The clock hit 11am. I quietly counted on my fingers. “…twelve, one, two, three, four, FIVE pm.” I closed my MacBook and sat up, feeling
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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
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
The Manhattan Group
By Kara Mae Adamo. I recently posted about familiest of cocktails and how, by grouping them together, you can memorize recipes and make connections easier.
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