Pancho and Lefty

Like its namesake, the elegiac tune by Townes Van Zandt, this cocktail is a staggeringly deep number to wax wistful to while sitting around the campfire. In a play on just how much wood features in the makeup of Tennessee whiskey (maple charcoal filtering and charred oak aging), this old-fashioned finds Samir Osman doing the […]
Feather Billet

Donny Clutterbuck’s radio is tuned to “Turn the Music Up” by the band PREP, a “Steely Dan-esque” song that inspired a Paloma riff that expands to include rose, chocolate and, of course, anejo! Ingredients 1 ½ oz tequila anejo ¾ oz rose syrup ¾ oz lime juice 1 dash (not drop) chocolate mole bitters 1 […]
Week 94 of 186 (BMAL 755)

Week 94 of approximately 186 are in the books in my doctorate program. Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when I wrote out an outline for the research project that I said I was not going to use? Well, it proved partly true. Yesterday with very little research I sat down at the […]
Walk

For those that know me, this week marks a very difficult time in my life. I am proud to say that I overcame and beat all of the odd but that does not diminish things that I can not change. My friends and family also know that music is a huge part of my life. […]
Weeks 85 to 87 of 186 (BMAL 755)

Weeks 85 to 87 of approximately 186 are in the books in my doctorate program. Well, winter term went by quickly. Starting Monday I will dive into BMAL755 Coaching Theory and Practice I have just three courses left before I am no longer a student and will be considered a doctoral candidate. I am still up […]