The Jolly Inebriate http://jollyinebriate.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:38:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How to throw the best parties, part 1

Or how to entertain at home and make it look effortless.

I’ve been throwing parties since I was a wet-behind-the-ears freshman at art school. Back then, it consisted of a couple 24s of the…

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/how-to-throw-the-best-party?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-throw-the-best-party To the drunk guy at Hoops last night… I thought you should know why I suddenly split when you turned to talk with the guy on the other side of you. Yes, you were being loud and offensive which was why I gave you the cold shoulder outside…

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/to-the-drunk-guy-at-hoops-last-night?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-the-drunk-guy-at-hoops-last-night Toronto Temperance Society set to make cocktail culture exclusive + thirteen other links Toronto’s cocktail scene is about to get a major upgrade with the opening of the Toronto Temperance Society. Perhaps embodying the maxim “drink less, drink better” more than any other venue, the club promises to the sort of…

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Awhile back, I wrote about Bruce Buschel’s New York Times article on the 100 things restaurant staff should never do and the sometimes vitriolic debate surrounding the piece. Quite rightly, a lot of folks felt the list was pretentious…

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/25-things-restaurant-owners-should-never-do?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-things-restaurant-owners-should-never-do Review: Everyday Drinking – The Distilled Kingsley Amis First of all, you should know that Kingsley Amis was a bit of an elitist, a misanthrope and a out-and-out curmudgeon. He didn’t have much time for women in a monogamous sense (as both of his marriages show) but he did…

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/review-everyday-drinking-the-distilled-kingsley-amis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-everyday-drinking-the-distilled-kingsley-amis Important cocktails of the past decade + eighteen other links Robert Simonson of the New York Times looks back at a decade of innovation (and reinvention) when it comes to cocktails. St. Germain is indeed one of the most interesting liqueurs to hit the market lately and I really…

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/important-cocktails-of-the-past-decade-eighteen-other-links?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=important-cocktails-of-the-past-decade-eighteen-other-links Rachel Maddow makes a cocktail I love Rachel Maddow. Here, she teaches you how to make the Jack Rose with a healthy dose of snark.

Peter Peter Peter Peter. That is all.

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/rachel-maddow-makes-a-cocktail?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rachel-maddow-makes-a-cocktail Holiday gluttony with beer and whisky! Although I spent Christmas Eve and Day at my apartment, my mum picked me up on Boxing Day to spend the next four days at their house in Bowmanville with the rest of the family.

Most of our get-togethers revolve…

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/holiday-gluttony-with-beer-and-whisky?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holiday-gluttony-with-beer-and-whisky The best booze to buy for New Year’s Eve Now that you know when you can buy booze this season, it’s time to figure out the best options out there no matter what your tipple. And seeing as we’re all broke-as-fuck from buying too many Christmas presents and engaging…

]]> http://jollyinebriate.com/posts/best-booze-to-buy-for-new-years-eve?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-booze-to-buy-for-new-years-eve Holiday hours for buying booze in Toronto So Christmas is tomorrow, New Years is around the corner and you still need to buy more booze. Obviously, you can’t get anything tomorrow or on New Years Day (for those of who like to extend the party a day…

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