August 2, 2016
Well, it’s that bubbly time again, where I walk you through recent Seattle magazine pieces and posts that you may have missed (which would make me sad – maybe it would make you sad, too?). There is so much awesomeness going on here in the Emerald City bar and booze scene; it’d be a shame to not delve in a little deeper. So check out the below:
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July 12, 2016
Hello! I’ve been having lots of fun recently writing about booze, bars, and bumbling about for the Seattle magazine lately, and, well, cause I care about you (I do, really), and know you’re busy, what with the busy things, I figured I’d list out a few of the Seattle magazine things done in the near-ish past, so you can catch up. See, I do care. Read the below to see how much:
• Prohibition Drink Picks for the New Smith Tower Bar
• 3 First Impressions of Gracia
• Upcoming Festivals, Distillery News, and Ultimate Bartending
• 3 First Impressions of the No Bones Beach Club
• 3 First Impressions of Meet the Moon
• Oliver’s 40th and Local Distillers Win Big
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Tags: Bars, Cocktail News, Gracia, Meet the Moon, No Bones Beach Club, Oliver’s 40th and Local Distillers Win Big, Seattle Bars, Seattle Magazine, Seattle Magazine Cocktail Catch-Up
Posted in: Bars, Cocktail News, Seattle Magazine
July 5, 2016
Recently had a chance to ask some awesome (well, that list is super-duper long – I love me some shakers here, but all these folks happened to be both neat and within recent earshot) Seattle bartenders about what they think re: summer drinks and drinking, with a whole ton of suggestions, all rounded up in a mighty Seattle magazine summer drinking interview post, which you, being someone who likes to drink in summer I’m guessing, should read right now.
June 28, 2016
Hello G&T lovers! It seems this summer stalwart is having yet another moment in the sun, as every bar and their bar’s mom are talking about how they have the finest types of gin mixed with the finest types of tonics and more variations than you could count. However! One of the actually finest G&T programs is at Seattle’s fresh Naka (the bar, not the restaurant, which is also fresh, and really, they’re connected, so who’s pulling hairs? Not me), where I recently went, had their newest G&T, talked to energetic and awesome bar star Nic Virrey, and then wrote about it in a Seattle magazine article you should read right now. Thank me later!
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June 7, 2016
Seattle’s new-ish Heartwood Provisions is an amazing spot, with a singular bar program, part of which is pairing each food item with a specially-designed cocktail, and a swell person running the whole beverage show, Amanda Reed. I recently wrote about the space, her, and one of my favorite drinks on the menu, the What’s New Pussycat, in an article for Seattle magazine. Don’t miss it, yo!
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Tags: Amanda Reed, Bar Hop, Cocktail News, Heartwood Provisions, Seattle Bars, Seattle Magazine, sour, What's New Pussycat?
Posted in: Bars, Cocktail News, Recipes, Seattle Magazine
May 17, 2016
Seattle’s swell Italian spot Artusi is always worth a stop (especially if you’re missing Italy like I am), and recently I stopped in to chat with amiable bar manager Connor O’Brien and to taste up the Carreras Cocktail, which has a lovely taste and globe-trotting pedigree. And then I got to write about it for Seattle magazine. I’m lucky indeed – but you can read it and feel lucky, too.
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February 9, 2016
I recently got to visit the Salish Sea distillery, in Lacey, WA, where they make a whole host of intriguing and delicious organic liqueurs (a couple of which I’ve written about in earlier Spiked Punch posts, one on the ginger and one on the thyme-coriander). And then I got to write an article about them, and the liqueurs, for Seattle magazine. You, if you’re someone who likes tasty things, should go read it now!
