Posted in Festivals, Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jul 21st, 2009
Updated 07/23/2009.
Tales of the Cocktail 2009 is now over. From the opening ceremony Wednesday, July 8 (celebrating the 75th anniversary of NOLA’s own Herbsaint), to the Wormwood Society’s grand soirée closing things out on Sunday night, it was a whirlwind of boozing, networking and learning.
Tales of the Cocktail’s official cocktail, the Creole Julep, on the [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, French Quarter, Travel on Jul 14th, 2009
While I’m still working on some more detailed posts on things I learned at Tales of the Cocktail this year, I want to hand out some kudos to everyone involved. Ann and Paul Tuennerman, along with the Cocktail Angels Melissa Young, Christina Gaspari and Michelle Dunnick and the rest of Ann’s staff did a remarkable [...]
Posted in Festivals, Food, French Quarter, New Orleans on Jul 9th, 2009
Updated, see below.
So a while back, while researching the Roosevelt Hotel’s opening, I couldn’t help noticing all the references to the Ramos Gin Fizz, along with the Sazerac (at the Sazerac Bar) it’s the hotel’s signature drink. The Ramos Gin Fizz was the favorite drink of Governor Huey Long, famous rogue politician who, they say, [...]
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