The Gibson: Thanks, Given
If one writes poetry in bound verse, the poet must follow the rules or the form loses its character. “Blank verse” is written in un-rhymed...
Gin Van, Joan Collins and Rare Earth
Friday is upon us, so a few notes about cocktails. The cocktail snob is suffering a (deserved) backlash, as Robert O. Simonson of the New York...
Booze Beats Law: Subscribe to White Collar Wire
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Vermouth, Bitters and Black Coffee
In speaking of the martini, Winston Churchill supposedly observed “I would like to observe the vermouth from across the room while I drink my martini.” ...
White (Collar) Christmas: Gin, Crime, Theology and the Rat Pack
The hour is upon us, so herewith a few Christmas items. Cocktails Here from the archives is a recipe (via Garden & Gun magazine)...
The Drinking Reader, Our Cocktails Magazine, Tom Jones and Other Weekend Matters
White Collar Wire supports cocktails. As part of that effort, I have a magazine on Flipboard called (helpfully) “Cocktails.” Follow here, read on and use good...
Crime, Cocktails, Fiction and Scripture: blogs, links and sources on white-collar crime, cocktails, crime fiction and theology
We have recently updated and supplemented our “Blogs | Links | Sources” page here. It might be the most useful page on the site, with multiple...
Weekend: cocktails, World War I, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn and Marvin Gaye
For this weekend: cocktails, World War I, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn and Marvin Gaye. From Saveur, warm-weather whiskey cocktails. Some of the drinks sound good. All of...
Okay, So It’s A Lurid Book Cover: Summer Weekend Cocktails, Dylan Thomas on YouTube, Good Writing and Great Music
Our notes for Friday, beginning with cocktails; moving through literature; ending with music. Brown Whisky Is Not Just For Winter. From the New York Times,...
Weekend Cocktails | Backwards Bartending and Neo-’80s Beverages
White Collar Wire’s weekend cocktail notes. From Emily Arden Wells, who writes as Miss Emma Emerson at Gastronomista, here are cocktails served backwards in...