Drink of the Week: TCM Fest 2018 Salute #4 – Animal House
This will be the last of my liquid salutes to the films of this year’s…
Author Bob Westal
Drink of the Week: TCM Fest 2018 Salute #3 – When You Read this Letter
I feel pretty sure that Cognac must have been consumed by more than one character…
Drink of the Week: TCM Fest 2018 Salute #2 – The Henry Rufus (“Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?”)
1957’s “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” is, along with the James Bond flicks, one of…
Drink of the Week: TCM Fest Salute #1 – The Park Row
Early on in 1952’s “Park Row,” a sturdy young woman bartender (Tina Pine) rattles off…
Drink of the Week: Pépa
You’ve never heard of silent film actress Pépa Bonafé and that’s nothing to be ashamed…
Drink of the Week: The Ascot Cocktail
I get to write a simpler, if not shorter, post because, gosh darnit, the only…
Drink of the Week: The Lemon Drop
I’ve been carefully avoiding the Lemon Drop for years, but a week or so back…
Drink of the Week: The Dirty Gibson
Before sitting down to work on this post, I had wrongly assumed that I’d already…
Drink of the Week: Cameron’s Kick
Today is Good Friday, tonight is the first night of Passover, Sunday is Easter, and…
Drink of the Week: Damn the Weather
You probably know this already, but it’s kind of difficult for Los Angeles to hit…