The best Irish Coffee in the world is served at San Francisco’s Buena Vista Café. Located opposite the end-of-the-line cable car stop at Fisherman’s Wharf, the saloon has been there for ages. White-jacketed bar tenders line up dozens of glasses at a time. They pour coffee, stir sugar, and pour whiskey right down [...]
When I was a kid growing up, my dad would occasionally have an after-work cocktail. His favorite? The Manhattan cocktail. Fast-forward three decades to this past summer, and a beach-house vacation between my brother’s family and mine. My brother and I made a different cocktail every night. Which stood out for me? The Manhattan. It’s [...]
One spring when I was taking a writing class in San Francisco, a friend and I met up in a bar before the first class meeting. The bartender was a cute artsy looking woman, so of course I chatted her up. She soon learned of our writing aspirations and said each time we came to [...]
Thursday night is a great night for a cocktail. (Actually, any night is. But I digress…) I try not to gender stereotype, but tonight’s Cosmopolitan cocktail tends to have a girlie reputation. A cosmo is that pink drink that so many girls-night-out women adore. As a man, I typically won’t order a Cosmo in a [...]
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Last month on a Friday night my brother and his wife set up chairs and a card table on their front lawn and fixed themselves cocktails. Curious neighbors coming home from work stopped by and asked, “What’s the occasion?”
“It’s Friday,” my brother said. “Want a martini?”
And so started a neighborhood [...]
Some nights call out for a good stiff drink, and one of my favorite cocktails is a Vodka Martini. It’s practically straight vodka, so choose your favorite best rated vodka. On a Santa Barbara road trip my buddies and I taste tested martinis made with Grey Goose, Absolut, Belvedere, and Ketel One. Ketel One [...]
Ah, the negroni, a gin-based savior of many family get-togethers. One of the first things my brothers and I do when we’re at our parents’ house is make a pitcher of this cocktail. Booze is a great way to ease everyone into the swing of a holiday gathering. The negroni works well because it isn’t [...]
David Mott is a divorced single father of a teen daughter and son offering stories, tips and opinions on single parenting, coparenting children, two-home families, cooking, cocktails, self awareness - and relationships formed in an age of online dating, text messaging, and booty calls.
David Mott has appeared on ABC News Now, CBS radio, CNN.com, and McClatchy News syndication
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