Pete's a fan.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Pete's Bar - Mount Vernon Shot Glass
I'm home from Virginia now but while there we all took a hike to Mount Vernon. I bought my brother Pete this shot glass and he placed it on his bar at his house. I was a tad jealous he has a bar as I've always wanted one. Maybe someday.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Drinks at Bilbo Baggins
I'm in Washington D.C. visiting my brother Pete and his family. Last night we went for dinner at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia called Bilbo Baggins and started out with drinks. Pete and Mom had beer and I had a Hendricks martini. The food at the restaurant was great but I found the martini to be a bit weak. Pictured is a sign that I spotted in the restaurant.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
FDR's Martini
" 1 part gin, 1/2 part vermouth, 1 teaspoon olive brine.
Roosevelt shook his martinis with cracked ice, added one olive, rubbed the glass rim with a lemon peel and imbibed to 'relieve his back pain.' His staff said he was a sloppy mixer because he was apt to dump orange juice, grapefruit juice, or anisette into his drinks too. He like to do his international negotiating over shared martinis."
-from The Little Black Book of Martinis
"It is cold on the stomach."
-Stalin, on FDR's martini, at the 1943 Tehran Conference
"...America's lethal weapon."
-Nikita Khrushchev, on the even stronger martini Eisenhower gave him
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Quote - H.L. Mencken
"... the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."
-H.L. Mencken on the martini
Monday, March 21, 2011
Cocktail Hour - March 21, 2011
Martini tonight is of the Hendricks variety. Love Hendrick's gin and I love the look of the bottle. By the way, who knew gin could come from cucumbers?
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Cocktail Hour - March 16, 2011
Bombay Sapphire martinis tonight. First one I tried with a tad more vermouth as a nod to the other night. Not such a fan this time. Second one with no vermouth at all. Much better. Music tonight by Frances Faye.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Cocktail Shaker Collection Part 2
My next cocktail shaker came from Crate & Barrel and was purchased in about 2003. The indentations on it make me think of the early 1960's.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Cocktail Hour at Warren and Gary's
Cocktails before dinner at Warren and Gary's. They introduced us to their friend John. Gary mixed me up a Tanqueray martini. He used quite a bit more vermouth than I ever would but it was still quite good.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Cocktails - March 12,2011
Dinner tonight at our friends Chris B. and Alyn's house. Chris mixed me up a couple of nice Hendrick's martinis.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Quote - Bernard DeVoto
"You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is...one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived."
-Bernard DeVoto
Monday, March 7, 2011
Cocktail Shaker Collection Part 1
This is the first cocktail shaker I ever purchased and I believe it's from Williams-Sonoma. I think it dates to about 2001. Simple and classic in its design. It has served me very well.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Cocktail Hour - March 5, 2011
Bombay Sapphire martini for me. Wine for Dale. Music by the great Sammy Davis Jr.
(GQ magazine from Sept. 1967)
Thursday, March 3, 2011
My Own Cocktail Playlist
Joe's Martini Mix Vol. 1
1. A-Tisket A-Tasket by Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack
2. I've Found a New Baby by Si Zentner
3. Moment's Notice by John Coltrane
4. Someday You'll Be Sorry by Harry Connick, Jr.
5. Cuba Libre by Xavier Cugat
6. Three J's Blues by Duke Ellington
7. I Used to Think That I Was Crazy by Buddy DeFranco & Terry Gibbs
8. Jack the Bear by Modern Jazz Quartet
9. Fly Me to the Moon by Joey DeFrancesco
10. The Swingin' Eye by Si Zentner
11. Ring Dem Bells by Lionel Hampton
12. What Am I Here For? by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
13. Taking a Chance On Love by Tal Farlow
14. Watermelon Man by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
15. Desafinado by Quincy Jones
16. Cantaloupe Island by Poncho Sanchez
17. Montgomeryland Funk by Wes Montgomery
18. That Old Black Magic by Toots Thielemans
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Cocktail Hour - March 2, 2011
Cocktail tonight is a Bombay Sapphire martini. Here's how I made it:
Fill martini glass with Bombay Sapphire and dump into a shaker. Line glass with vermouth and add one drop to the shaker. Dump the rest of the vermouth. Shake with ice and strain.
Cocktail hour music is The Gate by Kurt Elling.
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