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I love anything spicy, and that includes cocktails. But a little bit of spice goes a long way – you want to “feel the burn” but not feel the need to gulp down a tall cold glass of milk to numb the spice. My latest concoction is called the Spicy Mexican Mule, and it’s destined to become a favorite in our household Here’s how to make it! Peruse a cocktail menu at any upscale restaurant and you are guaranteed to find at least one, and often multiple spicy cocktails on the specia

It’s time to review more Sarasota area restaurants! This time we’ll review a mix of new restaurants, as well as others that everyone raves about that Laurie and I decided we had to try based on the positive reviews. Do our reviews reflect what everyone else is saying? Read on to find out! Dining patio at Michaels on East in Sarasota, FL This summer has been usual and unusual in a number of ways. First, the rainy season came again in full force, with 51 inches of rain since th

I love me some whiskey! Settling down with a finger (or two!) of whiskey in the evening while listening to music and reading a book is becoming one of my favorite traditions in retirement! Not every evening of course, but at least a couple of times a week! But given all the choices out there, what are some nice whiskeys to try if this sounds like an enticing idea to you? I’m here to help with this week’s post – let’s talk whiskey! Before we get started, let’s narrow some thin

It’s time for the final installment of my restaurant pet peeves blog series! It has felt really good to get all these pet peeves off my...

Wow! I’m surprising myself with how many restaurant pet peeves I actually have – who knew? Anyway, welcome to the fourth installment of...

There’s a great distillery near our home called Loaded Cannon – they make flavored vodkas, rums, gins, bourbons – you name the spirit,...

20 years ago, this past weekend, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana which included a direct hit on the city of New Orleans. The...

It’s time for the third installment of my restaurant pet peeves blog series! In addition to general restaurant pet peeves and restaurant...

It’s time for more restaurant pet peeves, and I have a lot of them! This installment of “My Restaurant Pet Peeves” series will focus on...

OK everybody, it’s time to vent!! How many of you have gone to a nice restaurant and left feeling disappointed and let down by the...

Here we go again! Since my last restaurant review update in April, Laurie and I have visited seven new restaurants that have opened since...

Laurie and I love creating our own cocktails, but we also enjoy the classic cocktails from time to time. Think Cosmopolitan, Negroni,...

This week Laurie and I are celebrating our 4 th  retirement anniversary! I thought this would be a good time to take a quick break from...

The all-time classic bourbon-based drink is the Old Fashioned – it’s simple and sublime! But it’s not my favorite cocktail; that award...

What if you could invite any four famous musicians, deceased or alive, to your dream dinner party? Who would you invite, and what would...

Hard iced tea. Hard lemonade. Hard seltzer water. The list of traditional non-alcoholic drink options that now come in “hard” spiked...

Laurie and I are having a difficult time keeping up with all the new restaurants opening in and around Sarasota – what a great problem to...

When Laurie and I offer to make guests a Negroni at cocktail hour, without fail the response is usually, “Yuk, I HATE Negronis” or some...

For this week’s blog I’ll continue sharing my thoughts on the absolute best and worst that Florida has to offer. Let’s talk weather,...

Florida is a wonderful, weird, fun, frightening, delightful, unpredictable and entirely unique place to live! And similar to every one of...