Carnaby Street is most often associated with the swinging sixties when bands like the Beat...
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Why We Drink: Tales of Margaritaville and Frat Parties
This is my 20th post for Martini Mandate. In researching this blog I have expended many ...
READBombay Rolls, Persian Lovers and a bit of Hanky Panky
Time was when a restaurant bar was a place to have a drink while you waited for your mates...
READCharlie Chaplin and whether people who live in the country are inbred
New York City and London are sister cities in many respects. They are unquestionably the g...
READAre Environmentalists the new Catholics? And what do they drink?
Non Americans looking upon the hugely entertaining spectacle of the US Presidential electi...
READKiera Knightly, Snow White and Getting Lashed
A friend was recently elevated to becoming the chief bean counter at a lash factory. Min...
READMaggie Thatcher and Drinking Baby Milk Formula
Britain has a funny way of thanking it's heroes. Churchill wins the war and is immediately...
READDon’t Mention the War!
If there is one city that can claim to have been at the centre of the 20th century it is B...
READGetting Lucky in Your Pyjamas
Most major Western cities have their share of martini lore - and bars that celebrate it. ...
READThe Finest Hotel Bars in London
London has an enviable collection of cocktail bars. It also has a rather unique collecti...
READAbsinthe and Star Fucking
Like many large cities, London is a collection of neighbourhoods each with its own charact...
READA Tale of Two Bars
It all started innocently enough. Six friends meet for lunch on a crisp autumn afternoon. ...
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