What’s creepier than a bloody brain? Drinking a bloody brain… Completely disgusting, yet so Halloween appropriate! It’s that time of year when anything goes. The kid, albeit the adult kid, in us comes out. There is no denying this drink feels weird in your mouth but it does taste pretty darn good…once you get past the whole idea of the body organs….if you can! Continue reading
Halloween
Captain Ghouladas ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
There’s been a mutiny on the pirate ship and the crew is celebrating this Halloween massacre with a bloody good cocktail. The tell tale sign is not the blood on their hands but the stain on their lips as they toss back their Captain Ghouladas. Cheers Matey! Continue reading
Spider’s Kiss ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
Feeling the bite of rough week? Bite back with a Spider’s Kiss and have everyone under your spell. The mystic of the black widow spider is captured in this visually interesting cocktail by mixologist Victoria D’Amato-Moran. Hauntingly beautiful yet absolutely delicious! Continue reading
Bayou Slime – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
Eyeball Highballs – Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
Skeleton’s in the Cupcake Closet
Bring a “ghoul” platter of cupcakes to your office or neighborhood party and get those skeletons out of the closet! It’s easy to do when you remember that “the leg bone’s connected to the knee bone and the knee bone’s connected to the foot bone”, as the song goes. You’ll have your skeletons dancing across your cupcakes in no time. Continue reading
All Hallows’ Eve at My Table
Halloween comes but once a year so I say go all out! I like to decorate from the street to the back yard! Some years we have had a big bash and some years we go for a more intimate, close knit, ghoulish affair. This year we a keeping it small but the details are still hauntingly fun! And you must wear a costume or you’re head will be lopped off! Continue reading
Slow Death Martini ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
This lemony drink will sneak up on you! As the black skull floating in the yellow drink slowly begins to melt, an eerie affect begins to swirl around in your glass. As you sip your martini, the anise scent of the skull permeates your senses and combines with the rosemary lemon on your tongue. Your guests will all be talking about how nice a Slow Death can be…. Continue reading
Rye Witch ~ Friday’s 5 o’clock Wet Your Whistle Call!
October brings mystery and witchcraft so it seems apropos to have some witchy tidbits served up with our cocktail today. In the late 1600’s, the Puritan settlement of Salem, Massachusetts flew into hysteria when accusations of witchcraft began to appear. Continue reading