Today is World Whisky Day,  and in its honor, I thumbed through Ian Buxton's 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die .  His choices go from ...

The call came yesterday.  From Kristina's school.  The instructor's voice was a little strained, a little hurried.  Not the voice a...

This is why I love America.  I need (want) a muddler, and the best ones - PUG! Muddlers - are hand-made by a guy named Chris.  Chris Gall...

Yes, I stole the idea from Diesel , a bookstore - I hope Alison and John won't mind.  But then after the amazing Samm put the books t...

What's World Book Night ?  Just about the coolest thing to hit books since Gutenberg. Conventional wisdom says, Books are Dead.  Of...

I wanted something different. Wanted bourbon, though, and that's not so very different.  Hmm, what to do, what to do? When I don...

I'm driving to work today.  It's about 60 °, sunny, just a hint of wind.  Am I bragging?  Of course I'm bragging.  Earlier in t...