By Kara Adamo So, last spring I was hanging out with a few fellow bar geeks. These guys like to enter cocktail competitions and they
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The Watergate Hotel & The Next Whiskey Bar
By Kara Mae Adamo. Nearly 50 years have passed since the famous break-in, and yet we still immediately associate Washington DC’s extravagant Watergate Hotel with
John, Jerry, and the Tom Collins Hoax
By Kara Mae Adamo Today, let’s talk about a guy named John. In 1860, John was employed as the head waiter at a popular restaurant
Some More Words on Gin
By Kara Mae Adamo. So, in my last post I skimmed over the history of gin and tied it up gratuitously by mentioning my two
A (Very) Abbreviated History of Gin
By Kara Mae Adamo. Over the last decade nothing has pleased me more than watching gin make an epic comeback in the bar scene. Like
The Rickey
By Kara Mae Adamo. Some of my favorite things about cocktails are the stories that come with them. For the last few years, I’ve spent
Karita's Travels 