A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

Music on Frenchmen st.
So much to to in New Orleans, so little time to blog…and i think i`m not the only one who found it difficult to find time to write. Its the people, the sessions, the parties, the music, the food, the sights..but now i`m back home so i`ll try to recap what i [...]

Its Tales time again people and for those who aren´t attending i`m going to try to keep what`s happening up to date as some of you have requested, at least as much as i can do as its impossible to be everywhere at the same time, and no less - finding time to blog..
And here`s [...]

Let`s go to New Orleans…and let´s go back in time…
If you are interested in the history and folklore attached to the great New Orleans hotels that have gone by the names Grunewald, Roosevelt, Fairmont - and once again, the Roosevelt - then this is the seminar for you. From the Cave and [...]

Photo courtesy Brian Huff, www.brianhuffphotography,com.
Just look at this drink, who wouldn´t want one? and the other two..these three cocktails are the winning out of ten finalists and the Death in the South Pacific is the one that made it all the way - and i think they have picked a worthy winner.
There were 150 entires [...]

Vieux Carrè cocktail

Tales of the Cocktail may still seem far away but time flies and what is more fitting prior to the Tales than mixing up some genuine cocktails from the city where the cocktail was born and where the Tales of the Cocktail is celebrated each year since eight years back now.
There´s no city [...]

To my great joy i was asked to take part and join the group of cocktail bloggers who will blog the Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. Its my first time to visit the Tales and i`m beyond excited, after all this is the biggest cocktail event in the world and i will meet [...]