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Month: March 2018

Friday Musings: Before, Now, and Always

Friday Musings: Before, Now, and Always

There are momentous occasions that come along in every lifetime. We all know what they are. They have their own section in our favorite Hallmark store: graduation, wedding day, congratulations on your baby girl (or boy), or a new house. We expect them to be life-changing, and in so many ways, they turn out to be exactly that. But there are other instances, the ones that lead up to the Hallmark moments, that also had great meaning for us, and are often more poignant when we look back on them. There’s

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Wednesday Beer Cocktails: Seeking Clarity

Wednesday Beer Cocktails: Seeking Clarity

Alas, our Wednesday Shakespeare series has come to an end and it’s time to trade in thoughts of the bard for thoughts of beer. In cocktails, of course. Somehow I think Shakespeare would be quite happy with this transition and might even volunteer to be a taste tester for us. I will confess right from the outset that I don’t use beer in cocktails very much, so this will definitely be a learning process for me that I’m happy to share with all of you. I’m actually very excited since I really do enjoy drinking beer,

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Monday Booktails: The Perfect Daiquiri

Monday Booktails: The Perfect Daiquiri

A perfect Daiquiri is a study in elegant simplicity. Made with only three ingredients, it must be precisely measured and perfectly prepared. Otherwise it will taste different each and every time you make it. This kind of simplicity, precision, and perfection are the exact things for which Sasha Petraske was so well known. Today’s Daiquiri is the third cocktail that I’m sharing from his book Regarding Cocktails, which is filled with recipes from the many bars and bartenders that fell under his huge umbrella of influence.

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Friday Musings: I Remember Everything

Friday Musings: I Remember Everything

Wednesday’s crazy snow day here on the East coast gave me the opportunity to watch Call Me By Your Name, one of this year’s Oscar nominated movies. It’s a story of first love that transcends questions of gender, age, and impropriety so completely that it’s able to evoke tremendous emotions in its viewing audience. I, for one, was left sobbing at the end of it, completely unravelled by one spoken line. It left me thinking about what it is that we seek from one another in terms of our relationships, no

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Wednesday Shakespeare: Anon, Good Nurse

Wednesday Shakespeare: Anon, Good Nurse

Today I’m finishing up my Wednesday Shakespeare series in the same place I started it, with a character from Romeo and Juliet. It will always be my favorite tragedy, despite the fact that there are others that deal with far weightier issues. The idea of love and the lengths to which we’re willing to go to try to make it work, no matter what, will always tug at me. Does that really surprise any of you? I would think that’s a firm “no” at this point. The character of Juliet’s nurse is rather involved in her lady’s

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