii’s big island. As a rule, the Bum is not into competition. That’s for Type A personalities, and we are Type Zzzz. Nevertheless, we deliberated for a whole tenth of a [...]
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“If you can’t come to paradise, I’ll bring it to you,” Don The Beachcomber used to tell his customers. Last week, President Obama echoed this sentiment at the first luau ever held on the White House lawn: “I wish I could give you all trips to Hawaii,” he told his 2,500 guests, “but I figured, [...]
A recent New York Post article suggested that New Orleans is mixologically mired in the past, obsessing about old warhorses like the Sazerac but ignoring current cocktail trends. Not from where we sit — which, early last month, was on barstools at Iris, Bar Uncommon, and Cafe Adelaide’s Swizzle Stick Bar, three forward-thinking watering holes [...]
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