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Consider this a Public Service Announcement: If you spill a delicious cocktail on your laptop, you will probably be very sad.
Not only will you have wasted a perfectly lovely cocktail, but you will probably also kill your laptop, loose all your pictures, and make your husband bite his tongue as he attempts more »
Did I mention that I love Pittsburgh?
One of my very favorite things is heading down the Strip District on a Saturday morning. Now, before you go picturing me in some unsavory locales, the Strip District is Pittsburgh’s market district. Each weekend it is bustling with more »
I missed the Fourth of July this year.
I was out of the country, so even though I ventured out to an American-owned bar, it kind of felt like I missed an important part of summer. I poured all of my pent up patriotic energy into this sangria, which accompanied me more »
One of my favorite cocktails is the gin and tonic — simple, crisp and refreshing on a late summer afternoon. As you probably know, gin is an English alcoholic spirit flavored with juniper berries, but what exactly is tonic? Sounds like medicine doesn’t it?
Actually tonic water originated as a form more »
On a recent trip to Italy, I was lucky enough to visit the small seaside town of Monterosso on the day of the annual lemon harvest festival. Just about every door in town was adorned with fresh cut branches weighed down by ripe lemons. Lemonade, lemon sorbet, and a local lemon infused liquor called limoncino more »
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