Category Archives: Featured Cocktails

Featured cocktail recipes

Karlssons: Silky Swedish Potato Vodka

I am one of those people who feels that every spirit deserves attention.  In the realm of classic cocktails, there are those who feel that vodka should be overlooked because it is defined as "colorless, odorless... yuddah yuddah."  However, this definition is simply not accurate. Vodka can be made from rye ...

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Dispatch from the LUPEC Boston “USO SHOW”

a legion of swing dancers lindy hop in acrobatic time with ‘40s-era swing spun by cocktail historian and Boston legend, DJ Brother Cleve.

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Stroll Down to BLVD 16

In Los Angeles, we have many famous streets: Sunset Blvd, Hollywood Blvd, Ocean Avenue, Rodeo Drive. Heck, even Abbott Kinney has become a destination! But there is one BLVD that should be added to your map of LA, if you haven’t ‘taken a spin’ around Westwood, lately.

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Kissed With Cachaca Cocktails at Beso

I love me some yummy food and I love me some yummy cocktails. A long-time resident of Los Angeles, I also love our yummy, celebrity-ridden, see-and-be-seen restaurants and bars. Roll these all together into one evening and I’m sipping my way into Pop-Culture Paradise.

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Get Dressed With Lauren Conrad

I have to admit that I wouldn’t know Lauren Conrad if I passed her on the street. Cute, blond Southern California natives run amok in Los Angeles. I’m not sure I’d notice anything to set her apart, at first glance. Obviously, I’d ...

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