Drink More Books

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October 26th, 2011

I recently did a guest post for my friend Erin Blakemore, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of her book The Heroine’s Bookshelf. Hermeneutically speaking, I love bringing a literary lens to my cocktails. Enjoy The Heroine’s Barshelf.

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The Memorial Coatroom Literary Society Reads Colette

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July 9th, 2011

Last month, the Memorial Coatroom Literary Society met to discuss Colette’s “The Vagabond” (1910). By an odd chance (or inclination?) we chose yet another book translated from French, written by a famous woman author. None of us had read any Colette, though Courtney directed a play about Colette’s stint as a stage performer, so we [...]

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Little Did She Know…

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May 17th, 2011

Late at night, Friday April 15, I wrote yet another post about the many businesses in my adopted neighborhood of Lower Queen Anne that were closing their doors. What I could never have predicted, is that only 12 hours later, I would receive notice that the place where I’ve worked since 2006, the entire reason [...]

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Narrative Mixology

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March 21st, 2011

I’ve fallen a bit behind in my cocktail recipe posts. Something I’ve been super excited about is that at the end of last season I launched Intiman’s first Signature Cocktail Menu, offering a selection of crafted cocktails in addition to the two Show Specialty drinks we do for every production. The genesis of the Signature [...]

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Molière Would Totally Have Drunk These

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October 23rd, 2010

Time for another round of Show Drinks: cocktails we (me) at Intiman Theatre create to coincide with the current production. For Christopher Bayes’ outstanding production of Moliere’s ‘A Doctor In Spite of Himself,’ we created two fun drinks, the first of which is the best cocktail I’ve ever created (at least up until that show). [...]

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Received The Greatest Birthday Card Of My Life…

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October 22nd, 2010

one of many favorite quotes from said card: “I love that you have the classical music knowledge of Frasier, the bar-tending skills of Sam Malone (actually, probably better), and most features of the life of Liz Lemon (I wanted to come up with another character from Cheers, but no dice. It’s still NBC though!).” oh [...]

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Oh How I’ll Miss His Elegant Handwriting

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August 15th, 2010

Reunited for one magical summer (which is about to come to an end), Ian & I have been bar-brainstorming- both for cocktails, inventory, menus, everything. Basically, we need to open a bar together. We could call it popCULTURE and it could be a cocktail bar/dvd&comic book retail store. What do you think Ian? But for [...]

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Narrative Cocktails

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July 26th, 2010

Time for another round up of Intiman Theatre’s specialty cocktails, some from last season and some we’re serving right now. I created a lot of these. I did not create the cute little quotes. Try these at home. The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion The Gin Didion – A mature, refreshing drink with [...]

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Countdown To Losing Ian, Part II: Wherein We Are Treated Like Celebrities

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August 13th, 2009

Tuesday we had an unexpected cancellation for a get-together with friends, so Ian, smart fellow that he is, made reservations at a favorite restaurant. Back in Ian’s days as a hotel concierge, he made connections with quite a few fine eating establishments. This makes it very fun and rewarding to go out on the town [...]

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No, We Do Not Make Mojitos…

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August 10th, 2009

…but we do come up with clever cocktail tie-ins for every production. Here’s the batch from the last two shows at Intiman. The next show, which opens in two weeks, is gonna have cucumber martinis! My idea! (followed by collaboration on the recipe of course) The Clown CarPatrón Silver tequila Rose’s Lime Juice Splash of [...]

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