Archive for the 'drinks' Category

June 18th, 2008

Grown up Glasses

Generate Design | Sommelier Wine Glasses by Maxim Vel?ovský
Somewhere between college and careers, our standards of drinking cups drastically changed.

A bit of fancy cropping and it almost looks like a “normal” cup. Granted, I have always hated plastic cups of any kinds, but especially non-disposable ones; I can’t stand using them. I like [...]

December 10th, 2007

Night on the Town is Bad?

BBC NEWS | Health | Warning on anti-drinking adverts
The Bath team found adverts which show drunken incidents - such as being thrown out of a nightclub, or passing out in a doorway - are often seen by young people as being typical of a “fun” night out, rather than as a cautionary tale.
He said: “Inebriation [...]

October 28th, 2007

hide the booze

Salt Lake Tribune - Liquor commissioner wants booze out of view
Liquor control commissioner Bobbie Coray asked her colleagues on Wednesday to consider a rule to cover up bottles of booze displayed at restaurants because some diners may be offended at the sight of alcohol.
How exactly did a non-drinker, as in, someone who is offended by [...]

October 23rd, 2007

Boozy Britons

Boozy Britons sink 37 bottles of whisky a year | the Daily Mail
Adults in the UK now drink the equivalent of 11.4 litres of pure alcohol every year.
This works out at 189 bottles of wine (nine per cent proof), 37 bottles of whisky (40 per cent proof) or 1,137 pints of beer (3.5 [...]

September 29th, 2007

Festival of Ales

2007 Autumn Festival of Ales
Spent the day at the Custom Brewcrafter’s Festival of Ales.  Definitely a lot of fun, food, and most importantly, beer.
I don’t know if I am going to rush out and buy any of the beers I had there, but there were a few that I wouldn’t mind having again.  Custom Brewcrafter’s [...]

June 19th, 2007

Alleged Bar

Overheard in New York | Of Which There Is None at This Alleged “Bar”
Of Which There Is None at This Alleged “Bar”
Technician: It will cost a hundred and fifty dollars to have our technicians look at it.
Girl with computer problem: A hundred and fifty dollars?! No way. I’d rather spend that on alcohol.
–Apple Store [...]

March 17th, 2007

St. Patty’s Day

We did Irish Car Bombs last night @ midnight and they were delish!
If you drink, you fall asleep…
If you sleep, you commit no sin…
If you commit no sin, you go to heaven…
So let’s all drink and go to heaven!!!
Saint Patrick’s Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

March 4th, 2007

Hacienda Vista Real

Hacienda Vista Real
The Hacienda Vista Real is located one hour south of Cancun, in a resort area called Playacar, in the Mayan Riviera. The unique town of Playa del Carmen is within a five-minute walk from the resort.
We are leaving for a week of drunken fun in the sun in about 3 hours. I [...]

August 18th, 2006

beer specials

last night we had a picture of Brooklyn Summer
and then a picture pitcher of I think Pete’s Pale Ale (it tasted like smoke and dirt i think)
so after that we got two more pitchers of Brooklyn summer, which were very good
also
we did shots, Red Headed Sluts

1 1/2 oz Jägermeister
1 1/2 oz Peach schnapps
Fill with Cranberry [...]

May 1st, 2006

busy

Someone has been keeping me busy, both in the real world, and mentally distracted
Friday a friend came back from CA to finish some work @ RIT and crashed at my apartment.   we hung out, and obviously drank lots.
some sort of IIPA ( “double India Pale Ale”)  at macgregors which was awesome, 11% [...]

April 20th, 2006

Should you be in AA?

I got 3 out of 12
Chilli Man - Guess the Beer Label
Can you match all the beer bottles with the correct labels?

March 3rd, 2006

capin and coke

new favorite drink
captain morgan’s Spiced Rum and diet coke with lime

March 3rd, 2006

updates

So… Tuesday i got super drunk
yay Captain Morgans Spiced Rum, and Smirknoff Citrus
wednesday i was tired as hell @ work
thursday
Spent all day messing with samba on my raid server, it was broke for most of the day, and i thought i barely got it working last night, but apparently I got it to fully integrate [...]

February 20th, 2006

tonight’s drink

Tonight i am drinking for McKevin’s Job offer and
Feb 20 1980
After some heavy drinking, Bon Scott, vocalist for heavy metal band AC/DC, is found in a friend’s automobile choked on his own vomit.
tonights drink of choice is a home made bottle of riesling
So apparently my mini-fridge was set too cold still (i had just defrosted [...]

December 12th, 2005

today’s drink

Tonight I am drinking in memory of Frank Sinatra
Daily Rotten: Weird News
Dec 12 1915
Francis Albert Sinatra’s birthday. We’ve been asked not to bring up his mafia connections, so today we will not be resorting to that cheap gimmick to slander the Chairman of the Board.
and on to the best part
todays drink is

1 can Sam’s Choice [...]