If you’re a horse racing fan, you know that The Preakness Stakes is being run in Baltimore this Saturday. And while that’s a cause for a little celebration in its own right, Roomie is also coming into town — AND as Roomie lives in Maryland, we knew we really had to do race day right.…
I was going to post this yesterday, but it wasn’t much of a day for celebrations. In an effort to try and bring a little good cheer back at such a sad time, I thought I’d post this year’s Holiday Drink Menu. Stop by for one. Or more.
You might have heard that tonight is a rare “blue moon” – that is, the second full moon in a calendar month. They’re not super-rare, but uncommon enough to have our next one not occur until all the way in May, 2016. And since today is Friday, what better way than to celebrate with the…
Just like with food, cocktails are better with fresh ingredients. So I’m always curious as to what’s coming in to season and what might make good ingredients for a tasty drink. For example, this spring, we had a great mint crop and so there were lots of mint juleps and newcomers like the Añejo Smash. Well,…
It’s been a pretty hot and dry summer across most of the United States. And if you’re anything like me, a good cold drink can help you get past the heat around Happy Hour. Here’s one that I had in the recipe book, but hadn’t made for a while. I liked it so much, I’m…
The spirituous star of New Year’s Eve has traditionally been champagne. But this leads to a problem each year at The Aerie, because you see, The Beloved doesn’t like sparkling wines – generally too sweet and something about “the bubbles”. But it seems sort of wrong NOT to have champagne on New Year’s Eve, or…
Do you have some food things that you’re convinced you wouldn’t like because they sound nasty? Probably. I think even the most open-minded eaters and drinkers have a couple of things that they just think sound gross. One of the things I have had a hard time getting by is the idea of egg whites…
One of the really tragic #firstworldproblems that goes along with getting the flu is that it keeps you from having Happy Hour – just that very thought is making my head hurt. Fortunately, I’m back to (almost) 100% and it’s time for the first happy hour of autumn. Emailing with a friend today, we recalled…
The first big vacation that The Beloved and I ever took together was a trip to Kaua’i. It was truly wonderful and spectacular. One of our favorite things was after a day of sightseeing, or a day of sitting on the lanai reading was to make a pitcher of mai-tais. In fact, those mai-tais were…
We’ve been doing a little history here at The Aerie in the evening, and that’s involved probing back into cocktails from the early 20th century. Last week, we tried The Blinker with success, so this week I thought we’d try another one. When Imbibe published its list of the 25 most important cocktails of the…
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