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Stirred and Shaken
The Houstonian's George Herbert Walker Bush martini
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January 13, 2009
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October 28, 2004
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October 11, 2001
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April 19, 2001
Stirred and Shaken
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July 20, 2000
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August 14, 2009
Bartender Rawad Semaan of The Grove
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April 27, 2010
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April 29, 2010
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July 7, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge's Luxetini
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July 8, 2010
Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge's Luxetini
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September 9, 2010
Zimm's' Martini & Wine Bar's White Angel
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September 8, 2010
Stirred & Shaken: Zimm's' Martini & Wine Bar's White Angel
Troy Fields Last Tuesday, while visiting my mom's house, I noticed a copy of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on the end table. I like the movie, which is great ammunition when I'm calculating ways to convince people that I'm sensitive, but I never got around to reading the novelette. I ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
The Sazerac at Branch Water Tavern
Closing your eyes and pointing to something on a cocktail menu can have amazing results. Such was the case at Branch Water Tavern a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon my new "favorite" mixed drink: the Sazerac. Before sitting down I had already enjoyed a cosmopolitan (icy cold and pale pink-- ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Tanqueray and Tonic. Really?
John KielyGin drinkers, for the most part, are a particular crew. We'll find a gin, perhaps the first one we try, and stake a position, like Coke and Pepsi drinkers. I was no different when I made Bombay Sapphire my house gin. There's nothing distinctive about Sapphire, but as the label dec ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Drinking With Drinkify: Website Concocts Cocktails For You Based On Your Musical Tastes
The website Drinkify combines your musical tastes with your booze tastes, with sometimes hilarious and dangerous results. The site does what we have been doing since we first took our first sip of the hard stuff, and that's finding the right music for your liver-killing. Though, if you foll ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Bartender Chat: Nathan Wells of Beaver's
This week, we paid a visit to Beaver's to meet bartender Nathan, or "Dollar Wells," as he's called. It was pretty dead at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday as I sat at the bar, beautifully littered with several rocks glasses filled with different-colored concoctions. Nathan tells me they're making some la ... More >>