Sometimes it’s all in a name, such as weith author Daniel Yaffe’s ode to the best spirit on Earth, the illustrious tome Drink More Whiskey: Everything You Need to Know About Your New Favorite Drink. If the title is anywhere close to what it delivers, Yaffe’s book should be essential summer reading for all: “This smart guide to [...]

There was a time when I moved to Venice Beach in the 90s that life was super simple, like a Wu Tang track. I was dead broke, but rent was about $350 a month at the time which means you could probably scare it up in a couple days if you really put your hustle [...]

UK spirit retailer Master of Malt has released several lines of Gin we’ve been keen on (check out their “Origin Range” Single Estate Gins), and their new line explores a bit of the mystic drink’s history. This year’s Bathtub Gin is bottled at 57% alcohol, higher than their release in 2011, but it’s still produced [...]

Last Friday marked the closing event for Social Media Week in Los Angeles, which consisted of panel speakers and events throughout the week. Not only did the event provide networking opportunities and major promotion of new social media outlets, but it also supplied a plethora of booze. Enter Shellback Rum, a premium rum that celebrated [...]

The Handmade Cocktail Company presents the first two cocktails from its nascent “Experimental Series Range”: Hanky Panky and Boulevardier. Since 2011 The Handmade Cocktail Company has produced a collection of classic cocktails that conveniently require little preparation to serve, with this latest range originating in February as part of a competition for Masters of Malt lovers [...]

When you’re done drinking yourself stupid on $4 pickle-back shots of Jack Daniels (goodbye, college) and are ready to move onto the adult stuff, don’t pull a rookie move and drop ice cubes into your cup — unless you’re looking to water down your favorite whisky drink and ruin it. You need an ice ball. [...]

Architectural hot spots from around the world — new places to shop, eat and drink — are always exciting to visit because of the products they offer, but often few stop to admire or appreciate the way each establishment is thoughtfully designed and structured. Surely the designers of the buildings in the Architecture Now! Eat [...]

Tom Waits and Don Lane have really bad screen chemistry. Lane’s sincere admiration and Waits’s well meaning sacrilege clash like Jesus in the Parthenon. Of course neither is a holy deity, but Waits is more 40s screen star gone wrong than ever before, while Lane sort of acts on as Mother Hen, or as Tom [...]