Send your missionary a margarita!
In a message exchange a few months ago, a friend and former colleague from my missionary days reminded me of a funny story from 1988 involving the elder who was then my companion. I didn'...
AlcoholA collection of 28 posts
Happy 200th anniversary of the London Beer Flood!
Today is the 200th anniversary of the London Beer Flood. I'd tell you all about, but Kyle Thiessen explains it far better than I ever could (and the Boston Molasses Flood too) in his...
Don't bully my seer!
5 November 2013, Chicago, IL Dear Overlords at Munster Taverns: Let me preface this email by saying that Lady Gregory's is one of my favorite places in the world. This afternoon I ordered a...
Le mot juiced
I read the following essay, which appears in somewhat different form in the epilogue to The Accidental Terrorist, in the Essay Fiesta series at The Book Cellar in Chicago, on December 21, 2009. There is no...
Revised itinerary for today's Unofficial Worldcon Pub Crawl
Whether you'd like to join today's Unofficial Worldcon Pub Crawl in Chicago from the start, or want to meet up with us somewhere along the route, here's the revised itinerary...
The Quiet American: a cocktail
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Jeff Lang sent me a link to Studio 360's listener cocktail challenge—create a cocktail inspired by and named after a classic work of literature. I wanted...