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
Bob Westal
Writer guy Bob Westal was literally born in Hollywood and has commented on the worlds of movies, popular culture, politics, and food ever since. His interest in cocktails is more recent, but he made up for lost time with hundreds of “Drink of the Week” blog posts for Bullz-Eye. In addition to writing and editing, Bob also talks a lot.
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…